Milestone 6: Steps to provision RDS MySQL Instance
Login to AWS Management Console, and select RDS under database section.
Click on 'Launch DB Instance' to create a new Database Instance.
Select MySQL.
Select MySQL under Dev/ Test.
Select the DB Instance Class that you prefer. We have selected 'db.t2.medium'.
Provide your preferred DB Instance Identifier, Master Username, Master Password and click Next.
You may continue with the default values for Network & Security and provide your preferred Database Name.
Provide your preferred database Port. The default for MySQL is 3306. Leave the other parameters to default.
Click 'Launch DB Instance' to launch the DB instance.
Once the DB instance is up, you may get the connection endpoint for the database from the RDS Dashboard --> Instances page by expanding your instance list item.
Verify that the DB instance has the sufficient inbound network allowance by checking the Security Group rule by hovering on the info (i) icon next to the endpoint. Typically to allow from all networks use the 0.0.0.0/0 rule of the type CIDR/IP - Inbound.
You can always modify the rule by first clicking on the security group listed above, select the appropriate box for group and select Actions --> Edit Inbound rules.
Source may be set to Anywhere => 0.0.0.0/0
