In this blog post I will be creating a MySQL RDS database in AWS free tier:
Click Services then click RDS
Click Create database
Click MySQL
Click Free tier
Give the database a name
Specify the admin ID and master password
Choose your DB instance size, you can leave this default if you're not sure
Choose Storage type, Allocated storage, choose if you want to enable storage autoscaling and the maximum threshold
Choose a VPC to use, you can use the default for the purpose of this demonstration
Choose how you would like to authenticate
Choose the initial database name, DB parameter group, option group, and if you want to enable back ups, you can leave the default settings
If enabling automatic backups choose the retention period, the back up window (you would want to choose off hours time preferably), if you want to enable enhanced monitoring and which logs to export
Choose if you want to automatically be upgraded to new minor version upgrades, if you want to use a maintenance window, and if you want to enable deletion protection
Click Create database
The database is now being created
Join me in a future blog post where I will continue to test the AWS free tier.
