Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a collection of managed services that makes it simple to set up, operate, and scale databases in the cloud
Step 1: Create a Free Tier RDS Instance of MySQL 🌐
Open the AWS Management Console 🖥️.
Navigate to the RDS service 🔄.
Click on "Create Database" to launch the RDS wizard 🧙.
Choose "MySQL" as the database engine 🛠️.
Configure your database settings and credentials 🛡️.
Click "Create Database" to initiate the RDS instance creation ⏳.
Step 2: Create an EC2 Instance 🚀
Head to the EC2 dashboard in the AWS Management Console 🖥️.
Click "Launch Instance" to start the EC2 instance creation wizard 🧙.
Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) and configure your instance details 🛠️.
Select an existing key pair or create a new one for secure access 🔑.
Launch your EC2 instance 🚀.
Step 3: Create an IAM Role with RDS Access 🔐
Go to the IAM service in the AWS Management Console 🖥️.
Choose "Roles" and click "Create role" 🌐.
Select "EC2" as the use case for the role 🚀.
Attach the "AmazonRDSFullAccess" policy to grant RDS access 🛡️.
Complete the role creation by adding a name and description 📝.
Step 4: Assign the Role to EC2 Instance 🔄
Navigate to your EC2 dashboard 🖥️.
Select your EC2 instance and click "Actions" > "Security" > "Modify IAM Role" 🛡️.
Assign the IAM role you created in Step 3 to your EC2 instance 🔗.
Step 5: Connect EC2 Instance to RDS 🤝
Once the RDS instance is up and running, go to the RDS dashboard 🖥️.
Retrieve the database endpoint and login credentials 🛡️.
Connect to your EC2 instance using a MySQL client 🚀.