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Configuring Database Migration Service (DMS) Endpoints

In this lab, students are asked to create Database Migration Service (DMS) endpoints. After completing this lab, students will have hands-on experience creating DMS connection endpoints.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 18, 2025
Duration
45m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create Replication Instance

    Create a new DMS replication instance of instance class db.t3.medium. Be sure to select the Lab VPC and create a Single AZ instance. The instance will not need to be publicly accessible.

  2. Challenge

    Create Source Endpoint

    The source endpoint will connect as the dms_user to the qa database on the PostgreSQL instance running on the lab bastion host.

  3. Challenge

    Create Target Endpoint

    The target endpoint should connect as the postgres user to the postgres database on the Amazon Aurora cluster.

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