Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Create an Aurora Database

   1. Create an Aurora Database
   2. Select the default MySQL and default MySQL version
   3. Leave the default Database Location as Regional
   4. Choose Dev/Test for templates
   5. Add auroracluster as our DB Identifier
   6. Add password for the admin credentials
   7. For the DB instance size, choose Burstable and db.t2.small
   8. Enable Multi-AZ deployment
   9. Select or create new subnet group
   10. Choose to not have your database publicly accessible
   11. Choose a security group
   12. Leave the defaults for AZ and database port
   13. Add auroraclusterinstance1 as the DB instance identifier
   14. Add initial db name: auroradb
   15. Leave the defaults for parameter groups
   16. Leave defaults for IAM, Failover, Backup, Encryption, BackTrack
   17. Do not enable enhanced monitoring because it will take a bit longer for your database to create
   18. Leave default for Maintenance as well
   19. Click Create database

   • Add a read replica to our cluster following the above recommendations
2. Challenge

   Create an Aurora Database Parameter Group

   1. Create an Aurora database parameter group
   2. Click into Parameter Groups in your left navigation
   3. In Parameter group family, select the Database Parameter Group Family
   4. From that list, select the Database Parameter Group
   5. Enter Group name
   6. Enter a Description
   7. Click Create
3. Challenge

   Create a Custom Endpoint

   1. In the Cluster detail page, choose Create custom endpoint
   2. Add a name
   3. Add a user ID
   4. Add a region
   5. Click Create endpoint