lab
lab title
AWS Relational Database Service (RDS)
V1.02
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AWS Certified Associate
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Table of Contents
Contents
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
About the Lab ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Deploying & Connecting to a MySQL Database Server ...................................................................................... 4
Connecting to your RDS Instance using the MySQL WorkBench ......................................................................... 8
Troubleshooting Connection Issues ................................................................................................................... 11
Connecting to your RDS Instance using the Command Line .............................................................................. 12
Clean Up.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Deploying & Connecting to a PostgreSQL Database Server ............................................................................ 15
Connect to the Server using pgAdmin ................................................................................................................ 18
Clean Up.............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Deploying & Connecting to an Oracle Database Server ................................................................................... 21
Connecting to the Oracle RDS Instance .............................................................................................................. 24
Clean Up.............................................................................................................................................................. 25
Deploying & Connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server Database ........................................................................ 27
Connecting to the Database Using the Windows Command Line ...................................................................... 29
Connecting to the Database Using SQL Management Studio ............................................................................ 30
Clean up .............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Migrating from Oracle to Aurora Using AWS Database Migration Service .....................................................32
Create a Security Group...................................................................................................................................... 32
Create Source MySQL database ......................................................................................................................... 34
Create Target Database ...................................................................................................................................... 38
Connecting to the Source Database ................................................................................................................... 38
Creating an AWS Database Migration Service Job ............................................................................................. 40
Create Replication Instance ................................................................................................................................ 40
Create Source and Target Database Endpoints .................................................................................................. 41
Create a Migration Task ...................................................................................................................................... 44
Clean Up.............................................................................................................................................................. 47
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About the Lab
Please note that not all AWS services are supported in all regions. Please use
the US-East-1 (North Virginia) region for this lab.
These lab notes are to support the hands on instructional videos of the AWS Relational Database Service (RDS)
section of the AWS Certified Associate Course.
Please note that AWS services change on a weekly basis and it is extremely important
you check the version number on this document to ensure you have the lastest version
with any updates or corrections.
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Deploying & Connecting to a
MySQL Database Server
In this section, we will use the Relational Database Service to create a database. We will
also connect in to the database.
From the AWS console select “RDS” from the Database services.
Select “instances”
Select “Launch DB Instance”
Select “Free tier eligible only”
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Select the MySQL Community Edition
Make sure “Only show options that are eligible for RDS Free Tier” is selected
Select db.t2.micro instance class
Give your instance a name/identifier.
Fill in a master username and password
Click “Next Step”
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Leave settings for Network and Security as below.
Enter a database name.
Leave other options default as below.
Change “Backup Retention Period” to disable automated backups.
Click “Launch DB Instance”
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Click “View your DB Instances
Your instance will show status “creating”.
When you instance status changes to “available” you can view your configuration details which should look similar
to below:
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Connecting to your RDS Instance using the MySQL WorkBench
To connect to your MySQL Database you will need to download and install the MySQL Workbench from
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
When your instance status is “available”, copy the database server endpoint
Open the MySQL Workbench application click to add a new connection
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Give the connection a name.
The Hostname will be the RDS server endpoint with the “:3306” removed from the end.
The port will be 3306.
The Username will be the master username we created in RDS (i.e. admin)
Click OK
Click on the Connection
Enter the password you created in RDS for your master username
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You will soon be connected to your database server
If have any problems connecting go to Troubleshooting Connection Issues
Hover over the “test” database under “SCHEMAS” and click the information icon to get information about the
database that was created by us in RDS.
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You then get an information screen for the database.
Troubleshooting Connection Issues
If you are getting connection errors then check the following:
Security Group Inbound Rules
The security group should have an inbound rule for your IP address. If you are using a dynamic IP address or you
are connecting from different networks then this will need to be changed to “anywhere” for the lab.
Database Username and Password
The username and password must be the one created when the RDS instance was created.
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Hostname
The hostname will be the RDS Instance Connection Endpoint without :3306 on the end.
Connecting to your RDS Instance using the Command Line
To connect to your MySQL Database using the command line you will need to download and install the MySQL
Shell from
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/shell/
Download and Unzip the file.
Go to the bin folder and run mysqlsh.exe
This will open the MySQL Shell
Connect your database using the following command (if the username is admin):
\connect admin@your-connection-hostname-goes-here
Enter your password when requested.
After a while you will be connected to your RDS instance.
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Enter SQL mode with the following command:
\sql
Enter the SQL command to list databases (don’t forget the ‘;’ on the end):
show databases;
Type \quit to leave the command line
Clean Up
To avoid incurring charges from AWS we will terminate the instance.
Go back to the RDS console.
Click “Instance Actions”, “Delete” to terminate the instance
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Select “No” for “Create final snapshot”
Check “I acknowledge that upon instance deletion, automated backups, including system snapshots and point-in-
time recovery, will no longer be available.”
Click “Delete”
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Deploying & Connecting to a
PostgreSQL Database Server
In this section, we will learn how to deploy and connect to a PostgreSQL RDS instance.
From the AWS console select “RDS” from the Database services.
Select “instances”
Select “Launch DB Instance”
Select “Free tier eligible only”
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Select the PostgreSQL engine
Make sure “Only show options that are eligible for RDS Free Tier” is selected
Select db.t2.micro instance class
Give your instance a name/identifier “testPostgreSQL”.
Fill in a master username administrator (username “admin” can’t be used with PostgreSQL) and password
Click “Next Step”
Select “create new security group”
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Call the database sampledb
Set backup retention period to zero.
Click “Launch DB Instance”
Click the refresh icon.
Wait for your instance state to change to available.
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Connect to the Server using pgAdmin
Copy the server endpoint
Download and install pgAdmin from:
https://www.pgadmin.org/download/
Open pgAdmin
Select “Add new server”
Enter connection name “testpostgresql”
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Click on the “Connection” tab
Enter the RDS instance endpoint without :5432 on the end
Enter Port 5432
Enter the username “administrator” and password
Click “Save”
You will now be connected to your database and will be able to navigate to see the sampledb database
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Clean Up
Go back to the RDS console and delete the instance
Select “No” for “Create final snapshot”
Check “I acknowledge that upon instance deletion, automated backups, including system snapshots and point-in-
time recovery, will no longer be available.”
Click “Delete”
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Deploying & Connecting to an
Oracle Database Server
In this section, we will learn how to deploy and connect to an Oracle RDS instance.
From the AWS console select “RDS” from the Database services.
Select “instances”
Select “Launch DB Instance”
Licensed Oracle is not available on the free tier so uncheck “Free tier eligible only”
Select “Oracle SE Two”
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Select Dev/Test
Make sure Free tier is unchecked
Select “license-included” for License Model
Select db.t2.micro instance type
Give the server a name
Enter a username “admin” and create a password. Be sure to remember this.
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Select “Create new security group”
Leave Database Options as is
Disable automated backups
Click “Launch DB instance”
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Refresh screen and wait for status to be “available”
Connecting to the Oracle RDS Instance
Download and install Oracle SQL Developer from:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html
Open SQL Developer
Select “File” – “New”
Select “Connections”
Click OK
Give the connection a name
Enter the database username and password
Enter the RDS Endpoint without :1521 on the end
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Enter port as 1521
Enter SID as ORCL
Click “Test”
Status should eventually be “success”
Click “Connect”
You will now see the new connection to the ORCL database in the treeview
Clean Up
Go back to the RDS console and delete the instance
Select “No” for “Create final snapshot”
Check “I acknowledge that upon instance deletion, automated backups, including system snapshots and point-in-
time recovery, will no longer be available.”
Click “Delete”
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Deploying & Connecting to a
Microsoft SQL Server Database
In this section, we will learn how to deploy and connect to an Microsoft SQL Server RDS
instance.
From the AWS console select “RDS” from the Database services.
Select “instances”
Select “Launch DB Instance”
Select “Free tier eligible only”
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Select SQL Server Express
Give your DB Instance a name
Create a username and password for the database
Select create “new security group”
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Change Backup retention period to zero.
Click “Launch DB Instance”
Refresh and wait for the instance state to change from “creating” to “available”
Connecting to the Database Using the Windows Command Line
Use sqlcmd from the Windows command line to connect to your database with the following command:
sqlcmd -S rds_endpoint_goes_here\SQLEXPRESS,1433 -Uusername_goes_here -Ppassword_goes_here
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Connecting to the Database Using SQL Management Studio
Download and install SQL Server Management Studio from:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms
Open the app after installing
Enter in “Server name” the RDS endpoint without the :1433
Select “SQLServer Authentication”
Enter the username and password
Click “Connect”
You will eventually be connected to your RDS database server
Clean up
To avoid incurring charges from AWS we will terminate the instance.
Go back to the RDS console.
Select the instance and delete.
Select “No” for “Create final snapshot”
Check “I acknowledge that upon instance deletion, automated backups, including system snapshots and point-in-
time recovery, will no longer be available.”
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Click “Delete”
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Migrating from Oracle to Aurora
Using AWS Database Migration
Service
In this section, we will learn how to migrate an Oracle database to AWS Aurora using the
AWS Database Migration Service.
Create a Security Group
From the AWS console select “EC2” from the Compute services.
Select “Security Groups” from the side menu
Click “Create Security Group”
Give the Security the name “oracle-aurora-migration” and a description
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Add an inbound rule for MySQL access. You can use “anywhere” for source although in a production environment
you should select “My IP”
Click “Create”
Click the refresh icon to see your security group
Copy the Security Group ID
Select “Actions” – “Edit inbound rules”
Create an inbound rule for type “All traffic” and source the Security group ID (type “sg” for a list)
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Click Save
Create Source MySQL database
Select “Launch DB Instance”
Select “Free tier eligible only”
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Select the MySQL Community Edition
Make sure “Only show options that are eligible for RDS Free Tier” is selected
Select db.t2.micro instance class
Give your instance a name/identifier.
Fill in a master username and password
Click “Next Step”
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Select the security group
Enter database name “testdb”
Leave other options default as below.
Change “Backup Retention Period” to disable automated backups.
Click “Launch DB Instance”
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Click “View your DB Instances
Your instance will show status “creating”.
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Create Target Database
Create another RDS instance with exactly the same settings as before but with a DB Instance Identifier “targetdb”
Use the same settings as before for security group, Database Name and Backup retention period:
Connecting to the Source Database
Connect to the source database using the MySQL Shell:
\connect admin@your-connection-hostname-goes-here
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Set active database as testdb:
\use testdb
Change to SQL mode
\sql
Create a table called migrate (don’t forget the “;” at the end):
create table sample (name varchar(20));
Check it is there:
show tables;
DO NOT change the target database as this table will be migrated across with the AWS Database Migration
Service
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Creating an AWS Database Migration Service Job
Select “AWS Database Migration Service” from the services menu.
Create Replication Instance
Select “Replication Instances” from the side menu
Click “Create Replication Instance”
Give it a name and description
Set the instance class to t2.micro
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Select “Advanced”
Select your security group
Click “Create replication instance”
Create Source and Target Database Endpoints
Wait until the replication instance status is available.
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Select “Endpoints” from the side menu
Click “Create endpoint”
Enter the following:
Endpoint type – source
Endpoint identifier – sourcedb
Source engine – mysql
Server name – RDS source database endpoint without :3306 on the end
Port – 3306
SSL mode - None
Enter the username and password for the instance
Now test the endpoint connection to the replication instance
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If connection test is successful click save:
(If not successful check your RDS security groups)
Select “Create endpoint and do the same process for the target database:
Test the target connection and if successful click save:
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Both your endpoints should now be active
Create a Migration Task
Select “tasks” from the side menu and click “create task”
Give the task a name
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Select the testdb schema for migration in “Table mappings”
Click “Add selection rule”
Click “Create Task”
The Status will eventually change from “Creating” to “Starting” to “Running”
When finished status will be “Load complete”
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Now connect to the target database using the MySQL Shell to see if the table was migrated.
Connect to the source database using the MySQL Shell:
\connect admin@your-connection-hostname-goes-here
Set active database as testdb:
\use testdb
Change to SQL mode
\sql
Check the sample table is there:
show tables;
\quit to end connection
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Clean Up
Go back to the AWS Database Migration Service console delete the task, terminate the replication instance and
delete the endpoints.
Go back to the RDS console and delete the RDS instances.
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