AWS RDS

Aveek Das
CloudFormation Template on AWS Console

Spinning up MySQL instances on RDS using CloudFormation Templates

April 20, 2021 by

In this article, we are going to discuss how to set up a MySQL instance on AWS RDS using Cloud Formation templates. In my previous article, How to configure an Amazon RDS environment for MySQL, I have provided a detailed walkthrough of how to set up a MySQL instance on Amazon. You can use the AWS console to provide all the information required for setting up the instance and then use it. However, in this article, we will discuss an automated way of achieving the same functionalities using Cloud Formation templates.

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Rajendra Gupta
Upload the backup file in the AWS S3 bucket

Migrating your on-premises SQL databases to AWS RDS SQL Server using AWS DMS

January 25, 2021 by

There are multiple ways to deploy the databases in the AWS RDS SQL Server. Suppose you want to migrate your on-premises SQL Server database to AWS managed relational database service and you have a critical application and require minimal (almost zero) downtime. For this purpose, you can use the AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) in a combination of SQL Server native backups.

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Rajendra Gupta
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Database Cloning in Amazon Aurora

January 11, 2021 by

Amazon Aurora provides a MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible relation database with performance and feature enhancements over the existing databases. In the previous articles, we discussed the following features. You can refer to ToC at the bottom.

  • Backtrack
  • Global Database
  • Amazon Aurora Serverless

In this article, we will cover fast database cloning and its usage for aurora databases.

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Aveek Das
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Getting started with Amazon QuickSight

June 18, 2020 by

In this article, I am going to introduce Amazon QuickSight and how to visualize data using it. Amazon QuickSight is a data visualization tool offered by Amazon hosted on AWS and is available across multiple locations. As per the statement provided on the official website it says: “Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business intelligence service that makes it easy to deliver insights to everyone in your organization.” Using QuickSight, users can create different analyses and then integrate those in a dashboard and share them with people within the organization.

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