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Creating a DB Instance in a VPC
In this example, we will create a DB Instance in our VPC.
AWS Management Console
Create an Amazon RDS DB Instance Inside an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
Create an RDS DB Instance Inside Your VPC
Click DB Instances in the Navigation list on the left side of the window.
Click the Launch DB Instance button.
Click the Select button next to the MySQL DB Engine.
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Note Amazon RDS currently supports only DB Instances running the MySQL DB Engine in an Amazon VPC.
Select your DB Instance configuration on the DB Instance Details panel of the Launch DB Instance Wizard.
Click the Continue button.
The Additional Configuration panel appears.
Select the VPC that you created with the Choose a VPC drop-down list box.
Select the DB Subnet Group that you created with the Subnet Group drop-down list box.
Select the Availability Zone for your DB Instance. In this example, we will select the us-east-1a Availability Zone, since that's where we will create the EC2 instance we will use to access the DB Instance in the VPC.
Click the Continue button.
The Management Options panel appears.
For this example, keep the default options, and then click the Continue button.
The Review panel appears.
Click the Launch DB Instance button. A confirmation dialog box will appear.
Click the Close button.
You can see your DB Instance in the DB Instances view of the RDS console. Click on it to view the details pane. Once your DB Instance is running, make note of the Endpoint shown in the details pane; you will use this to connect to your DB Instance.
You've now launched a DB Instance inside a VPC. For an example of one way to connect to your new DB Instance running in the VPC, continue to Connecting to a DB Instance Running in a VPC.
