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Using Amazon RDS with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
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You should have an understanding of how Amazon VPC works before reading this section. Please refer to the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud documentation for detailed information about Amazon VPC. |
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud enables you to create a virtual network in the AWS cloud. With a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), you can define a virtual network that closely resembles a traditional data center. You have complete control over your virtual networking environment, including the selection of your own IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of routing and access control lists. This section shows examples of how to use Amazon RDS with your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud.
The basic steps for running an Amazon RDS DB Instance in a VPC that will be covered in the following examples are:
Create a VPC with a private subnet for each Availability Zone
Create a DB Subnet Group and add to it each of the private subnets in your VPC
Create a DB Instance in your VPC
