AWS Database services (Intro and how to create a DB Instance)

Quick introduction to AWS Database services

AWS gives option for the following Database services:

Relational Database service:
MySQL, Aurora DB, PostGreSQL, Maria DB, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server

DynamoDB
Fast, Fully Managed, NOSQL Database Service.
Link to documentation

Elasti-cache
In memory data store and cache service.
Link to documentation

Neptune
High performance graph database engine optimized for storing billions of relationships and querying the graph.
Link to documentation


How to create a DB instance and connect to it?

1. Login to AWS Console and services > RDS
2. Create a database. (I chose MySQL Free Trial)
3. Put in an instance name and username/password.
4. Once the database is created and available, one can connect to it using AWS Workbench. Link to documentation
5. Connecting to MYSQL DB Instance documentation