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Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an AWS RDS Database Instance

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 Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. Instead of managing servers, patching OS, and handling backups manually, AWS RDS takes care of the heavy lifting so you can focus on building applications and data pipelines. In this blog, we’ll walk through how to create an AWS RDS instance , key configuration choices, and best practices you should follow in real-world projects. What is AWS RDS? AWS RDS is a managed database service that supports popular relational engines such as: Amazon Aurora (MySQL / PostgreSQL compatible) MySQL PostgreSQL MariaDB Oracle SQL Server With RDS, AWS manages: Database provisioning Automated backups Software patching High availability (Multi-AZ) Monitoring and scaling Prerequisites Before creating an RDS instance, make sure you have: An active AWS account Proper IAM permissions (RDS, EC2, VPC) A basic understanding of: ...
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Load Balancers in AWS: Choosing the Right Option for Your Application

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The load balancer's purpose is to balance the incoming traffic. It allocates the incoming traffic to the available healthy servers. Here are the top AWS load balancers. AWS Load balancers These are Application Load Balancer, Gateway Load Balancer, and Network Load Balancer. Application Load Balancers Gateway Load Balancers Network Load Balancers   1. Application Load Balancers (ALB) A Load balancer contains two parts - Listeners and Target groups. The listener then connects to a target group. The listener first checks the availability of connection according to the IP address and Port you did configure. Adopted from Amazon AWS   2. Gateway Load Balancers (GWLB) A Gateway Load Balancer receives traffic from the source and sends the traffic to targets. It sends requests to multiple virtual appliances. It's the prime difference between ALB and GWLB. 3. Network Load Balancers (NLB) A Network Load Balancer functions at the fourth layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) mode...
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