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Migrating RDS MySQL to Aurora with Read Replica

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This lab gives learners the opportunity to perform a migration from a standard Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) MySQL platform to an Amazon Aurora MySQL cluster with even more robust high availability features.


Level

Intermediate


Duration

1 Hours 0 Minutes


Course Objectives

By the end of this lab, you will be able to do the following:

  • Create an Aurora read replica cluster.
  • Promote the Aurora read replica cluster to a standalone DB cluster.
  • Add an additional reader instance to the cluster with highest failover priority.
  • Perform a "failover" on the cluster.


Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

Data Engineers

Developers

Infrastructure Engineers


Prerequisites

This lab requires:

  • A basic knowledge of AWS services as defined in the AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials course.
  • That you should be comfortable with navigating the AWS Management Console.
  • A good understanding of SQL databases and running simple SQL queries.


Course Outline

Task 1: Explore the lab environment and connect to the database

Task 2: Create an Aurora read replica cluster

Task 3: Promote the Aurora read replica cluster to a standalone DB cluster

Task 4: Add an additional reader instance to the Aurora cluster with highest failover priority

Task 5: Perform a "failover" on the cluster

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