How to do it...

In this recipe, you will configure a new Aurora database instance, securely store the administrative password in Secrets Manager, add a read replica, and perform a backup and restore of the database. Note that the resources you create in this recipe will incur charges on your AWS bill:

  1. Log in to your AWS account and go to the RDS dashboard (Aurora is considered a component of RDS).
  2. Click the Create database button. Choose Amazon Aurora from the Engine options on the following page. Select Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility as the Edition:
Engine options
  1. Leave the rest of the settings at the defaults:
    • Regional database ...

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