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Amazon RDS and Aurora Documentation

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient, resizeable capacity for an industry-standard relational database and manages common database administration tasks. Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database engine that's built for the cloud and compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. Amazon Aurora is part of Amazon RDS.

User Guides

  1. Amazon RDS Getting Started Guide

    Introduces Amazon RDS and walks you through setting up, securing, managing, and connecting to your first DB instance.

  2. Amazon RDS User Guide

    Describes all Amazon RDS concepts and provides instructions on using the various features with both the console and the command line interface.

  3. Amazon Aurora User Guide

    Describes all Amazon Aurora concepts and provides instructions on using the various features with both the console and the command line interface.

References

  1. Amazon RDS in the AWS CLI Reference

    Describes all the CLI commands for Amazon RDS in detail. Provides all syntax. Also provides examples for the most common commands.

  2. Performance Insights in the AWS CLI Reference

    Describes all the CLI commands for Amazon RDS Performance Insights in detail. Provides all syntax. Also provides examples for the most common commands.

  3. RDS Data API in the AWS CLI Reference

    Describes all the CLI commands for RDS Data API in detail. Provides all syntax.

  4. Amazon RDS API Reference

    Describes all the API operations for Amazon RDS in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.

  5. Performance Insights API Reference

    Describes all the API operations for Performance Insights in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.

  6. RDS Data API Reference

    Describes all operations for RDS Data API in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.

Release Notes

  1. Amazon RDS for Oracle Release Notes

    Describes the Oracle Database versions that are supported by Amazon RDS.

  2. Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Release Notes

    Describes the PostgreSQL versions and extensions that are supported by Amazon RDS.

  3. Release Notes for Aurora MySQL

    Describes the Aurora MySQL versions that are supported by Amazon Aurora.

  4. Release Notes for Aurora PostgreSQL

    Describes the Aurora PostgreSQL versions and extensions that are supported by Amazon Aurora.

Best Practices

  1. Architecture Center: Best Practices for Databases 

    Find best practices for choosing the right AWS database service, migrating your database, and managing database services.
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