Using Automation to Deploy AWS Databases

This lesson explores how to use automation when creating Amazon RDS databases.

It includes using AWS Secrets Manager for increasing the security of provisioned resources by limiting human intervention.

Learning Objectives

• Deploy RDS database using CloudFormation
• Understand the role that AWS Secrets Manager can play in managing database usernames and passwords
• Understand the importance of automation and the benefits of using CloudFormation

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for anyone that needs to learn to automate the deployment of Amazon RDS databases.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic understanding of cloud computing using Amazon Web Services.

You should also know how to create relational databases using Amazon RDS.

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