AWS::RDS::DBInstance

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-rds-database-instance.html
• Template snippets: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/quickref-rds.html

• AWS CloudFormation templates: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-templates-us-west-2/RDS_Snapshot_On_Delete.template

Snippets

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/quickref-rds.html

PostgreSQL AWS Free Tier: db.t2.micro and 20 GB of database storage and backup.

MyDB:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  Properties:
    AllocatedStorage: '5'
    DBInstanceClass: db.t2.micro
    Engine: postgres
    MasterUsername: MyName
    MasterUserPassword: MyPassword
  DeletionPolicy: Delete 

Complete example: RDS_template.cf

• Engines: MySQL, postgres, ... https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDBInstance.html

MyDB:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  Properties:
    DBSecurityGroups:
    - Ref: MyDbSecurityByEC2SecurityGroup
    - Ref: MyDbSecurityByCIDRIPGroup
    AllocatedStorage: '5'
    DBInstanceClass: db.t2.micro
    Engine: PostgreSQL
    MasterUsername: MyName
    MasterUserPassword: MyPassword
  DeletionPolicy: Delete 

Delete | Snapshot | Retain

Related terms

• aws cloudformation create-stack
• Fn::GetAtt
• AWS Free Tier
• aws rds create-db-instance

See also

• AWS RDS: AWS::RDS, aws rds [ create-db-instance | create-db-instance-read-replica | describe-db-instances | modify-db-instance | modify-db-cluster | create-db-subnet-group | delete-db-instance | create-db-snapshot | aws rds create-db-parameter-group ], AllocatedStorage, FreeStorageSpace
• Amazon databases: AWS RDS, storage, aws rds, Amazon RDS Proxy, RDS FAQs, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, AWS Outposts, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Aurora Serverless , Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, Amazon QLDB, Amazon RDS Performance Insights, DataFileRead, DMS, Amazon Neptune, Amazon MemoryDB for Redis, Amazon RDS query editor for Aurora Serverless, Amazon Redshift query editor, AWS RDS Snapshots, AWS RDS Instance Types, rds_superuser, Authentication, autoscaling