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Create an Aurora database

Create an Aurora database

- [Instructor] Aurora works very similar to MySQL or Postgres from a developer standpoint. However, it's a service where even more of the server management is handled by AWS, and it'll even run in a serverless model where you don't even manage the instances at all. AWS also has a newer version of Aurora called Aurora DSQL that is a distributed serverless model that runs across regions for ultimate failover protection. Aurora DSQL doesn't support all of the same Postgres features that regular Aurora does, so take a look at the compatibility list to make sure Aurora DSQL has all of the features your app will need. If you're designing a new application or your existing application doesn't use some of the more advanced features of Postgres, take a look at Aurora DSQL. For our demo today, we're just going to use regular Aurora through RDS within a single region. From the RDS and Aurora dashboard, click on Create a database.…

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