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Automation of database creation

Automation of database creation - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Automation of database creation

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- When it comes to large scale AWS usage, automation becomes very important and so does orchestration. In this episode, we're going to focus on automation. The biggest difference between automation and orchestration is that automation is generally trying to accomplish a single task automatically. And we do that through many different methods, like scripting with CLI commands, which we've talked about earlier, but we can also do it with special tools in AWS like cloud formation. So let me give you a brief tour of cloud formation, let you see how it might help you to automatically create a database instance. We'll go to the AWS management console and simply choose "Cloud formation." (mouse wheel whirring) When you get into cloud formation, the first thing you're going to notice is that you need to create a stack. Now, if you're totally new to cloud formation, maybe you didn't study the AWS Architect Associate…

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