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Secure an RDS Instance

In this hands-on lab, you are asked to secure an RDS instance. After completing this lab, students will have hands-on experience enabling data encryption and creating user accounts on a PostgreSQL RDS instance.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 45m
Published
Clock icon Apr 20, 2023

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Enable Data Encryption

    Enable data encryption on the RDS instance by copying an existing snapshot to an encrypted snapshot. The encrypted snapshot can then be used to crearte a new encrypted RDS instance.

  2. Challenge

    Ensure Connectivity

    Ensure the new encrypted instance is added only to the DatabaseDSecurityGroup security group.

  3. Challenge

    Create User

    Create a user named remote using the psql command.

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The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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