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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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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

1h 45m

Published

Apr 20, 2023

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.
Challenge

Ensure Connectivity

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

Create User

Create a user named remote using the psql command.

Author

A Cloud Guru

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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