Amazon RDS MySQL DB instances can be created using the Amazon Management Console, CLIs, or APIs, and the steps are as follows:
- Log into the AWS Management Console with the appropriate user privileges and go to the Amazon RDS dashboard.
- Select Create database, as shown:
- Select the engine type as MySQL, as shown:
The Only enable options eligible for RDS Free Usage Tier option is only allowed during the first year of the free tier, such as t2.micro single-AZ instance, as shown:
- Select the Production - MySQL use case to have multi-AZ deployment or Dev/Test - MySQL, as shown. It is also suggested that you switch to Amazon Aurora, as it is seamlessly compatible with MySQL: