Step 2. Create a RDS MySQL Database

Step 2. Create a RDS MySQL Database

Visit the Amazon RDS console, then click Create Database on top of the page as shown below.

For Engine options, select MySQL.
For Templates, select Free tier.
In the Settings section, for DB identifier, enter wordpress.
Below Credentials Settings, enter a random Master username and Master password (for example: admin123, #12345678aA).

Now continue in the Connectivity section.

For Virtual private cloud (VPC), select Vpc / vpc-stack, which is the VPC that was created in the earlier step through CloudFormation.
For VPC security group, select Create new.
Enter db-sg as New VPC security group name.

Scroll down and click Additional configuration.
For Initial database name, enter wordpress.
Finally, click Create database.