Lab - Migrate On-premises databases to AWS using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

In this lab, you use AWS Database Migration Service to migrate the current database to Amazon Aurora.

Objectives

By the end of this lab, you should be able to do the following:

• Create an Amazon Aurora database
• Migrate existing database to Aurora using AWS DMS
• Update DNS records to reflect the migration

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with Database design
• Familiarity with Data Migration Best Practices
• Familiarity with Amazon Aurora DB

Outline

Task 1: Create Aurora target database
Task 1.1: Create Aurora database
Task 1.2: Create database user
Task 2: Configure Database Migration Services (DMS)
Task 2.1: Configure WordPress (MySQL) replication subnet group
Task 2.2 Create replication instance
Task 2.3: Create source endpoint.
Task 2.4: Create target endpoint
Task 2.5: Create migration task
Task 2.6: Update DNS records