For more information, see Viewing DB Instance Metrics. Enabling enhanced monitoring will give you metrics in real time for the operating system (OS) that your DB instance runs on.
For more information about Performance Insights, a database performance and monitoring feature, see the Performance Insights web page.Įnhanced monitoring: Select Enable enhanced monitoring. Select Disable Performance Insights for this tutorial.
Backup window: Use the default of No preference.For this tutorial, set this value to 1 day. Backup retention period: You can choose the number of days to retain the backup you take.For more information, see Encrypting Amazon RDS Resources. This option is not available in the Free Tier. For more information, see Working with Option Groups. Amazon RDS uses option groups to enable and configure additional features. Option group: This option is not available in the Free Tier.For more information, see Working with DB Parameter Groups. DB parameter group : Leave the default value.If you do not provide a name, Amazon RDS will not automatically create a database on the DB instance you are creating. Database name: Type a database name that is 1 to 64 alphanumeric characters.In the Additional Configurations section: