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NAME
rds-create-db-instance - Create new database instance.
SYNOPSIS
rds-create-db-instance
DBInstanceIdentifier --allocated-storage value --db-instance-class
value --engine value --master-user-password value --master-username
value [--auto-minor-version-upgrade value ] [--availability-zone value
] [--backup-retention-period value ] [--character-set value ]
[--db-name value ] [--db-parameter-group-name value ]
[--db-security-groups value[,value...] ] [--db-subnet-group-name value
] [--engine-version value ] [--iops value ] [--license-model value ]
[--multi-az value ] [--option-group value ] [--port value ]
[--preferred-backup-window value ] [--preferred-maintenance-window
value ] [General Options]
DESCRIPTION
Creates new database instance.
ARGUMENTS
DBInstanceIdentifier
User-supplied database instance identifier, this is the unique key that
identifies a database instance. Cannot be empty or blank, visible
characters only. The identifier must be 1 to 63 alphanumeric characters
or hyphens, is case insensitive, and is not case-preserving. You can also
set this value using "--db-instance-identifier". Required.
SPECIFIC OPTIONS
-a, --db-security-groups VALUE1,VALUE2,VALUE3...
Comma-separated list of database security group name(s) with which to
associate the database. If omitted, the group "default" is authorized.
-au, --auto-minor-version-upgrade VALUE
Whether minor version upgrades will automatically be applied to the
database instance during its maintenance window.
-b, --preferred-backup-window VALUE
Preferred backup window specified as a range hh24:mi-hh24:mi (24H Clock
UTC). Not meaningful if backup retention period is set to zero.
-c, --db-instance-class VALUE
The compute and memory capacity of the database instance. Valid values:
db.m1.small, db.m1.large, db.m1.xlarge, db.m2.2xlarge, db.m2.4xlarge.
Required.
-cs, --character-set VALUE
The character set to use when creating the database, if supported for the
specified engine. If omitted, the default character set for the engine
specified will be used.
-e, --engine VALUE
Name of the database engine to be used for this database instance.
Required.
-g, --db-parameter-group-name VALUE
The database parameter group with which the database instance will be
associated with. If omitted, the default DBParameterGroup for the engine
specified will be used.
--iops VALUE
Provisioned storage I/O operations per second.
-lm, --license-model VALUE
License model to be used for the instance.
-m, --multi-az VALUE
Whether the instance will run as a Multi-AZ deployment. Boolean value,
default is 'false'.
-n, --db-name VALUE
Name of a database to create when the database instance is created
(MySQL) or the SID of the instance (Oracle). Cannot be any word reserved
by the specified database engine.
-og, --option-group VALUE
The option group with which the database instance will be associated
with. If omitted, the default Option Group for the engine specified will
be used.
-p, --master-user-password VALUE
Password of the master database instance user. To be prompted for a
password rather than entering it on the command line, specify this option
with a value of "-". Required.
--port VALUE
Port number on which the database accepts connections. Default is 3306.
-r, --backup-retention-period VALUE
The number of days to retain your automated backups. If set to zero, all
existing automated backups will be deleted and no more will be created.
Default is 1.
-s, --allocated-storage VALUE
Initially allocated storage size specified in GBs. Required.
-sn, --db-subnet-group-name VALUE
The DB Subnet Group name with which to associate the database. If
omitted, non-vpc DB instance will be created.
-u, --master-username VALUE
Name of master user for your database instance. Must be 1 to 16
alphanumeric characters. The first character must be a letter. It cannot
be any word reserved by the specified database engine. Required.
-v, --engine-version VALUE
The version number of the database engine.
-w, --preferred-maintenance-window VALUE
Preferred Maintenance Window specified as a range ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi
(24H Clock UTC).
-z, --availability-zone VALUE
The name of the EC2 Availability Zone where your database instance will
be created. Default: System chosen (random) availability zone. Example:
us-east-1c.
GENERAL OPTIONS
--aws-credential-file VALUE
Location of the file with your AWS credentials. Must not be specified in
conjunction with --ec2-cert-file-path or --ec2-private-key-file-path.
This value can be set by using the environment variable
'AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE'.
-C, --ec2-cert-file-path VALUE
Path to AWS X.509 certificate file. Must be specified in conjunction with
--ec2-private-key-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with
--aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the environment
variable 'EC2_CERT'.
--connection-timeout VALUE
Specify a connection timeout VALUE (in seconds) for API calls. The
default value is '30'.
--debug
If an error occurs while --debug is used, it will display information
useful for debugging the problem. The default value is 'false'.
--delimiter VALUE
What delimiter to use when displaying delimited (long) results.
--headers
If you are displaying tabular or delimited results, it includes the
column headers. If you are showing xml results, it returns the HTTP
headers from the service request, if applicable. This is off by default.
-I, --access-key-id VALUE
Specify the AWS Access ID to use.
-K, --ec2-private-key-file-path VALUE
Path to AWS X.509 private key file. Must be specified in conjunction with
--ec2-cert-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with
--aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the environment
variable 'EC2_PRIVATE_KEY'.
--region VALUE
Specify region VALUE as the web service region to use. This value can be
set by using the environment variable 'EC2_REGION'.
-S, --secret-key VALUE
Specify the AWS Secret Key to use.
--service-sig-name VALUE
Specify the service name to use when signing requests. The default is
"rds". This value can be set by using the environment variable
'SERVICE_SIG_NAME'.
--show-empty-fields
Show empty fields and rows, using a "(nil)" value. The default is to not
show empty fields or columns.
--show-request
Displays the URL used by the tools to call the AWS Service. The default
value is 'false'.
--show-table, --show-long, --show-xml, --quiet
Specify how the results are displayed: tabular, delimited (long), xml, or
no output (quiet). Tabular shows a subset of the data in fixed
column-width form, while long shows all of the returned values delimited
by a character. The xml is the raw return from the service, while quiet
suppresses all standard output. The default is tabular, or 'show-table'.
-U, --url VALUE
This option will override the URL for the service call with VALUE. This
value can be set by using the environment variable 'RDS_URL'.
INPUT EXAMPLES
Create a database instance with the minimal set of parameters
(dbinstance-Id, class, engine, size, username, password)
$PROMPT>rds-create-db-instance SimCoProd01 -s 10 -c db.m1.large -e MySQL -u master -p
Kew2401Sd
OUTPUT
This command returns a table that contains the following:
* DBInstanceId - User-supplied database identifier, this is the unique key
that identifies a database instance.
* Created - When the instance was created, in UTC.
* Class - The compute and memory capacity of the database instance.
* Engine - Name of the database engine to be used for this database
instance.
* Storage - Initially allocated storage size specified in GBs. Limited to
200GB.
* Iops - Provisioned storage I/O operations per second.
* Master Username - The master username for the instance.
* Status - The current status of the instance.
* Endpoint Address - Address of the database instance.
* Port - Port used to connect to the database instance.
* AZ - The instance's availability zone.
* Backup Retention - The number of days for which automated backups and
point-in-time restore are available.
* PendingBackupRetention - Indicates a pending or in-progress change in the
number of days for which automated backups and point-in-time restore are
available.
* PendingClass - The class to which the instance will be scaled during the
next maintenance window, or to which it is currently being scaled if the
--apply-immediately option was specified.
* PendingCredentials - Indicates a pending or in-progress change of the
master user password for the database instance. Always displayed as "****"
for security reasons.
* PendingStorage - The storage size to which the instance will be scaled
during the next maintenance window, or to which it is currently being scaled
if the --apply-immediately option was specified.
* PendingIops - The storage I/O operations per second to which the instance
will be provisioned during the next maintenance window, or to which it is
currently being provisioned if the --apply-immediately option was specified.
* PendingMulti-AZ - If true, the instance will be converted to run as a
Multi-AZ deployment. If false, it will be converted to run as a standard
(Single-AZ) deployment.
* PendingVersion - Version of the database engine which will be deployed
during the next maintenance window, or which is currently being deployed if
the --apply-immediately option was specified.
* DB Name - Name of the initial database created when the instance was
created. This column appears only in the --show-long view.
* Maintenance Window - The window during which patching and instance
modifications will be performed. This column appears only in the --show-long
view.
* Backup Window - The window of time during which daily automated backups
are taken. This column appears only in the --show-long view.
* Latest Restorable Time - The latest time to which a database can be
restored with point-in-time restore. This column appears only in the
--show-long view.
* Multi-AZ - Whether the instance is running as a Multi-AZ deployment.
* Version - The database engine's version number.
* Auto Minor Version Upgrade - Whether minor version upgrades will
automatically be applied to the database instance during its maintenance
window. This column appears only in the --show-long view.
* Read Replica Source ID - The DB Instance which this DB Instance
replicates.
* License - No description available for this column.
* Character Set - The character set that this DB Instance was created with,
if applicable.
* Name - Security Group name.
* Status - Status of authorization.
* Name - Subnet Group name.
* Description - Subnet Group description.
* Status - Status of the DB Subnet Group.
* VpcId - Vpc Id of the Subnet Group.
* Subnet Identifier - Subnet Group Identifier.
* Subnet Availability Zone - Subnet Availability Zone.
* Status - Status of Subnet.
* Group Name - Name of database parameter group applied to.
* Apply Status - Status of applying the parameter group. It can be either
in-sync or pending-reboot.
* Name - The name of the associated option group.
* Status - The status of the option group membership (e.g. in-sync,
applying, pending, pending-maintenance).
* Read Replica ID - The identifier of a DB Instance which acts as a read
replica of this DB Instance.
OUTPUT EXAMPLES
Output with column headers
SEE ALSO
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/2012-09-17/CommandLineReference/
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/latest/CommandLineReference