Getting started with MySQL on Amazon Web Services

http://ronaldbradford.com

Using Amazon Web Services


A Beginners Guide for MySQL Users

Ronald Bradford

Principal - 42SQL

MySQL Camp 2009

Santa Clara - April 2009Version .1.0 19.Apr.2009

http://www.primebase.org




Overview





This presentation assumes you have never used Amazon Web Services (AWS) in any way.

We will step through a tutorial to create an AWS account, login, start a server, and access the running server on the Internet.

Time: 20 minutes Cost: $1.50 Investment





Terminology





Terminology

❖AWS - Amazon Web Services❖ EC2 - Elastic Compute Cloud

❖ S3 - Simple Storage Service





Signup for AWS

(6 steps)





1. Find AWS





2. Signup





3. New User





4. Enter Initial Details





5. Enter Full Details





6. Check Email





Access Identifiers

(7 steps)





1. Access Key ID





2. Secret Access Key





3. Account Number





4. Create X.509 Certificate





5. Confirm Key Creation





6. Private Key File





7. X.509 Certificate File





Checklist

❖Access Key ID❖ Secret Access Key

❖Account Number❖X.509 Private Key File❖X.509 Certificate File





Register for EC2/S3

(7 steps)





1. Start AWS Console





2. Signup for EC2





3. Enter CC Details





4. Confirm CC Address





5. Complete Signup





6. Confirm EC2 Email





7. Confirm S3 Email





Launching a server

(8 steps)





1. Select AWS Console





2. Launch New Instance





3. Select Instance Type





4. Generate Key Pair





5. Configure Firewall





6. Configure Instance settings





7. Confirm Instance Running





8. Verify Instance Operational





Accessing your server

(2 steps)





$ ssh -i 42sqlexample.pem [email protected]

$ cd /home/webuser/helloworld/htdocs

$ echo "<html><head>

<title>Your Own Web Server</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">

</head><body>

<h1>Your own Web Server running on AWS</h1>

<p>A demonstration for MySQL Camp 2009, Santa Clara, April 2009</p>

<p>Thanks to <a href="http://ronaldbradford.com">Ronald Bradford</a> - MySQL Expert</p>

</body></html>" > index.php

1. Modify home page content

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]





2. View modified home page





For Windows Users

❖Download Puttyhttp://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

❖Refer to Putty Instructionshttp://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-08-29/GettingStartedGuide/putty.html



http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-08-29/GettingStartedGuide/putty.html






Shutting down

(3 steps)





1. Select Instance to terminate





2. Confirm Termination Request





3. Verify Instance Terminated





Wrap up





Where to from here

❖ Elastic IP❖ Elastic Block Store

❖Custom AMIs





Useful tools

❖ Elastic Fox❖ S3 Fox

❖AWS CLI tools

http://sourceforge.net/projects/elasticfox/http://www.s3fox.net/http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-08-29/GettingStartedGuide/



http://sourceforge.net/projects/elasticfox/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/elasticfox/

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-08-29/GettingStartedGuide/

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-08-29/GettingStartedGuide/



Don't forget

❖ System Monitoring❖ External Host Monitoring

❖Backups❖Test your recovery process





Professional Help is Available

❖Two decades IT expertise❖ 10 years in MySQL❖ System/Data Architecture❖ Database Performance and Tuning❖ High Availability and Scalability❖ Education and Training




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