Before you can use an ApsaraDB RDS instance, you must create a database on the instance. This topic describes how to create a database on an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance.
Terms
- Instance: a virtualized database server, on which you can create and manage a number of databases.
- Database: a set of organized data that can be shared by a number of users. A database provides the minimal redundancy and is independent of applications. You can consider a database to be a warehouse that is used to store data.
- Character set: a collection of letters, special characters, and encoding rules that are used in a database.
Precautions
- You can create and manage RDS instances in the ApsaraDB RDS console.
- Before you can migrate data from an on-premises database to an RDS instance, you must create a database and an account on the RDS instance. Make sure that the created database has the same properties as the on-premises database. In addition, make sure that the created account has the same permissions on the created database as the account that is authorized to manage the on-premises database.
Procedure
What to do next
Connect to the RDS instance. For more information, see Connect to an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance.