How to restore AWS RDS DB from an existing snapshot?

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots.
  3. Choose the DB snapshot that you want to restore from.
  4. For Actions, choose Restore snapshot.
  5. On the Restore snapshot page, for DB instance identifier, enter the name for your restored DB instance

6. Specify other settings as needed

7. Choose Restore DB instance.

Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_RestoreFromSnapshot.html

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