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Updated on 2023-10-19 GMT+08:00
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Creating a VPC and Security Group

This section describes how to create a VPC and security group for your MySQL server and GaussDB(for MySQL) instance.

Creating a VPC

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select EU-Dublin.
  3. Under the service list, choose Network > Virtual Private Cloud.

    The VPC console is displayed.

  4. Click Create VPC.

  5. Configure parameters as needed and click Create Now.
  6. Return to the VPC list and check whether the VPC is created.

    If the VPC status becomes available, the VPC has been created.

Creating a Security Group

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select EU-Dublin.
  3. Under the service list, choose Network > Virtual Private Cloud.

    The VPC console is displayed.

  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Access Control > Security Groups.
  5. Click Create Security Group.
  6. Configure parameters as needed.

  7. Click OK.
  8. Return to the security group list and click the security group name sg-mysql.
  9. Click the Inbound Rules tab, and then click Add Rule.

  10. Configure an inbound rule to allow access from database port 3306.

  11. Perform 9 to 10 to allow access from database port 22.

    After the rules were configured, the figure similar to the following is displayed.

Parent topic: ECS-hosted MySQL Server