Creating a GaussDB Instance

This section describes how to create a GaussDB instance as the destination database for the migration task.

1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > GaussDB.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose GaussDB > Instances.
5. Click Buy DB Instance.
6. On the page shown in Figure 1, configure basic information about the instance, including the instance name, billing mode, edition type, DB engine version, instance type, transaction consistency, number of shards, number of coordinator nodes, and deployment AZ.
   Figure 1 Basic information
   

7. Configure instance specifications.

   

8. Select the VPC created in Creating a VPC and security group created in Creating a Security Group for the DB instance and configure the database port.

   

9. Configure password and other information.

   

10. Click Next, confirm the information, and click Submit.
11. Go to the instance list.

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