Connecting to an RDS for MySQL Instance Through the GUI

Using MySQL-Front to Connect to a DB Instance

1. Log in to the management 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 > Relational Database Service.
4. Click the target instance name to enter the Overview page.
5. In the navigation pane, click Connectivity & Security and check the IP address and port of the instance.
6. Start MySQL-Front.
7. In the displayed dialog box, click New.
   Figure 1 Connection management
   

8. Enter the information of the DB instance to be connected and click Ok, as shown in Figure 2.
   Figure 2 Adding an account
   

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Name	Specify a name for the database connection task. If you do not set this parameter, it will be the same as the Host value by default.
   Host	Enter the private IP address of the instance to be connected, which can be obtained from 5. If you want to connect to the instance through a public network, enter the EIP bound to the instance.
   Port	Enter the port number of the instance, which can be obtained from 5.
   User	Enter the username used for accessing the instance. The default user is root.
   Password	Enter the password of the username.

9. In the displayed window, select the connection that you have created in 8 and click Open. If the connection information is correct, the DB instance will be connected.
   Figure 3 Opening a session
   
   

   If the connection fails, see What Should I Do If an ECS Cannot Connect to an RDS DB Instance?

Follow-up Operations

After logging in to the DB instance, you can create or migrate databases.

• Creating a MySQL Database Using the Console
• Creating a MySQL Database Using an API
• Managing MySQL Databases Using DAS
• Migrating MySQL Databases Using DRS
• Migrating Data to RDS for MySQL Using mysqldump