Skip to content

Commit 4ed4ea2

Browse files
authored
Merge pull request #1974 from brefphp/db-docs-improvement
Improve database documentation for Aurora Serverless v2
2 parents 0b22a90 + 9d04ab8 commit 4ed4ea2

File tree

1 file changed

+2
-6
lines changed

1 file changed

+2
-6
lines changed

docs/environment/database.mdx

Lines changed: 2 additions & 6 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -12,21 +12,17 @@ Here are some of the database services offered by RDS:
1212
- MySQL
1313
- PostgreSQL
1414
- [Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/): closed-source database with MySQL/PostgreSQL compatibility
15-
- [Aurora Serverless MySQL/PostgreSQL](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/serverless/): similar to Aurora but scales automatically on-demand
15+
- [Aurora Serverless v2 MySQL/PostgreSQL](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/serverless/): similar to Aurora but scales automatically on-demand
1616

1717
<Callout>
18-
Aurora Serverless can be configured to scale down to 0 instances when unused (which costs $0), however be careful with this option: the database can take up to 30 seconds to un-pause.
18+
Aurora Serverless can be configured to scale down to 0 when unused (which costs $0), however be careful with this option: the database can take up to 15 seconds to un-pause.
1919
</Callout>
2020

2121
All RDS databases can be setup with Lambda in two ways:
2222

2323
1. the database can be made publicly accessible and protected by a username and password
2424
2. the database can be made inaccessible from internet by putting it in a private network (aka [VPC](https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/))
2525

26-
<Callout>
27-
Aurora Serverless [cannot be made publicly accessible](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/aurora-serverless.html), only the second option is possible.
28-
</Callout>
29-
3026
While the first solution is simpler, the second is more secure. Using a VPC also comes with a few limitations that are detailed below.
3127

3228
This page documents how to create databases using VPC (the reliable and secure solution). If you want to skip using a VPC you can read the instructions in the "Accessing the database from your machine" section.

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)