# Getting started {% hint style="info" %} This page was generated from content adapted from the [AWS Developer Guide](https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-rds-user-guide.git) {% endhint %} ## Creating and connecting to a MariaDB DB instance * **Important**\ There's no charge for creating an AWS account. However, by completing this tutorial, you might incur costs for the AWS resources you use. You can delete these resources after you complete the tutorial if they are no longer needed. ## Creating and connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server DB instance * **Important**\ There's no charge for creating an AWS account. However, by completing this tutorial, you might incur costs for the AWS resources you use. You can delete these resources after you complete the tutorial if they are no longer needed. ## Creating and connecting to a MySQL DB instance * **Important**\ There's no charge for creating an AWS account. However, by completing this tutorial, you might incur costs for the AWS resources you use. You can delete these resources after you complete the tutorial if they are no longer needed. ## Creating and connecting to an Oracle DB instance * **Important**\ There's no charge for creating an AWS account. However, by completing this tutorial, you might incur costs for the AWS resources you use. You can delete these resources after you complete the tutorial if they are no longer needed. ## Creating and connecting to a PostgreSQL DB instance * **Important**\ There's no charge for creating an AWS account. However, by completing this tutorial, you might incur costs for the AWS resources you use. You can delete these resources after you complete the tutorial if they are no longer needed. ## Tutorial: Create a web server and an Amazon RDS DB instance * **Important**\ There's no charge for creating an AWS account. However, by completing this tutorial, you might incur costs for the AWS resources you use. You can delete these resources after you complete the tutorial if they are no longer needed. * **Note**\ This tutorial works with Amazon Linux 2023 and might not work for other versions of Linux. * **Note**\ After you complete the tutorial, there is a public and private subnet in each Availability Zone in your VPC. This tutorial uses the default VPC for your AWS account and automatically sets up connectivity between your EC2 instance and DB instance. If you would rather configure a new VPC for this scenario instead, complete the tasks in [Tutorial: Create a VPC for use with a DB instance (IPv4 only)](https://github.com/kevinslin/aws-reference-notes/blob/main/services/amazon_rds/CHAP_Tutorials.WebServerDB.CreateVPC.md). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://awsnotes.dendron.so/database/amazon-rds/common/getting-started.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.