# Day 31 : Configuring a Private RDS Instance for Application Development

Welcome to Day 31. Today, we will learn how to set up a private RDS instance in AWS. In this lab, you need to create a private RDS named **nautilus-rds** and enable storage autoscaling with a threshold value of 50 GB.

### What is AWS RDS?

**Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS)** is a managed service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud.

In a traditional setup, you would have to buy hardware, install an operating system, install the database software, and manually handle backups and security patches. **RDS automates all of this**, allowing you to focus on your application logic rather than "undifferentiated heavy lifting" of infrastructure management.

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Congratulations you did it. It looks good. This lab was successfully completed without any errors. See you in day 32. If you have any issues please let me know I will be happy to assist you. Stay tuned and learn together. If you find my article useful, please kindly like and share it.