Before using RDS for SQL Server, you need to create a database in your instance. This topic describes how to create a database in the RDS for SQL Server console.

Prerequisite

An instance has been created, and the instance state is running. For more details, see Creating an instance.

Operation steps

In the upper left corner of the top menu bar, select the project and region to which the instance belongs.

On the instance list page, click the target instance name.

At the top of the page, click the Database Administration tab.

On the Database Administration tab, click Create Database.

In the Create Database panel, configure the following parameters.

Parameter	Description
database name	Customize the database name as follows: Start with a letter and end with a letter or number. The length should be between 2 and 60 characters. Consists of letters, numbers, and underscores (_), and the case of letters is insensitive. Cannot use reserved words such as master, msdb, model, tempdb, resource, rdsadmin, distribution, etc.
Authorized account	Select the permission policy in the drop-down list of the permissions column of the target account. The permission policy supports selecting owner, read-write, and read-only. tip When authorizing an account, it supports granting owner, read-write or read-only permissions to the account in bulk.

Click OK.

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