Migrate an on-premises MySQL database to Amazon Aurora MySQL over a private network using AWS DMS homogeneous data migration and Network Load Balancer
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This article provides a step-by-step guide for migrating an on-premises MySQL database to Amazon Aurora MySQL over a private network using AWS DMS homogeneous data migration and Network Load Balancer.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Solution overview and prerequisites
- Preparing the source and target databases
- Creating AWS resources like subnet group, network load balancer, secrets, and instance profile
- Creating data providers and migration project
- Initiating data migration and monitoring replication
- Performing cutover to the target database
- Cleaning up resources after migration
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