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Creating a New Database

To create a new database, select the Databases node in the navigation tree control; then, select the + New Database icon located in the upper-right corner of the page. When the Create New Database dialog opens, use the fields on the dialog to define your database.

Creating a Database

  • Provide a name for the database in the Database Name field.

  • Optionally, provide a Display Name to identify the database in the navigation tree control. If you have more than one database with the same name, a Display Name can help you easily identify each database in the navigation tree control.

  • Use the PostgreSQL Version drop-down to select the version of Postgres that you would like to install.

Select the cluster you would like to host your new database from the options shown under Select a Cluster. Use the Show Map toggle to display a map of the node locations for the selected cluster.

Creating a Database

The dialog displays your clusters and their deployment regions. Check the box in a cluster pane to deploy on that cluster.

The Backup Configuration pane allows you to customize the configuration you wish to use for your Enterprise Edition database backups.

Selecting a Backup provider

Use fields in this section to customize the backup strategy; select the edit icon (a pencil) in the upper-right corner to modify backup settings. The default configuration defines a schedule that includes a daily full backup, with hourly incremental backups. Use the Add Configuration button to create a custom schedule for your database.

Note

You cannot modify a backup configuration or your selected database backup provider after database deployment.

The Options section displays optional features you can enable when your database is provisioned:

Selecting database options

  • Use the toggle switch next to Install Northwind Database to install the Northwind sample database and schema objects.
  • Use the toggle switch next to Enable AWS CloudWatch Metrics to share metrics with AWS CloudWatch.

After making your selections, click Create Database to initialize a Postgres database and start replicating data between the nodes in the cluster. Your new database is added to the list of databases in the left pane of the console; a green dot to the left of the name indicates that the database is available for connections.

Initializing a Cluster