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Amazon RDS PostgreSQL & AWS Secrets Manager Integration — Challenge
Run a Multi-AZ database that survives losing an availability zone, with a password no human ever types.
- Time
- 15 min
- Level
- Intermediate
- Objectives
- 4 objectives
- Cost
- Low cost
Where this fits in the platform
This lab adds
- A managed database whose password nobody has ever seen
Which lets you
Before you start
Cost — Low cost
A `db.t3.micro` RDS instance is free for 12 months on a new account and ~$13/month after. AWS Secrets Manager is $0.40 per secret per month with no free tier — small, but it does not stop on its own.
The goal#
Build Amazon RDS PostgreSQL & AWS Secrets Manager Integration yourself, starting from an empty directory, without following the guided steps.
Everything you need is in the criteria above. Work down them one at a time, and verify each before moving to the next.
Hands-on environment
Run this lab in a real terminal, free and in your browser. The environment is temporary and yours alone — break it as much as you like.
Start the challengeOpens in Killercoda, in a new tab — keep this page open for the steps.
This is the guided lab's environment — the same machine, with its walkthrough on the left. Work from the task above and leave those steps alone until you are done, or you are reading the answers.
Run it on AWS
This lab builds real cloud infrastructure, so it needs your own AWS account. Follow the cost and cleanup notes above — the resources are yours, and so is the bill.
Anything you tick here is your own record. EgyKode cannot see inside that terminal, so the success criteria stay self-assessed even when the environment checks your work for you.
Rules#
- Do not open the guided lab until you have genuinely tried.
- When something fails, read the error before you search. The error message is the lesson.
- Tear down anything billable as soon as you finish.
If you get stuck#
The guided lab is one click away at the bottom of this page. Using it is not failure — coming back and repeating the challenge afterwards is the point.
You are done when
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The concept behind it
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