How to Connect Django with AWS RDS MySQL Database? Step by Step Guide| Kundan Kumar|

In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the process of connecting Django to an Amazon RDS MySQL database step by step. You'll learn how to set up your RDS instance, configure Django settings, and troubleshoot common issues along the way. By the end of this video, you'll have a fully functional Django application running on AWS RDS.

1) Visit to Create an AWS RDS Instance: www.awa.amazon.com
2) pip install mysqlclient
2) To Configure Django Setting (fill with your credentials and endpoint/HOST):

DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'your_database_name',
'USER': 'your_username',
'PASSWORD': 'your_password',
'HOST': 'your_rds_endpoint',
'PORT': '3306', # Default MySQL port,
'OPTIONS': {
'charset': 'utf8mb4',
'init_command': "SET sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES'",
},
}
}