Restore an Amazon DocumentDB Cluster from a Snapshot

45 minutes
  • 3 Learning Objectives

About this Hands-on Lab

In this lab, students are asked to restore an Amazon DocumentDB cluster from a snapshot. After completing this lab, students will have hands-on experience using the AWS Management Console to restore snapshots of an Amazon DocumentDB cluster.

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Choose the Amazon DocumentDB Service

From the Amazon Web Services Management Console, select the DocumentDB service.

Locate the Snapshot

Change the filter from Owned by Me to All Public Snapshots.

Restore the Snapshot

Select the snapshot, and restore it to a new cluster. Be sure to use the instance class db.t3.medium, and set number of instances to 1. You will also need to select the correct security group for your cluster.

Additional Resources

You are working as a DBA and have been tasked with creating a new DocumentDB cluster for the Quality Assurance group. You will create this cluster from an existing snapshot.

To achieve this you will need to complete the following tasks:

  • Choose the Amazon DocumentDB service from the AWS Management Console.
  • Locate the snapshot.
  • Restore the snapshot.

What are Hands-on Labs

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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