PD AWS MySQL lets you offer managed MySQL databases on AWS through Blesta, using AWS. It suits applications that need MySQL, with the resource linked to the customer’s service.

Before you start

Install PD Modules for Blesta first, connect the account that holds your licence, then install PD AWS MySQL from its Store. Allow the staff group that needs to use it.

You also need an AWS account with the permissions required for the chosen database service. Check the provider account’s permissions, available locations and capacity before enabling automatic provisioning.

Connect the account

In Settings → Company → Modules, find the installed module, choose Manage and add its account connection. Blesta calls this a module row. Keep this provider connection separate from the package settings.

Define what the customer receives

Create a package using PD AWS MySQL and review its Module Options and configurable options. Start with Region, Plan, Backing service, MySQL version and Storage. Together these describe the resource requested when a service is provisioned; they are not just labels on the order form.

Choose Lightsail or RDS before choosing the plan. The backing service affects the available sizes and management options.

Choose which client controls the package exposes. If you offer configurable options, check that their values match the module’s supported choices and that the defaults describe the service you intend to sell.

Put the service into use

Add the package group to the intended order form when it is ready. Blesta creates the service before provisioning completes; check the service state and ensure the normal cron is running for subsequent updates.

Check the first service

Review the instance or cluster state, the connection details and the access controls. A pending resource is not ready for application connections.

Creating a real service creates provider resources and can incur provider charges. Review the configuration first; use your normal controlled test process for the first provisioning rather than making an order solely to browse the settings.

Explore the module

See the PD AWS MySQL for Blesta module page for the current product details.

AWS MySQL task guides

• Connect an AWS account to PD AWS MySQL in Blesta
• Choose RDS or Lightsail for PD AWS MySQL in Blesta
• Create a MySQL database package in Blesta
• Generate MySQL database checkout options in Blesta
• Choose an AWS region for MySQL databases in Blesta
• Choose client database controls for PD AWS MySQL in Blesta
• Connect securely to a MySQL database from Blesta
• Reset a PD AWS MySQL database password in Blesta
• Allow an application IP to access RDS MySQL from Blesta
• Remove an allowed IP from an RDS MySQL firewall in Blesta
• Start or stop a MySQL database from Blesta
• Reboot a PD AWS MySQL database in Blesta
• Take a MySQL database snapshot from Blesta
• Delete a manual MySQL snapshot from Blesta
• Plan MySQL snapshot recovery for a service in Blesta
• Change an RDS MySQL plan through Blesta
• Increase RDS MySQL storage through Blesta
• Read MySQL performance graphs in Blesta
• Troubleshoot PD AWS MySQL provisioning in Blesta
• Remove a PD AWS MySQL database service from Blesta