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Everything you do to a database after it exists. The guides are ordered roughly as you meet them: create and operate a database, protect it with backups, then tune it through resources, parameters, and auto scaling. Database proxy and Kafka ACL apply only to some engines, so check Features before you plan around them.

Manage databases4

Backup & Restore7

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Upgrade database versionUpgrade a cluster to a newer engine version — the supported upgrade paths for MySQL, Redis, and Kafka, the prerequisites, and the service impact to plan for.Manage database tagsAssign or remove tags on a database cluster to organize, filter, and report on your database resources.Change database resource configurationReview current and available resources, change the flavor or data disk size, and update the storage policy.Configure parametersWhat engine configuration parameters control, how dynamic and static parameters differ, and how to change one on a running database without causing an outage.

Manage Kafka ACL2

Database proxy4

Monitor & alert2

Change maintenance windowSet the weekly window in which FPT performs upgrades and patching on your database, and track upcoming maintenance events.View Action LogsTrack what the platform did to a cluster — provisioning, backup, scaling, and configuration operations — with the result and the time.