Step 5: Create an Instance Profile
Before you create an instance profile, configure a subnet group for your instance profile.
To create a subnet group
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS DMS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/dms/v2/
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Choose your AWS Region.
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In the navigation pane, choose Subnet groups, and then choose Create subnet group.
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For Name, enter
DataMigrationSubnetGroup. -
For Description, enter
A group of private subnets. -
For VPC, choose
dm-vpc. You created this VPC in Step 1. -
For Add subnets, choose two private subnet IDs.
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Choose Create subnet group.
Before you create your migration project, you set up an instance profile. An instance profile specifies network and security settings for your migration project.
To create an instance profile
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS DMS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/dms/v2/
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Choose your AWS Region.
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In the navigation pane, choose Instance profiles, and then choose Create instance profile.
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For Name, enter a unique name for your instance profile. For example, enter
dm-instance-profile. -
For Virtual private cloud (VPC), choose
dm-vpc. You created this VPC in Step 1. -
For Subnet group, choose the
DataMigrationSubnetGroupsubnet group that you created before. -
Choose Create instance profile.
Use this instance profile when you create your migration project in Step 7.
