Deploy Laravel to AWS via Console (Part 3): RDS MySQL, S3 Storage & ElastiCache Redis

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In Part 2, we launched EC2 and installed Nginx + PHP-FPM. Now let's add the data layer: managed MySQL, object storage, and Redis cache — all via Console.

RDS MySQL 8.0

Step 1: Create DB Subnet Group

  1. Search → "RDS" → click RDS
  2. Left menu → Subnet groups → Create DB subnet group
Setting Value
Name laravel-db-subnet
Description Private subnets for Laravel RDS
VPC laravel-production-vpc
AZs ap-northeast-1a, ap-northeast-1c
Subnets Both private subnets

Step 2: Create RDS Instance

  1. RDS → Databases → Create database
  2. Standard create
Section Setting Value
Engine Engine type MySQL
Version 8.0.x (latest)
Template Production
Settings DB instance identifier laravel-mysql
Master username admin
Master password Strong password
Instance DB instance class db.t3.micro
Storage Type gp3
Allocated 20 GB
Autoscaling ✅ Enable, max 100 GB
Availability Multi-AZ Yes
Connectivity VPC laravel-production-vpc
Subnet group laravel-db-subnet
Public access No
Security group laravel-rds-sg
Additional Initial database name laravel
Backup retention 7 days
Encryption ✅ Enable
Deletion protection ✅ Enable
  1. Create database → wait 5-10 minutes

Step 3: Get Endpoint

RDS → Databases → laravel-mysql → Connectivity & security → copy Endpoint.

Step 4: Configure Laravel

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=laravel-mysql.xxxx.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=admin
DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_STRONG_PASSWORD

Step 5: Test Connection

sudo dnf install -y mariadb105
mysql -h laravel-mysql.xxxx.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com -u admin -p -e "SELECT VERSION();"

S3 Bucket

Step 1: Create Bucket

  1. Search → "S3" → Create bucket
Setting Value
Name your-app-laravel-storage (globally unique)
Region ap-northeast-1
Object Ownership ACLs disabled
Block Public Access ✅ Block ALL
Versioning Enable
Encryption SSE-S3 (AES-256)

Step 2: Configure Laravel

composer require league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3

FILESYSTEM_DISK=s3
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=ap-northeast-1
AWS_BUCKET=your-app-laravel-storage
# No AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY needed!
# IAM role provides credentials automatically.

ElastiCache Redis

Step 1: Create Subnet Group

  1. Search → "ElastiCache" → left menu → Subnet groups → Create
Setting Value
Name laravel-redis-subnet
VPC laravel-production-vpc
Subnets Both private subnets

Step 2: Create Redis Cluster

  1. ElastiCache → Redis caches → Create Redis cache
Setting Value
Cluster mode Disabled
Name laravel-redis
Node type cache.t3.micro
Replicas 0
Subnet group laravel-redis-subnet
Security group laravel-redis-sg
  1. Create → wait 3-5 minutes

Step 3: Configure Laravel

CACHE_STORE=redis
SESSION_DRIVER=redis
QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis
REDIS_HOST=laravel-redis.xxxx.cache.amazonaws.com
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379

Database Backup to S3

sudo mkdir -p /opt/scripts
sudo vim /opt/scripts/backup-db.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
BACKUP_FILE="/tmp/laravel_backup_${TIMESTAMP}.sql.gz"
mysqldump \
  -h laravel-mysql.xxxx.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com \
  -u admin -p"${DB_PASSWORD}" \
  --single-transaction --routines --triggers \
  laravel | gzip > "${BACKUP_FILE}"
aws s3 cp "${BACKUP_FILE}" "s3://your-app-laravel-storage/backups/db/"
rm -f "${BACKUP_FILE}"

sudo chmod +x /opt/scripts/backup-db.sh

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