Amazon Relational Database Service

1. Open a command prompt and enter the following command; make sure to use the endpoint of the DB Instance you created.

   PROMPT> mysql -h mydbinstance.c7hszkfowzmc.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -P 3306 -u mymasteruser -p

   You will see output similar to the following.

   Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
   Your MySQL connection id is 350
   Server version: 5.1.50-log MySQL Community Server (GPL)
   
   Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
   
   mysql>

   http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/latest/GettingStartedGuide/ConnectToDBInstance.html