Editing Hosting A PHP Web Application On AWS (section)

== Importing data ==

Any MariaDB (or MySQL) client can be used to connect to the MariaDB database if it is publicly accessible, e.g. MySQLWorkbench. <ref>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ConnectToMariaDBInstance.html Connecting to a DB Instance] - AWS documentation</ref>

Retrieve the Endpoint from the AWS Management Console after loading the details of the MariaDB RDS instance. This is the host for the purposes of connecting to the database.

* Connect to the database with MySQLWorkbench. 
* '''Management''' > '''Data Import/Restore'''
* '''Import from Self-Contained File''' > ''Select a dump of the source database''
* ''''Default Target Schema''' > ''Select database''
* '''Dump Structure and Data'''
* '''Start Import''' button