DB instance addition and management

Available in Classic and VPC

DB instance addition and management describes how to add, edit, and delete DB instances.

Add DB instance

To add DB instances, follow these steps:

1. Click the environment you are using in the Region menu and the Platform menu on the NAVER Cloud Platform console.
2. Click Services > Storage > Backup, in order.
3. Click Backup > Resource in order.
4. From the resource list, click the resource where you want to add a DB instance.
5. Click the [DB instance addition] button for the type of DB instance you want to add.
6. If the DB instance addition popup window comes up, enter the information as follows on the DB instance type and click the [Save] button:
   • MSSQL
   • MySQL
   • PostgreSQL
7. After you view the popup window, click the [View] button.
   • The DB instance displays the status of creating, and after the creation, the status changes to creation completed.

MSSQL

To add MSSQL DB instances, enter the following information:

• DB instance name: enter the server name of SQL Server Manager Studio
  • The name should consist of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens (-); must start with an English letter. The total length must be from 3-30 characters.
• Policy: select the policy you want to apply for the DB instance
  • By clicking the [Create policy] button, you can create a new policy.
• ID: enter the server ID to add DB instances
  • The ID should consist of lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and underscores (_); must start with an English letter. The total length must be from 4-16 characters.
  • Enter the ID that belongs to Administrator group with the sysadmin authority. Use the Windows authentication mode to access MSSQL servers.
• Password: enter the server password to add DB instances
• Data Directory: enter the Data route of MSSQL Database Default Location

MySQL

To add MySQL DB instances, enter the following information:

• DB instance name: enter the original name that works as the standard for DB instance management
  • The name should consist of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens (-); must start with an English letter. The total length must be from 3-30 characters.
• Policy: select the policy you want to apply for the DB instance
  • By clicking the [Create policy] button, you can create a new policy.
• ID: enter the server ID to add DB instances
  • The ID should consist of lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and underscores (_); must start with an English letter. The total length must be from 4-16 characters.
  • Enter the account ID with the OS admin authority.
• Password: enter the server password to add DB instances
• Binary directory: enter the binary executable file of MySQL
  • <example> /usr/bin/
• Log directory: enter the route to the Binary log file of MySQL
  • <example> /var/lib/mysql
• Config file: enter the route to the file where the setup of MySQL server has been defined
  • <example> /etc/my.cnf, /etc/mysql/my.cnf
• Socket file: enter the route to the socket file used for the communication between MySQL server and the client, when the server OS is Linux
  • <example> /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
• Port: enter the server access port number, when the server OS is Windows

PostgreSQL

To add PostgreSQL DB instances, enter the following information:

• DB instance name: enter the original name that works as the standard for DB instance management
  • The name should consist of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens (-); must start with an English letter. The total length must be from 3-30 characters.
• Policy: select the policy you want to apply for the DB instance
  • By clicking the [Create policy] button, you can create a new policy.
• ID: enter the server ID to add DB instances
  • The ID should consist of lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and underscores (_); must start with an English letter. The total length must be from 4-16 characters.
  • When adding PostgreSQL DB instances, enter the postrgres account ID with the admin authority.
• Password: enter the server password to add DB instances
• Maintenance DB: enter postgres
• Binary directory: enter the route to Binary executable file of PostgreSQL
  • <example> /usr/bin/
• Library directory: enter the route to the library file used by PostgreSQL server
  • <example> /usr/pgsql-13/lib
• Archive log directory: enter the route to the archive log file created on PostgreSQL
  • <example> /var/lib/pgsql/13/data/pg_wal
• Port: enter the server access port number

Edit DB instance

To edit the information of DB instances, follow these steps:

1. Click the environment you are using in the Region menu and the Platform menu on the NAVER Cloud Platform console.
2. Click Services > Storage > Backup, in order.
3. Click Backup > Resource in order.
4. From the resource list, click the resource with the added DB instance that needs information edition.
5. Click the [Edit] button of the DB instance whose information you want to edit.
6. After editing the information of the DB instance, click the [Save] button.

Delete DB instance

To delete DB instances, follow these steps:

1. Click the environment you are using in the Region menu and the Platform menu on the NAVER Cloud Platform console.
2. Click Services > Storage > Backup, in order.
3. Click Backup > Resource in order.
4. From the resource list, click the resource with the added DB instance you want to delete.
5. Click the [Delete] button of the DB instance you want to delete.
6. View the popup window of the DB instance deletion. Click the check box, and click the [Delete] button.
   • The DB instance is in the status of deleting, and after the deletion, the information of the DB instance disappears from the agent list.