# Developer Self-Service

## What Will You Do  
This is Part 2 of the self-paced quick start exercise. In this part, you will use the Developer persona to create environments through self-service using Environment Manager.

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## Step 1: Launch RDS Environment  
In this step, you will use the console to launch the RDS environment as a self-service user. This can be done by either a platform team member or a self-service user. By launching the environment, an RDS database will be created in AWS using the VPC and security group previously created in our first environment.

- Navigate to **Environments -> Environments**  
- Find the card named **rds** and click **launch**  
- Enter a name for the environment  
- Update any of the parameters if needed  
- Click **Save & Deploy**

After ~15 minutes, the environment will be deployed and the details of the environment resources will be displayed in the **Results** section of the screen.

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## Step 2: Verify Environment Resources  
In this step, you will use the AWS console to verify the resources were created successfully.

- In the AWS console, navigate to **RDS -> DB Instances**  
- Search for the instance name **em-rds-<ENVIRONMENT NAME>**  
- Click on the instance name

You will see the running instance in the VPC and Security Group that was previously created.

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## Recap  
Congratulations! At this point, you have successfully provisioned an AWS environment consisting of a VPC, security group and an RDS database using Environment Manager.