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title = "Create Source and Target Endpoints"
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### Create source and target endpoints
Go back to AWS Console, **AWS Database Migration Service** screen, click on **Endpoints** and **Create endpoint** button.
1. Create the **source endpoint**
Use the following parameters to configure the endpoint:
| Parameter | Value |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Endpoint type | Source endpoint |
| Endpoint identifier | source-endpoint |
| Source engine | mysql |
| Server name | Source Environment - for **self-paced lab** use information (DBServerDNSName) from the **Output** section of the **ApplicationMigrationWorkshop** CloudFormation Template,
for **AWS Events** - use **Database Server IP** from the Event Engine - Team Dashboard |
| Port | 3306 |
| SSL mode | none |
| User name | wordpress-user |
| Password | AWSRocksSince2006 |
Open **Test endpoint connection (optional)** section, then in the **VPC** drop-down select **TargetVPC** and click the **Run test** button to verify that your endpoint configuration is valid.
Test will run for a minute and you should see **successful** message in the **Status** column. Click on the **Create endpoint** button to create the endpoint.
In case of any errors - make sure you've configured the endpoint parameters correctly and that the Replication Instance was created with **Publicly Accessible** parameter checked.
2. Create the **target endpoint**
Repeat all steps to create the target endpoint with the following parameter values:
| Parameter | Value |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Endpoint type | Target endpoint |
| Select RDS DB instance | checked |
| RDS Instance | Select your RDS instance from the drop-down (if it's not visible enter values manually) |
| Endpoint Identifier | target-endpoint |
| Target Engine | mysql (will be pre-populated) |
| Server Name | DNS name of your RDS database (leave the the pre-populated value) |
| Port | 3306 (will be pre-populated) |
| SSL mode | none |
| User name | (leave the pre-populated value) |
| Password | Enter password you used when you creating the RDS database|
3. In the **Endpoint-specific settings -> Extra connection attributes** copy-paste the following connection parameters:
```
parallelLoadThreads=1; initstmt=SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0
```
4. Under **Test endpoint connection (optional)** select **TargetVPC** in the **VPC** drop down and click the **Run test** button to verify that your endpoint is valid.
Test will run for a minute and in the end you should see **successful** message in the **Status** column. Click on the **Create endpoint** button to create the endpoint.
In case of any errors, make sure that the **VPC security group** of your RDS database allows for inbound traffic on port 3306 from the **AWS DMS Replication Instance** security group (or for example from the whole **TargetVPC** - 10.0.0.0/16).
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Additional endpoint connection tests can be performed from **Endpoints** list by clicking the **Actions** button and then **Test connection**.
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