Amazon Aurora Multi-Master sudo apt-get install mysql-client sudo apt install python3-pip pip3 install mysql-connector-python HOST=<mysql host here> MYSQL_PWD=cloudacademy mysql -h $HOST -u admin demo select @@hostname; CREATE DATABASE demo; CREATE TABLE course ( title VARCHAR(40), instructor VARCHAR(40), duration INT, created DATE, url VARCHAR(256) ); INSERT INTO course (title, instructor, duration, created, url) VALUES ('Course1', 'Jeremy Cook', 100, '1999-03-30', 'http://here.com'); AURORA_NODE1=<aurora endpoint 1 here> AURORA_NODE2=<aurora endpoint 2 here> watch -n1 "MYSQL_PWD=cloudacademy mysql -h $AURORA_NODE1 -u admin demo -e 'select count(*) from course'" AURORA_NODE1=<aurora endpoint 1 here> AURORA_NODE2=<aurora endpoint 2 here> MYSQL_PWD=cloudacademy mysql -h $AURORA_NODE1 -u admin -e 'ALTER SYSTEM CRASH'