Cloud Instance Web Database: Implementation, Security, and DB2 Use

This report explores the implementation of web databases within a cloud instance, focusing on connecting MySQL database servers with web development technologies. It highlights the advantages of cloud databases, such as ease of use, scalability, and disaster recovery, while providing examples like DB2 warehouse on cloud, Oracle Database Cloud, and Amazon Relational Database Services. The report also addresses security concerns associated with cloud services, including data loss, insufficient due diligence, denial-of-service attacks, API vulnerabilities, malware hosting, and insider threats. It further references scholarly articles to support its analysis of cloud database implementation and security measures, emphasizing the importance of robust security planning and data protection strategies in cloud environments. Desklib offers this report along with a vast collection of academic resources to aid students in their studies.

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Implementation of Web Database in a cloud instance
The implementation of a cloud instance Web database connects the MySQL database
server along with the web development technology (Overby et al., 2018). Cloud database has a
cloud platform that could access and build through database service. There are traditional
databases that the same function with cloud computing flexibility (Sengupta et al., 2017).
Software get install by the users on cloud infrastructure were the database could be implemented.
The advantages of cloud databases are:
 Have better ease of use: User can access for cloud databases from virtually anywhere
through a web interface or vendors’ API.
 Scalability: The storage capacity for the cloud databases can be expanded during runtime
that could accommodate the needs that are changing. Organization has to pay for the
requirement that are used.
 Disaster Recovery: There are event of power outage, equipment failure or a natural
disaster. The remote server has backups and secure the data.
Examples of Cloud SQL Database are a DB2 warehouse on cloud compose for post SQL,
Oracle Database Cloud, Amazon Relational Database Services which can run in the cloud either
in a virtual machine or as a service depending on the vendor (Spillner, Toffetti & López, 2017).
Database services manage the workload through logical abstractions. There are workload for
individual services that represents priorities, threshold for service level with common attribute.
Attributes have some grouping space for the work that might use the application function. The
application function has the priority of execution that has the job class through which it could
manage or use the data range for the job class or the application function (Gupta & Kaushal,
2017). The cloud database instance has services to operate and handles all the request of the

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application that need a data to work with for instance of managing the databases. The database
service instance is the target of the connection request from applications such as the use of
Python. When a connection has been completed. Python codes the sal statement across the
connection to the instance of the database. The database instance results in the SQL statement
into operations against the data and objects in the database. Any data is retreat is a return to the
application.
The database instance is created in Db2 warehouse on the cloud. Db2 warehouse on the cloud
is an SQL database provision in the cloud (Jumagaliyev, Whittle & Elkhatib, 2017). The Db2
warehouse can be used without the overhead and expenses setup or software installation and
maintenance nice. The warehouse can be the used to store relational data, anal, use the data using
the build in analytics or by connection through any application. The Db2 warehouse has set up a
service instance in Db2 warehouse, navigate to the cloud and select the DB2 warehouse on cloud
service. The service instance name needs to choose, and the reason is chosen to deploy to along
with the service. The dashboard will appear with Db2 warehouse service instance
Security Issues
Cloud services data can be lost with the malicious attack, data wipe or natural disaster
that has a service provider. It is devastating to lose vital information for the business purpose
where there is no recovery plan. The insufficient due diligence occurs mostly when there is no
clear plan regarding the goals, resources and policies of the cloud. There is a security risk
because of insufficient due diligence during the migration to the cloud with no proper
anticipation. The most, unlike attacks, are known as the denial of service attack make the website
and servers unavailable to the legitimate users. As it is known that Application Programming

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Interfaces (API) have an opportunity for the user where they can customise the experience of the
cloud. Unfortunately, API has become a threat to cloud security as they provide access and put
an effect on encryption. With the increase in the API infrastructure, there is an increase in
security risks (Kumar, Shekhar & Singh, 2018). The unprecedented clouds way of storage
capacity has made easy for the host and spread malware and illegal software by the hackers and
authorised users. Some insiders often that are related with the organisation having cloud-based
services will misuse as they have authorised access to the accounts and other sensitive
information.

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References
Gupta, S., & Kaushal, S. (2017). Implementation of Oracle RAC on Oracle Cloud. International
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Jumagaliyev, A., Whittle, J., & Elkhatib, Y. (2017, December). Using DSML for Handling
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Kumar, S., Shekhar, J., & Singh, J. P. (2018). Data security and encryption technique for cloud
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Overby Jr, L. H., Ffrench, A., Mosakowski, B., & Rodriguez, A. F. (2018). U.S. Patent
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Sengupta, S., Sharma, V. S., Subramanian, V., Nure, S. B., Bhola, A., Shah, S. K., & Nalam, C.
(2017). U.S. Patent No. 9,703,811. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Spillner, J., Toffetti, G., & López, M. R. (2017, September). Cloud-Native Databases: An
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