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+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = "~> 4.16"
+    }
+  }
+
+  required_version = ">= 1.2.0"
+}
+
+provider "aws" {
+  region = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+resource "aws_db_instance" "basic_rds_instance" {
+  engine = "mysql"
+  allocated_storage = 20
+  instance_class = "db.t2.micro"
+  engine_version = "latest"
+  name = "my-rds-instance"
+  username = "root"
+  password = "password"
+}