**To create a replication instance** The following ``create-replication-instance`` example creates a replication instance. :: aws dms create-replication-instance \ --replication-instance-identifier my-repl-instance \ --replication-instance-class dms.t2.micro \ --allocated-storage 5 Output:: { "ReplicationInstance": { "ReplicationInstanceIdentifier": "my-repl-instance", "ReplicationInstanceClass": "dms.t2.micro", "ReplicationInstanceStatus": "creating", "AllocatedStorage": 5, "VpcSecurityGroups": [ { "VpcSecurityGroupId": "sg-f839b688", "Status": "active" } ], "ReplicationSubnetGroup": { "ReplicationSubnetGroupIdentifier": "default", "ReplicationSubnetGroupDescription": "default", "VpcId": "vpc-136a4c6a", "SubnetGroupStatus": "Complete", "Subnets": [ { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-da327bf6", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-east-1a" }, "SubnetStatus": "Active" }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-42599426", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-east-1d" }, "SubnetStatus": "Active" }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-bac383e0", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-east-1c" }, "SubnetStatus": "Active" }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-6746046b", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-east-1f" }, "SubnetStatus": "Active" }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-d7c825e8", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-east-1e" }, "SubnetStatus": "Active" }, { "SubnetIdentifier": "subnet-cbfff283", "SubnetAvailabilityZone": { "Name": "us-east-1b" }, "SubnetStatus": "Active" } ] }, "PreferredMaintenanceWindow": "sat:12:35-sat:13:05", "PendingModifiedValues": {}, "MultiAZ": false, "EngineVersion": "3.3.2", "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": true, "KmsKeyId": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:123456789012:key/f7bc0f8e-1a3a-4ace-9faa-e8494fa3921a", "ReplicationInstanceArn": "arn:aws:dms:us-east-1:123456789012:rep:ZK2VQBUWFDBAWHIXHAYG5G2PKY", "PubliclyAccessible": true } } For more information, see `Working with an AWS DMS Replication Instance <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_ReplicationInstance.html>`__ in the *AWS Database Migration Service User Guide*.