Added capability to deploy PostgreSQL servers on Amazon RDS. Fixes #7177

docs/en_US/cloud_deployment.rst

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+.. _cloud_deployment:
+
+******************************
+`Cloud Deployment`:index:
+******************************
+
+The PostgreSQL server can be deployed on the Amazon AWS cloud using this module.
+Currently only RDS is available, but in the future more cloud options will be available.
+
+To launch the *Cloud Deployment...* tool, right click on the *Server Group* or *Server* of the tree control, and select
+*Deploy a Cloud Instance* from the *Register* menu.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_deployment_provider.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment Provider
+    :align: center
+
+Once you launch the tool, the Amazon RDS is already selected as this is the only option currently available.
+Click on the *Next* button to proceed further.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_deployment_credentials.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment Provider
+    :align: center
+
+In the Credentials dialog, provide the region in which you want to deploy the instance along with
+*AWS access key* and *AWS secret access key*.
+Provide *AWS session token* only if your AWS session is temporary.
+
+To proceed further, click on the next button. Before going further, pgAdmin will validate your credentials.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_deployment_instance.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment Provider
+    :align: center
+
+Use the fields from the Instance Specification tab to specify the Instance details.
+
+* Use the *Instance name* field to add an instance name for the PostgreSQL server; the name
+  specified will be displayed in the *Browser* tree control too.
+
+* Use the *Public IP* field to specify the IP Address range for permitting the inbound traffic.
+
+* Use the *Database version* field to specify the PostgreSQL version to deploy.
+
+* Use the *Instance class* field to allocate the computational, network, and memory capacity required by planned workload of this DB instance.
+
+* Use the *Instance type* field to select the instance type.
+
+* Use the *Storage type* field to select the instance storage type. Three options are available. General Purpose (SSD) storage, Provisioned IOPS (SSD) and Magnetic storage.
+
+* Use the *Allocated storage* field to specify the storage capacity in GiB.
+
+* Use the *Provisioned IOPS* in case of  Provisioned IOPS (SSD) storage type.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_deployment_database.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment Provider
+    :align: center
+
+Use the fields from the Database Details tab to specify the Instance details.
+
+* Use the drop-down list box in the *Server group* field to select the parent
+  node for the server; the server will be displayed in the *Browser* tree
+  control within the specified group.
+
+* Use the *Database name* field to add the database name for the PostgreSQL server.
+
+* Use the *Username* field to specify the name of a role that will be used when
+  authenticating with the server.
+
+* Use the *Password* field to provide a password that will be supplied when
+  authenticating with the server.
+
+* Use the *Confirm password* field to repeat the password.
+
+* Enter the listener port number of the server host in the *Port* field.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_deployment_review.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment Provider
+    :align: center
+
+At the end, review the Instance details that you provided. Click on Finish button to deploy the instance on Amazon RDS.
+
+.. image:: images/cloud_deployment_tree.png
+    :alt: Cloud Deployment Provider
+    :align: center
+
+Once you click on the finish, one background process will start which will deploy the instance in the cloud
+and monitor the progress of the deployment. The Server will be added to the tree with the cloud uploading icon.
+Once the deployment is done, the necessary server details will be updated.

docs/en_US/connecting.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ control, and select *Server Group* from the *Create* menu.
 Use the fields on the *Server* dialog to define the connection properties for
 each new server that you wish to manage with pgAdmin.  To open the *Server*
 dialog, right-click on the *Servers* node of the tree control, and select
-*Server* from the *Create* menu.
+*Server* from the *Register* menu.
 
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docs/en_US/deployment.rst

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ will provide detailed information about creating a custom deployment.
    desktop_deployment
    server_deployment
    container_deployment
+   cloud_deployment

docs/en_US/release_notes_6_6.rst

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This release contains a number of bug fixes and new features since the release o
 New features
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+| `Issue #7177 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7177>`_ -  Added capability to deploy PostgreSQL servers on Amazon RDS.
 
 Housekeeping
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