If you create an RDS instance in one region with a read replica in another (in private VPCs, no public access), is it required to peer the private VPCs for replication to occur or does AWS magically make communication happen in the background?
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Best Answer
You don't need a peering connection between VPCs to create a cross region read replica.
References: Official AWS RDS Replica Documentation and my own experience.