When I am trying to launch a RDS DB instance, it seems like I must use a VPC -- there is no choice other than a VPC when I reach Configure Advanced Settings. Is there any way to avoid this?
To motivate this question, I am having problems connecting to the instance once it is created and previously (using a different AWS account) this connection was not a problem.
Could it be that with VPCs configured, then I am forced to choose among them?
Is it surprising that connecting to an RDS instance is more difficult when it runs in a VPC?