diff --git a/services/terraform/self-host/aws_db.tf b/services/terraform/self-host/aws_db.tf
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/terraform/self-host/aws_db.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# MariaDB Security Group
+resource "aws_security_group" "keyserver_mariadb_security_group" {
+  name        = "keyserver-mariadb-sg"
+  description = "Allow inbound traffic on port 3307 and all outbound traffic"
+  vpc_id      = aws_vpc.default.id
+
+  # Inbound rules
+  ingress {
+    from_port   = 3307
+    to_port     = 3307
+    protocol    = "tcp"
+    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"] # Allow from anywhere, you can modify this to specific IPs or ranges
+  }
+
+  # Outbound rules
+  egress {
+    from_port   = 0
+    to_port     = 0
+    protocol    = "-1"
+    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+  }
+}
+
+
+# MariaDB RDS Instance
+resource "aws_db_instance" "mariadb" {
+  allocated_storage      = 5
+  db_name                = "mariadb"
+  identifier             = "mariadb-instance"
+  engine                 = "mariadb"
+  engine_version         = "10.11"
+  instance_class         = "db.t3.micro"
+  db_subnet_group_name   = aws_db_subnet_group.private-db-subnet-group.name
+  vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.keyserver_mariadb_security_group.id]
+  username               = local.secrets["mariaDB"]["username"]
+  password               = local.secrets["mariaDB"]["password"]
+  parameter_group_name   = "default.mariadb10.11"
+  port                   = 3307
+  skip_final_snapshot    = true
+}
diff --git a/services/terraform/self-host/aws_vpc.tf b/services/terraform/self-host/aws_vpc.tf
--- a/services/terraform/self-host/aws_vpc.tf
+++ b/services/terraform/self-host/aws_vpc.tf
@@ -42,3 +42,13 @@
   availability_zone       = "us-east-2c"
   map_public_ip_on_launch = false
 }
+
+# DB Subnet Group
+resource "aws_db_subnet_group" "private-db-subnet-group" {
+  name       = "private-db-subnet-group"
+  subnet_ids = [aws_subnet.private_b.id, aws_subnet.private_c.id]
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "DB subnet group associated with private vpc subnet"
+  }
+}