fix description for release; add cloudpod section in README

Author: steffyP

.github/workflows/cloudpod_release.yml

@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ jobs:
         run: ls -R
       - name: Prepare Release Notes
         run: |
-          echo "This release includes the Cloud Pod of the sample created with LocalStack Version `${{ inputs.release-tag || 'latest'}}`." > Release.txt
-          echo "Please use the `release-pod-{database}.zip` you need for your configuration." >> Release.txt
+          echo "This release includes the Cloud Pod of the sample created with LocalStack Version \`${{ inputs.release-tag || 'latest'}}\`." > Release.txt
+          echo "Please use the \`release-pod-{database}.zip\` you need for your configuration." >> Release.txt
           echo "### MariaDB" >> Release.txt
-          echo "By default LocalStack uses the engine `mariadb`, so you need `release-pod-mariadb.zip`." >> Release.txt
+          echo "By default LocalStack uses the engine \`mariadb\`, so you need \`release-pod-mariadb.zip\`." >> Release.txt
           echo "You can click the Launchpad to inject the pod into your running LocalStack instance:" >> Release.txt
           echo "[![LocalStack Pods Launchpad](https://localstack.cloud/gh/launch-pod-badge.svg)](https://app.localstack.cloud/launchpad?url=https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/download/${{ inputs.release-tag || 'latest'}}/release-pod-mariadb.zip)"  >> Release.txt
           echo "### MySQL" >> Release.txt
-          echo "If you start LocalStack with `RDS_MYSQL_DOCKER=1`, please use the `mysql` pod `release-pod-mysql.zip`" >> Release.txt
-          echo "You can click the Launchpad to inject the `mysql` version of the pod into your running LocalStack instance:" >> Release.txt
+          echo "If you start LocalStack with \`RDS_MYSQL_DOCKER=1\`, please use the \`mysql\` pod \`release-pod-mysql.zip\`" >> Release.txt
+          echo "You can click the Launchpad to inject the \`mysql\` version of the pod into your running LocalStack instance:" >> Release.txt
           echo "[![LocalStack Pods Launchpad](https://localstack.cloud/gh/launch-pod-badge.svg)](https://app.localstack.cloud/launchpad?url=https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/download/${{ inputs.release-tag || 'latest'}}/release-pod-mysql.zip)" >> Release.txt
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release

README.md

@@ -196,3 +196,27 @@ The implementation can be found in `lib/resource-initializer.ts`.
 ## Learn More
 
 More details about the original sample can be found in the AWS blog post — [Use AWS CDK to initialize Amazon RDS instances](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/infrastructure-and-automation/use-aws-cdk-to-initialize-amazon-rds-instances/).
+
+## Cloud Pods
+
+[Cloud Pods](https://docs.localstack.cloud/user-guide/tools/cloud-pods/) are a mechanism that allows you to take a snapshot of the state in your current LocalStack instance, persist it to a storage backend, and easily share it with your team members.
+
+You can convert your current AWS infrastructure state to a Cloud Pod using the `localstack` CLI. 
+Check out our [Getting Started guide](https://docs.localstack.cloud/user-guide/tools/cloud-pods/getting-started/) and [LocalStack Cloud Pods CLI reference](https://docs.localstack.cloud/user-guide/tools/cloud-pods/pods-cli/) to learn more about Cloud Pods and how to use them.
+
+To inject a Cloud Pod you can use [Cloud Pods Launchpad](https://docs.localstack.cloud/user-guide/tools/cloud-pods/launchpad/) wich quickly injects Cloud Pods into your running LocalStack container. 
+
+> **NOTE**: The Cloud Pod linked here, was created with the `latest` LocalStack version, make sure you also run `latest` when injecting. 
+Further, LocalStack needs to be started with the flag `RDS_MYSQL_DOCKER=1`. For different flavors check the available [releases](https://github.com/localstack/amazon-rds-init-cdk/releases).
+
+Click here [![LocalStack Pods Launchpad](https://localstack.cloud/gh/launch-pod-badge.svg)](https://app.localstack.cloud/launchpad?url=https://github.com/localstack/amazon-rds-init-cdk/releases/download/latest/release-pod-mysql.zip) to launch the Cloud Pods Launchpad and inject the Cloud Pod for this application by clicking the `Inject` button.
+
+![Cloud Pod injection with the Cloud Pod Launchpad](images/screenshot_launchpad.png)
+
+Alternatively, you can inject the pod by using the `localstack` CLI. 
+First, you need to download the pod you want to inject from the [releases](https://github.com/localstack/amazon-rds-init-cdk/releases).
+Then run:
+
+```sh
+localstack pod load file://$(pwd)/release-pod-mysql.zip
+```