
#AWS AURORA MYSQL VERSION UPGRADE#
When a new version is released for Aurora MySQL, you can choose how and when to upgrade your DB clusters. Newer DB versions include bug fixes, security enhancements, improved features (including support for latest instance types) and other optimizations. Amazon Aurora provides newer versions of database engines so you can keep your DB clusters and instances up to date. You can use the following dates to plan your testing and upgrade cycles.Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition version 1 (with MySQL 5.6 compatibility) is planned to reach end of life on February 28, 2023, and it’s recommended to upgrade to newer supported major versions before it reaches the end of its lifecycle.

Information, see Using Amazon RDS Extended Support and Amazon RDS for MySQL pricing. You can continue runningĪ major version past its RDS end of standard support date for a fee. RDS for MySQL major versions are available under standard support at least untilĬommunity end of life for the corresponding community version. Whether or not to upgrade your original DB instance. YouĬan then experiment safely on the upgraded clone of your DB instance before deciding New DB instance, and then initiating a version upgrade for the new DB instance. Snapshot of your existing DB instance, restoring from the DB snapshot to create a You can test a DB instance against a new version before upgrading by creating a DB For information about upgrading a MySQL DB instance, You should thoroughly test any upgrade before You must make a request to modify the DB instance. For information, see UpgradingĪmazon RDS currently supports the major version upgrades from MySQL version 5.6 to version 5.7,Īnd from MySQL version 5.7 to version 8.0.īecause major version upgrades involve some compatibility risk, they do not occur automatically Supported minor version release by following the same procedure as you would for a If you opt out of automatically scheduled upgrades, you can manually upgrade to a You can modify a DB instance to enable or disable This patching occursĭuring your scheduled maintenance window. New MySQL minor versions as they are supported by Amazon RDS. When automatic minor version upgrade is enabled, your DB instance will be upgraded automatically to Major version upgrades at times that best fit your schedule. Test new versions with your application before deploying in production, and perform

You can maintain compatibility with specific MySQL versions, With Amazon RDS, you control when to upgrade your MySQL instance to a new major version

To see a list of supported versions,Īs well as defaults for newly created DB instances, use theĭescribe-db-engine-versions AWS CLI command.įor example, to list the supported engine versions for RDS for MySQL, run the following CLI command:Īws rds describe-db-engine-versions -default-only -engine mysql -engine-version 5.7 -region us-west-2 -query "*. Release of the major version you have specified.

Major version is specified but a minor version is not, Amazon RDS defaults to a recent If no version is specified,Īmazon RDS defaults to a supported version, typically the most recent version. Supported minor version for the specified major version. You can specify the major version (such as MySQL 5.7), and any You can specify any currently supported MySQL version when creating a new DB For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Extended Support. * Amazon RDS Extended Support eligible minor engine version.
