Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

ModifyGlobalCluster

Modify a setting for an Amazon Aurora global cluster. You can change one or more database configuration parameters by specifying these parameters and the new values in the request. For more information on Amazon Aurora, see What is Amazon Aurora? in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Note

This action only applies to Aurora DB clusters.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

AllowMajorVersionUpgrade

A value that indicates whether major version upgrades are allowed.

Constraints: You must allow major version upgrades when specifying a value for the EngineVersion parameter that is a different major version than the DB cluster's current version.

If you upgrade the major version of a global database, the cluster and DB instance parameter groups are set to the default parameter groups for the new version. Apply any custom parameter groups after completing the upgrade.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

DeletionProtection

Indicates if the global database cluster has deletion protection enabled. The global database cluster can't be deleted when deletion protection is enabled.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

EngineVersion

The version number of the database engine to which you want to upgrade. Changing this parameter results in an outage. The change is applied during the next maintenance window unless ApplyImmediately is enabled.

To list all of the available engine versions for aurora (for MySQL 5.6-compatible Aurora), use the following command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine aurora --query '*[]|[?SupportsGlobalDatabases == `true`].[EngineVersion]'

To list all of the available engine versions for aurora-mysql (for MySQL 5.7-compatible and MySQL 8.0-compatible Aurora), use the following command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine aurora-mysql --query '*[]|[?SupportsGlobalDatabases == `true`].[EngineVersion]'

To list all of the available engine versions for aurora-postgresql, use the following command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine aurora-postgresql --query '*[]|[?SupportsGlobalDatabases == `true`].[EngineVersion]'

Type: String

Required: No

GlobalClusterIdentifier

The DB cluster identifier for the global cluster being modified. This parameter isn't case-sensitive.

Constraints:

Must match the identifier of an existing global database cluster.

Type: String

Required: No

NewGlobalClusterIdentifier

The new cluster identifier for the global database cluster when modifying a global database cluster. This value is stored as a lowercase string.

Constraints:

Must contain from 1 to 63 letters, numbers, or hyphens
The first character must be a letter
Can't end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens

Example: my-cluster2

Type: String

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

GlobalCluster

A data type representing an Aurora global database.

Type: GlobalCluster object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

GlobalClusterNotFoundFault

The GlobalClusterIdentifier doesn't refer to an existing global database cluster.

HTTP Status Code: 404

InvalidDBClusterStateFault

The requested operation can't be performed while the cluster is in this state.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidDBInstanceState

The DB instance isn't in a valid state.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidGlobalClusterStateFault

The global cluster is in an invalid state and can't perform the requested operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400