Creating an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster with Amazon RDS Extended Support - Amazon Aurora
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Creating an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster with Amazon RDS Extended Support

When you create an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster, select Enable RDS Extended Support in the console, or use the Extended Support option in the AWS CLI or the parameter in the RDS API. When you enroll an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster in Amazon RDS Extended Support, it is permanently enrolled in RDS Extended Support for the life of the Aurora DB cluster or global cluster.

If you use the console, you must select Enable RDS Extended Support. The setting isn't selected by default.

If you use the AWS CLI or the RDS API and don't specify the RDS Extended Support setting, Amazon RDS defaults to enabling RDS Extended Support. When you automate by using AWS CloudFormation or other services, this default behavior maintains the availability of your database past the Aurora end of standard support date.

You can prevent enrollment in RDS Extended Support by using the AWS CLI or the RDS API to create an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster.

RDS Extended Support behavior

The following table summarizes what happens when a major engine version reaches the Aurora end of standard support.

RDS Extended Support status* Behavior

Enabled

Amazon RDS charges you for RDS Extended Support.

Disabled**

Amazon RDS upgrades your Aurora DB cluster or global cluster to a supported engine version. This upgrade takes place on or shortly after the Aurora end of standard support date.

* In the RDS console, the RDS Extended Support status appears as Yes or No. In the AWS CLI or RDS API, the RDS Extended Support status appears as open-source-rds-extended-support or open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled.

** This option is only available when creating an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster running PostgreSQL 12 and higher.

Considerations for RDS Extended Support

Before creating an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster, consider the following items:

  • After the Aurora end of standard support date has passed, you can prevent the creation of a new Aurora DB cluster or a new global cluster and avoid RDS Extended Support charges. To do this, use the AWS CLI or the RDS API. In the AWS CLI, specify open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled for the --engine-lifecycle-support option. In the RDS API, specify open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled for the LifeCycleSupport parameter. If you specify open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled and the Aurora end of standard support date has passed, creating an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster will always fail.

  • RDS Extended Support is set at the cluster level. Members of a cluster will always have the same setting for RDS Extended Support in the RDS console, --engine-lifecycle-support in the AWS CLI, and EngineLifecycleSupport in the RDS API.

For more information, see Amazon Aurora versions.

Create an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster with RDS Extended Support

You can create an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster with an RDS Extended Support version using the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, or the RDS API.

Note

The AWS CLI --engine-lifecycle-support option and the RDS API EngineLifeCycle parameter are currently only available for Aurora PostgreSQL. They will become available for Aurora MySQL closer to the Aurora end of standard support date.

When you create an Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster, in the Engine options section, select Enable RDS Extended Support. This setting isn't selected by default.

The following image shows the Enable RDS Extended Support setting:

The Enable RDS Extended Support setting in the Engine options section.

When you run the create-db-cluster or create-global-cluster AWS CLI command, select RDS Extended Support by specifying open-source-rds-extended-support for the --engine-lifecycle-support option. By default, this option is set to open-source-rds-extended-support.

To prevent the creation of a new Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster after the Aurora end of standard support date, specify open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled for the --engine-lifecycle-support option. By doing so, you will avoid any associated RDS Extended Support charges.

When you use the CreateDBCluster or CreateGlobalCluster Amazon RDS API operation, select RDS Extended Support by setting the EngineLifecycleSupport parameter to open-source-rds-extended-support. By default, this parameter is set to open-source-rds-extended-support.

To prevent the creation of a new Aurora DB cluster or a global cluster after the Aurora end of standard support date, specify open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled for the EngineLifecycleSupport parameter. By doing so, you will avoid any associated RDS Extended Support charges.

For more information, see the following topics: