Creating a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster with Amazon RDS Extended Support
When you create a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster, select Enable RDS Extended Support in the console, or use the Extended Support option in the Amazon CLI or the parameter in the RDS API.
Note
If you don't specify the RDS Extended Support setting, RDS defaults to RDS Extended Support. This default behavior maintains the availability of your database past the RDS end of standard support date.
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Considerations for RDS Extended Support
Before creating a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster, consider the following items:
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After the RDS end of standard support date has passed, you can prevent the creation of a new DB instance or a new Multi-AZ DB cluster and avoid RDS Extended Support charges. To do this, use the Amazon CLI or the RDS API. In the Amazon CLI, specify
open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled
for the--engine-lifecycle-support
option. In the RDS API, specifyopen-source-rds-extended-support-disabled
for theLifeCycleSupport
parameter. If you specifyopen-source-rds-extended-support-disabled
and the RDS end of standard support date has passed, creating a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB 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 Amazon CLI, andEngineLifecycleSupport
in the RDS API.
For more information, see MySQL versions and Release calendars for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL.
Create a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster with RDS Extended Support
You can create a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster with an RDS Extended Support version using the Amazon Web Services Management Console, the Amazon CLI, or the RDS API.
When you create a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster, in the Engine options section, select Enable RDS Extended Support.
The following image shows the Enable RDS Extended Support setting:
When you use the create-db-instance or create-db-cluster (Multi-AZ DB cluster) Amazon 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 DB instance or
a Multi-AZ DB cluster after the RDS 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
CreateDBInstance or CreateDBCluster (Multi-AZ DB cluster) 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 DB instance or
a Multi-AZ DB cluster after the RDS 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:
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To create a DB instance, follow the instructions for your DB engine in Creating an Amazon RDS DB instance.
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To create a Multi-AZ DB cluster, follow the instructions for your DB engine in Creating a Multi-AZ DB cluster.