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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 Amazon CLI or the parameter in the RDS API.

Note

If you don't specify the RDS Extended Support setting, Aurora defaults to RDS Extended Support. This default behavior maintains the availability of your database past the Aurora end of standard support date.

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 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, 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 Amazon 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 Amazon Web Services Management Console, the Amazon CLI, or the RDS API.

Note

The Amazon 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.

The following image shows the Enable RDS Extended Support setting:

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

When you use the create-db-cluster or create-global-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 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: