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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. When you enroll a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster in Amazon RDS Extended Support, it is permanently enrolled in RDS Extended Support for the life of the DB instance or Multi-AZ DB cluster.

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

If you use the Amazon 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 Amazon CloudFormation or other services, this default behavior maintains the availability of your database past the RDS end of standard support date.

You can prevent enrollment in RDS Extended Support by using the Amazon CLI or the RDS API to create a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster.

RDS Extended Support behavior

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

RDS Extended Support status* Behavior

Enabled

Amazon RDS charges you for RDS Extended Support.

Disabled

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

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

Considerations for RDS Extended Support

Before creating a DB instance or a Multi-AZ DB cluster, consider the following items:

  • 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, specify open-source-rds-extended-support-disabled for the LifeCycleSupport parameter. If you specify open-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, and EngineLifecycleSupport 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. 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-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: