Determine the upgrade technique

Based on the needs for your Aurora MySQL-Compatible cluster, choose among the multiple upgrade techniques.

In-place upgrade

See this tutorial to understand how to perform an in-place upgrade.

Restoring from a DB cluster snapshot

You provide the name of the DB cluster snapshot to restore from, and then provide a name for the new DB cluster that is created from the restore.

Alternative blue-green upgrade technique

In some situations, your top priority is to perform an immediate switchover from the old cluster to an upgraded one.

Aurora MySQL major version upgrade paths

Review the Aurora MySQL major version upgrade paths table to choose the appropriate upgrade path for your Aurora MySQL cluster.

Plan your upgrade

To make sure that your applications and administration procedures work smoothly after upgrading a cluster between major versions, do some advance planning and preparation.

Planning a major version upgrade for an Aurora MySQL cluster

With this preparation, you can perform a simulation of the upgrade before doing the real upgrade. This technique can be especially useful for production clusters.

Preparations for Aurora MySQL cluster that's currently running version 2.x

If you have an Aurora MySQL cluster that's currently running version 2.x and you want to upgrade it to Aurora MySQL-Compatible version 3.x, complete these required planning steps.

Upgrade your cluster

Aurora MySQL performs a major version upgrade as a multistage process. After the upgrade process begins, it runs until the upgrade either succeeds or fails.

Working with Amazon RDS event notification

Check the current status of an upgrade.

How to perform an in-place upgrade

After you complete the upgrade planning and testing, upgrade the major version of your Aurora MySQL cluster.

Upgrade an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster to a new version

How can I upgrade my Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster to a new version?

Troubleshoot upgrade issues

Use the following tutorials to help troubleshoot problems with Aurora MySQL upgrades.

Troubleshooting for Aurora MySQL in-place upgrade

These tips don't apply to Aurora Serverless DB clusters.

Troubleshooting upgrade issues with Aurora MySQL version 3

If your upgrade to Aurora MySQL version 3 doesn't complete successfully, see Troubleshooting upgrade issues with Aurora MySQL version 3.

Related re:Post Questions

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Related resources

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Performing major version upgrades for Amazon Aurora MySQL with minimum downtime

This post shows the detailed step-by-step procedure and best practices for an Aurora MySQL major version upgrade using blue-green deployment with a controlled database downtime period.

Amazon Aurora MySQL 3 with MySQL 8.0 compatibility is now generally available

This post discusses the general availability of the new Aurora MySQL 3 with MySQL 8.0 engine compatibility.

How long Amazon Aurora major versions remain available

Amazon Aurora major versions remain available at least until community end of life for the corresponding community version.