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Md. Mizanur Rahman
Md. Mizanur Rahman

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How to Update Aurora Global Database Version

From time to time we need to update our database version to latest to get the new changes. it could be a major change or minor change.
For minor changes, AWS has provided a option "Auto Minor Version Upgrade" feature for Single RDS, Multi AZ & Aurora single Cluster.
But that feature doesn't apply to the following kinds of Aurora Global clusters:

  • Clusters that are part of an Aurora global database
  • Clusters that have cross-Region replicas

So, we need to follow some process to update that global DB.

  • First, Remove all secondary Regions from the global cluster.

Just Select the secondary cluster and go to “Actions
So, that secondary cluster will be a regional cluster and a seperate cluster.

  • Upgrade the engine version of the primary Region to desired version, as applicable from Portal or CLI or Terraform[any IAC]

Now, if "Enable Deletion Protection" is enabled then please disable that option for secondary cluster.
Now delete that secondary region cluster/ you could use as another cluster if needed. if you don't delete then either you have to add with another DB identifier or you will get thise error.

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After Deletion, please select the Global Database and go to "Actions" and "select Add AWS Region". [check references no-3]
If you use Terraform code then run "terraform apply" and it will take time to create those instances.

References:

  1. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/aurora-global-database-managing.html#aurora-global-database-detaching
  2. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Updates.Patching.html#modify-db-cluster-engine-version
  3. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/aurora-global-database-getting-started.html#aurora-global-database-attaching
  4. https://newsletter.simpleaws.dev/p/aurora-global-database-disaster-recovery-aws

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