Posted On: Nov 3, 2024
Amazon Aurora announced rolling upgrades support for Operating System (OS) upgrades in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Aurora now seamlessly upgrades the OS version of database clusters while maintaining read access to the data when using Aurora cluster or reader endpoint. The feature automatically applies upgrades to a few reader instances at a time so the database can continue serving read traffic for clusters with more than one read replica.
Rolling upgrades enables customers to maintain read availability during OS maintenance activity for clusters more than one read replica. Rolling upgrades will automatically be used for all OS upgrades. Customers can now also use existing cluster level Amazon CLI commands or Amazon Web Services console to upgrade the Operating system of their Aurora clusters. There are no additional API calls or console clicks required. To learn more about how to upgrade the Operating System of your Aurora cluster, you can view the technical documentation.
Amazon Aurora is designed for unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility. It provides built-in security, continuous backups, serverless compute, up to 15 read replicas, automated multi-Region replication, and integrations with other Amazon Web Services services. To get started with Amazon Aurora, take a look at our getting started page.