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Updated on 2024-04-11 GMT+08:00
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Does RDS for MySQL Support Version Upgrades?

  • Major version upgrades

    Major versions cannot be upgraded on the RDS console. You can use Data Replication Service (DRS) to migrate databases from RDS for MySQL 5.6 to RDS for MySQL 5.7 smoothly. Before using DRS to upgrade a major version, you need to prepare a DB instance of the target version.

    On the Instances page, click the target DB instance. On the displayed Basic Information page, click Migrate Database in the upper right corner of the page.

    Table 1 MySQL database version information

    Source Database Version

    Destination Database Version

    Migration Type

    RDS for MySQL/Self-built MySQL/MySQL in other clouds

    • 5.5.x
    • 5.6.x
    • 5.7.x
    • 8.0.x

    RDS for MySQL

    • 5.6.x
    • 5.7.x
    • 8.0.x

    Version upgrade
Parent topic: Version Upgrade