Upgrade Planning Documentation Links

• Aurora MySQL LTS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Update.SpecialVersions.html (opens in a new tab)
• Aurora MySQL Release Notes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraMySQLReleaseNotes/AuroraMySQL.Updates.30Updates.html (opens in a new tab)
• Aurora MySQL Release Calendar: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraMySQLReleaseNotes/AuroraMySQL.release-calendars.html (opens in a new tab)

Aurora MySQL Upgrade Blogs

• Upgrade to Aurora MySQL version 3: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/upgrade-to-amazon-aurora-mysql-version-3-with-mysql-8-0-compatibility/ (opens in a new tab)
• v2 to v3 upgrade checklist Part 1: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/amazon-aurora-mysql-version-2-with-mysql-5-7-compatibility-to-version-3-with-mysql-8-0-compatibility-upgrade-checklist-part-1/ (opens in a new tab)
• v2 to v3 upgrade checklist Part 2: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/amazon-aurora-mysql-version-2-with-mysql-5-7-compatibility-to-version-3-with-mysql-8-0-compatibility-upgrade-checklist-part-2/ (opens in a new tab)
• Major version upgrades with minimum downtime: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/performing-major-version-upgrades-for-amazon-aurora-mysql-with-minimum-downtime/ (opens in a new tab)

Aurora MySQL AWS Documentation

• Upgrade prechecks: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.upgrade-prechecks.html (opens in a new tab)
• Precheck descriptions: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.upgrade-prechecks.descriptions.html (opens in a new tab)
• Blue/Green Deployments: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/blue-green-deployments.html (opens in a new tab)

Oracle MySQL 8.0 Documentation (behavior changes)

• What’s New in MySQL 8.0: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html (opens in a new tab)
• MySQL 8.0 Release Notes: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/ (opens in a new tab)
• Upgrading to MySQL 8.0: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/upgrading.html (opens in a new tab)
• MySQL 8.0 Reserved Keywords: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/keywords.html (opens in a new tab)
• MySQL 8.0 Upgrade Best Practices: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/upgrade-best-practices.html (opens in a new tab)