RDS for MySQL supports most of the features and capabilities of MySQL. Some features might have limited support or restricted privileges.
You can filter new Amazon RDS features on the What's New with Database? page. For Products, choose Amazon RDS. Then search using keywords such as MySQL 2022
.
The following lists are not exhaustive.
MySQL feature support on Amazon RDS for MySQL major versionsIn the following sections, find information about MySQL feature support on Amazon RDS for MySQL major versions:
For information about supported minor versions of Amazon RDS for MySQL, see Supported MySQL minor versions on Amazon RDS.
MySQL 8.4 support on Amazon RDSAmazon RDS supports the following new features for your DB instances running MySQL version 8.4 or higher.
Cryptographic library â RDS for MySQL replaced OpenSSL with AWS Libcrypto (AWS-LC), which is FIPS 140-3 certified. For more information, see the AWS-LC GitHub repository at https://github.com/aws/aws-lc.
TLS changes â RDS for MySQL only supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. For more information, see SSL/TLS support for MySQL DB instances on Amazon RDS.
memcached support â The memcached interface is no longer available on MySQL 8.4. For more information, see MySQL memcached support.
Default authentication plugin â The default authentication plugin is caching_sha2_password
. For more information, see MySQL default authentication plugin.
mysqlpump
client utility â The mysqlpump
client utility is no longer available in MySQL 8.4. For more information, see Role-based privilege model for RDS for MySQL and mysqldump and mysqlpump in the AWS Prescriptive Guidance.
Managed replication stored procedures â When using stored procedures to manage replication with a replication user configured with caching_sha2_password
, you must configure TLS by specifying SOURCE_SSL=1
. caching_sha2_password
is the default authentication plugin for RDS for MySQL 8.4.
Parameter behavior changes â The following parameters changed for MySQL 8.4.
Deprecated or removed parameters â RDS for MySQL removed the following parameters from parameter groups for MySQL 8.4 DB instances. The innodb_redo_log_capacity
parameter now controls the size of the redo log files.
innodb_log_file_size
innodb_log_files_in_group
New default values for parameters â The following parameters have new default values for MySQL 8.4 DB instances:
Various MySQL community parameters related to performance changed. For more information, see What is New in MySQL 8.4 since MySQL 8.0.
We recommend that you test your application's performance on RDS for MySQL 8.4 before migrating a production instance.
innodb_purge_threads
â The default value is set to the formula LEAST({DBInstanceVCPU/2},4)
to prevent the InnoDB history list length from growing too large.
group_replication_exit_state_action
â The default value is OFFLINE_MODE
, which aligns with the default in MySQL Community. For more information, see Considerations and best practices for RDS for MySQL active-active clusters.
binlog_format
â The default value is ROW
, which aligns with the default in MySQL Community. You can modify the parameter for Single-AZ DB instances or Multi-AZ DB instances, but not for Multi-AZ DB clusters. Multi-AZ DB clusters use semisynchronous replication, and when binlog_format
is set to MIXED
or STATEMENT
, replication fails.
Inclusive language changes â RDS for MySQL 8.4 includes changes from RDS for MySQL 8.0 related to keywords and system schemas for inclusive language. For more information, see Inclusive language changes for RDS for MySQL 8.4.
For a list of all MySQL 8.4 features and changes, see What Is New in MySQL 8.4 since MySQL 8.0 in the MySQL documentation.
For a list of unsupported features, see MySQL features not supported by Amazon RDS.
Supported storage engines for RDS for MySQLWhile MySQL supports multiple storage engines with varying capabilities, not all of them are optimized for recovery and data durability. Amazon RDS fully supports the InnoDB storage engine for MySQL DB instances. Amazon RDS features such as Point-In-Time restore and snapshot restore require a recoverable storage engine and are supported for the InnoDB storage engine only. For more information, see MySQL memcached support.
The Federated Storage Engine is currently not supported by Amazon RDS for MySQL.
For user-created schemas, the MyISAM storage engine does not support reliable recovery and can result in lost or corrupt data when MySQL is restarted after a recovery, preventing Point-In-Time restore or snapshot restore from working as intended. However, if you still choose to use MyISAM with Amazon RDS, snapshots can be helpful under some conditions.
NoteSystem tables in the mysql
schema can be in MyISAM storage.
If you want to convert existing MyISAM tables to InnoDB tables, you can use the ALTER TABLE
command (for example, alter table TABLE_NAME engine=innodb;
). Bear in mind that MyISAM and InnoDB have different strengths and weaknesses, so you should fully evaluate the impact of making this switch on your applications before doing so.
MySQL 5.1, 5.5, and 5.6 are no longer supported in Amazon RDS. However, you can restore existing MySQL 5.1, 5.5, and 5.6 snapshots. When you restore a MySQL 5.1, 5.5, or 5.6 snapshot, the DB instance is automatically upgraded to MySQL 5.7.
Using memcached and other options with MySQL on Amazon RDSMost Amazon RDS DB engines support option groups that allow you to select additional features for your DB instance. RDS for MySQL DB instances support the memcached
option, a simple, key-based cache. For more information about memcached
and other options, see Options for MySQL DB instances. For more information about working with option groups, see Working with option groups.
InnoDB cache warming can provide performance gains for your MySQL DB instance by saving the current state of the buffer pool when the DB instance is shut down, and then reloading the buffer pool from the saved information when the DB instance starts up. This bypasses the need for the buffer pool to "warm up" from normal database use and instead preloads the buffer pool with the pages for known common queries. The file that stores the saved buffer pool information only stores metadata for the pages that are in the buffer pool, and not the pages themselves. As a result, the file does not require much storage space. The file size is about 0.2 percent of the cache size. For example, for a 64 GiB cache, the cache warming file size is 128 MiB. For more information on InnoDB cache warming, see Saving and restoring the buffer pool state in the MySQL documentation.
RDS for MySQL DB instances support InnoDB cache warming. To enable InnoDB cache warming, set the innodb_buffer_pool_dump_at_shutdown
and innodb_buffer_pool_load_at_startup
parameters to 1 in the parameter group for your DB instance. Changing these parameter values in a parameter group will affect all MySQL DB instances that use that parameter group. To enable InnoDB cache warming for specific MySQL DB instances, you might need to create a new parameter group for those instances. For information on parameter groups, see Parameter groups for Amazon RDS.
InnoDB cache warming primarily provides a performance benefit for DB instances that use standard storage. If you use PIOPS storage, you do not commonly see a significant performance benefit.
ImportantIf your MySQL DB instance does not shut down normally, such as during a failover, then the buffer pool state will not be saved to disk. In this case, MySQL loads whatever buffer pool file is available when the DB instance is restarted. No harm is done, but the restored buffer pool might not reflect the most recent state of the buffer pool prior to the restart. To ensure that you have a recent state of the buffer pool available to warm the InnoDB cache on startup, we recommend that you periodically dump the buffer pool "on demand."
You can create an event to dump the buffer pool automatically and on a regular interval. For example, the following statement creates an event named periodic_buffer_pool_dump
that dumps the buffer pool every hour.
CREATE EVENT periodic_buffer_pool_dump
ON SCHEDULE EVERY 1 HOUR
DO CALL mysql.rds_innodb_buffer_pool_dump_now();
For more information on MySQL events, see Event syntax in the MySQL documentation.
Dumping and loading the buffer pool on demandYou can save and load the InnoDB cache "on demand."
Inclusive language changes for RDS for MySQL 8.4RDS for MySQL 8.4 includes changes from the MySQL 8.4 community edition related to keywords and system schemas for inclusive language. For example, the SHOW REPLICA STATUS
command replaces SHOW SLAVE STATUS
.
The following configuration parameters have new names in RDS for MySQL 8.4.
For compatibility, you can check the parameter names in the mysql
client by using either name. You can only use the new names when modifying values in a custom MySQL 8.4 parameter group. For more information, see Default and custom parameter groups.
init_slave
init_replica
log_slave_updates
log_replica_updates
log_slow_slave_statements
log_slow_replica_statements
rpl_stop_slave_timeout
rpl_stop_replica_timeout
skip_slave_start
skip_replica_start
slave_checkpoint_group
replica_checkpoint_group
slave_checkpoint_period
replica_checkpoint_period
slave_compressed_protocol
replica_compressed_protocol
slave_exec_mode
replica_exec_mode
slave_load_tmpdir
replica_load_tmpdir
slave_max_allowed_packet
replica_max_allowed_packet
slave_net_timeout
replica_net_timeout
slave_parallel_type
replica_parallel_type
slave_parallel_workers
replica_parallel_workers
slave_pending_jobs_size_max
replica_pending_jobs_size_max
slave_preserve_commit_order
replica_preserve_commit_order
slave_skip_errors
replica_skip_errors
slave_sql_verify_checksum
replica_sql_verify_checksum
slave_transaction_retries
replica_transaction_retries
slave_type_conversions
replica_type_conversions
sql_slave_skip_counter
sql_replica_skip_counter
The parameter replica_allow_batching
isn't available because Amazon RDS doesn't support NDB clusters.
The following stored procedures have new names in RDS for MySQL 8.4.
For compatibility, you can use either name in the initial RDS for MySQL 8.4 release. The old procedure names are to be removed in a future release. For more information, see Configuring, starting, and stopping binary log (binlog) replication.
Name to be removed New or preferred namemysql.rds_next_master_log
mysql.rds_next_source_log
mysql.rds_reset_external_master
mysql.rds_reset_external_source
mysql.rds_set_external_master
mysql.rds_set_external_source
mysql.rds_set_external_master_with_auto_position
mysql.rds_set_external_source_with_auto_position
mysql.rds_set_external_master_with_delay
mysql.rds_set_external_source_with_delay
mysql.rds_set_master_auto_position
mysql.rds_set_source_auto_position
Amazon RDS doesn't currently support the following MySQL features:
Authentication Plugin
Error Logging to the System Log
InnoDB Tablespace Encryption
NDB clusters
Password Strength Plugin
Persisted system variables
Rewriter Query Rewrite Plugin
Semisynchronous replication, except for Multi-AZ DB clusters
Transportable tablespace
X Plugin
To deliver a managed service experience, Amazon RDS doesn't provide shell access to DB instances. It also restricts access to certain system procedures and tables that require advanced privileges. Amazon RDS supports access to databases on a DB instance using any standard SQL client application. Amazon RDS doesn't allow direct host access to a DB instance by using Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH), or Windows Remote Desktop Connection. When you create a DB instance, you are assigned as db_owner for all databases on that instance, and you have all database-level permissions except for those used for backups. Amazon RDS manages backups for you.
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