Upgrade an RDS instance

Description

Upgrade the database version of an instance, for example, from MySQL 5.1 to MySQL 5.5.

If the primary instance is attached with a read-only or disaster recovery instance, please first upgrade the database version of the read-only or disaster recovery instance.The operation must meet the following conditions or may fail:

• The instance is running.

• The entered database version must be later than the current database version of the target instance.

Request parameters

Return parameters

Example

• Request example

  https://rds.aliyuncs.com/?Action=UpgradeDBInstanceEngineVersion
  &DBInstanceId=rdsaiiabnaiiabn
  &EngineVersion=5.6
  &<Public Request Parameters>

• Return example

  XML format:

  <UpgradeDBInstanceEngineVersionResponse>
         <RequestId>65BDA532-28AF-4122-AA39-B382721EEE64</RequestId>
           <TaskId>124378</Taskid>
  </UpgradeDBInstanceEngineVersionResponse>

  JSON format:

  {
  "RequestId": " 65BDA532-28AF-4122-AA39-B382721EEE64"
  "TaskId":”124378”
  }