engineVersion

The version number of the database engine to use.

To list all of the available engine versions for Aurora MySQL version 2 (5.7-compatible) and version 3 (MySQL 8.0-compatible), use the following command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine aurora-mysql --query "DBEngineVersions[].EngineVersion"

You can supply either 5.7 or 8.0 to use the default engine version for Aurora MySQL version 2 or version 3, respectively.

To list all of the available engine versions for Aurora PostgreSQL, use the following command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine aurora-postgresql --query "DBEngineVersions[].EngineVersion"

To list all of the available engine versions for RDS for MySQL, use the following command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine mysql --query "DBEngineVersions[].EngineVersion"

To list all of the available engine versions for RDS for PostgreSQL, use the following command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine postgres --query "DBEngineVersions[].EngineVersion"

For information about a specific engine, see the following topics:

• Aurora MySQL - see Database engine updates for Amazon Aurora MySQL in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

• Aurora PostgreSQL - see Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL releases and engine versions in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

• RDS for MySQL - see Amazon RDS for MySQL in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

• RDS for PostgreSQL - see Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Valid for Cluster Type: Aurora DB clusters and Multi-AZ DB clusters