rds-describe-db-engine-versions

Description

Returns information about available database engine versions.

Syntax

rds-describe-db-engine-versions [-d (--default-only) ]

[-e (--engine) value ] [-f (--db-parameter-group-family) value ] [-v (--engine-version) value ] [-cs (--list-supported-character-sets) value ] [--max-records ] value [General Options]

Options

Name	Description	Required
`-f` `--db-parameter-group-family` `value`	DB parameter group family filter value. Type: String Default: None Example: `-f mysql5.1`	No
`-d` `--default-only`	Indicates that only the default version of the specified engine or engine and major version combination is returned. Type: Switch flag Example: `--default-only`	No
`-e` `--engine` `value`	Database engine filter value. Type: String Example: `-e mysql`	No
`-v` `--engine-version` `value`	The version number of the database engine. Type: String Example: `-v 5.1.42`	No
`-cs` `--list-supported-character-sets`
Generates a list of supported Oracle character sets.

Output

The command returns a table with the following information:

Engine—name of the database engine.
EngineVersion—database engine version number.
Parameter Group Family—the version's parameter group family.

Examples

Describing Engine Versions

This example returns descriptions for all available versions of all available database engines.

PROMPT> rds-describe-db-engine-versions

                    
VERSION  Engine     Version  Parameter Group Family
VERSION  mysql      5.1.42   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.45   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.47   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.48   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.49   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.50   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.5.8    mysql5.5

Describing Engine Versions for a Specific Engine

This example describes all available versions of the MySQL database engine.

PROMPT> rds-describe-db-engine-versions --engine mysql --show-long --header
                    
                    
VERSION  Engine     Version  Parameter Group Family
VERSION  mysql      5.1.42   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.45   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.47   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.48   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.49   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.1.50   mysql5.1
VERSION  mysql      5.5.8    mysql5.5