Upgrade Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 to 5.0 with near-zero downtime
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This article provides a step-by-step guide on upgrading Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 to 5.0 with near-zero downtime.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Enabling change streams on the existing Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 cluster
- Cloning the Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 cluster
- Performing an in-place major version upgrade on the cloned cluster to 5.0
- Replicating changes from the source 4.0 cluster to the upgraded 5.0 cluster using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
- Switching application endpoint to the upgraded 5.0 cluster after replication is complete
- Post-upgrade cleanup steps
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