name : switchover-blue-green-deployment.rst **Example 1: To switch a blue/green deployment for an RDS DB instance** The following ``switchover-blue-green-deployment`` example promotes the specified green environment as the new production environment. :: aws rds switchover-blue-green-deployment \ --blue-green-deployment-identifier bgd-wi89nwzglccsfake \ --switchover-timeout 300 Output:: { "BlueGreenDeployment": { "BlueGreenDeploymentIdentifier": "bgd-v53303651eexfake", "BlueGreenDeploymentName": "bgd-cli-test-instance", "Source": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance", "Target": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-green-blhi1e", "SwitchoverDetails": [ { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-green-blhi1e", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-replica-1", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-replica-1-green-k5fv7u", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-replica-2", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-replica-2-green-ggsh8m", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-replica-3", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-db-instance-replica-3-green-o2vwm0", "Status": "AVAILABLE" } ], "Tasks": [ { "Name": "CREATING_READ_REPLICA_OF_SOURCE", "Status": "COMPLETED" }, { "Name": "DB_ENGINE_VERSION_UPGRADE", "Status": "COMPLETED" }, { "Name": "CONFIGURE_BACKUPS", "Status": "COMPLETED" }, { "Name": "CREATING_TOPOLOGY_OF_SOURCE", "Status": "COMPLETED" } ], "Status": "SWITCHOVER_IN_PROGRESS", "CreateTime": "2022-02-25T22:33:22.225000+00:00" } } For more information, see `Switching a blue/green deployment <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/blue-green-deployments-switching.html>`__ in the *Amazon RDS User Guide*. **Example 2: To promote a blue/green deployment for an Aurora MySQL DB cluster** The following ``switchover-blue-green-deployment`` example promotes the specified green environment as the new production environment. :: aws rds switchover-blue-green-deployment \ --blue-green-deployment-identifier bgd-wi89nwzglccsfake \ --switchover-timeout 300 Output:: { "BlueGreenDeployment": { "BlueGreenDeploymentIdentifier": "bgd-wi89nwzglccsfake", "BlueGreenDeploymentName": "my-blue-green-deployment", "Source": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster:my-aurora-mysql-cluster", "Target": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-green-3ud8z6", "SwitchoverDetails": [ { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster:my-aurora-mysql-cluster", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-green-3ud8z6", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-1", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-1-green-bvxc73", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-2", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-2-green-7wc4ie", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-3", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:db:my-aurora-mysql-cluster-3-green-p4xxkz", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-endpoint:my-excluded-member-endpoint", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-endpoint:my-excluded-member-endpoint-green-np1ikl", "Status": "AVAILABLE" }, { "SourceMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-endpoint:my-reader-endpoint", "TargetMember": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster-endpoint:my-reader-endpoint-green-miszlf", "Status": "AVAILABLE" } ], "Tasks": [ { "Name": "CREATING_READ_REPLICA_OF_SOURCE", "Status": "COMPLETED" }, { "Name": "DB_ENGINE_VERSION_UPGRADE", "Status": "COMPLETED" }, { "Name": "CREATE_DB_INSTANCES_FOR_CLUSTER", "Status": "COMPLETED" }, { "Name": "CREATE_CUSTOM_ENDPOINTS", "Status": "COMPLETED" } ], "Status": "SWITCHOVER_IN_PROGRESS", "CreateTime": "2022-02-25T22:38:49.522000+00:00" } } For more information, see `Switching a blue/green deployment <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/blue-green-deployments-switching.html>`__ in the *Amazon Aurora User Guide*.