Amazon Aurora launches Global Database writer endpoint

Amazon Aurora now supports a Global Database writer endpoint. This highly available and fully managed endpoint simplifies routing for your applications and eliminates the need to make application code changes to establish connectivity after initiating a cross-region Global Database Switchover or Failover operation.

With Global Database, a single Aurora cluster can span multiple AWS Regions, providing disaster recovery from Region-wide outages and enabling fast local reads for globally distributed applications. The new Global Database writer endpoint automatically updates to point to the current writer instance in your global cluster. This eliminates the need to modify your application code or configuration after you initiate a cross-region failover or switchover to change the location of the primary cluster in your Global Database. The endpoint is created automatically for your global clusters and can be found on the AWS Management Console, or using the RDS CLI or API. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where Aurora Global Database is available. See our documentation to learn more.

Amazon Aurora combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. To get started with Amazon Aurora, take a look at our getting started page.