# database\_upgrade\_rule

1. Check if RDS instances are using latest generation of instances
2. &#x20;Suggest migration of MySQL, Postgres and Mariadb to Amazon Aurora as it offers better price to performance ration

## Permissions

* [ec2:DescribeRegions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeRegions.html)
* [rds:DescribeDBInstances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/rds/describe-db-instances.html)

## Config Parameters used

* included\_tag
* excluded\_tag
