Cloud Computing
How to upgrade MySQL from 5.5 to 5.6/5.7 on EC2 Linux server running Wordpress
I had MySQL 5.5.60 installation on an AWS EC2 instance (Linux 2018.03) and had to upgrade it to 5.7 as the official end of life for 5.5 has long expired. Additionally, WordPress started to suggest using version 5.6 later. Before going to upgrade existing MySQL installation, -ssh your instance and check the version of your…