"How can we migrate from Aurora to SkySQL Distributed SQL with little or no downtime?"

This is probably the most frequently asked question we've heard since the introduction of distributed SQL on MariaDB SkySQL. Fortunately, AWS makes migrating from Aurora to SkySQL quite easy. By following the steps detailed here, migrating data and cutting over to SkySQL can be painless.

This step-by-step guide is intended for existing AWS Aurora customers looking to migrate to MariaDB SkySQL Distributed SQL (Xpand).