Extended Support Cost
RDS, Aurora and EKS engines on AWS Extended Support, the monthly surcharge and upgrade target.
What this pane shows
Database and Kubernetes engine versions running past their standard-support EOL — for example, MySQL 5.7, PostgreSQL 11, EKS 1.26. AWS continues to provide patches under Extended Support but charges a substantial monthly surcharge per engine-vCPU-hour. Each row shows the current version, the surcharge being incurred, and the AWS-recommended upgrade target.
Key use cases
- Identify the engine upgrades that will eliminate the largest monthly surcharge.
- Plan an upgrade calendar with concrete dollar savings per upgrade.
- Catch a new instance that was launched on an Extended-Support engine by accident.
- Brief leadership on the cost-vs-effort case for a database modernisation programme.
How to embed
lp.js is the single-entry loader: it injects the shared LightPane runtime
(and sd-embed.css) once per page. Add this pane's own stylesheet and script;
the pane mounts itself wherever the matching <div> is in the DOM.
<!-- In <head> — this pane's stylesheet -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://lightpane.io/_pane-tests/aws/extended-support/extended-support.css">
<!-- Your access key (inline, or set window.lpEmbed.accessKey from your own JS) -->
<script>window.lpEmbed = { accessKey: "<your-access-key>" };</script>
<!-- Where the pane should appear -->
<div class="lp-extended-support-panel" data-lp-account="<your-account-alias>"></div>
<!-- Before </body> — shared loader + this pane's script -->
<script src="https://lightpane.io/embed/lp.js"></script>
<script src="https://lightpane.io/_pane-tests/aws/extended-support/extended-support.js" defer></script>
Tier
Available on Explorer and above.
Build notes
Mock-only at the moment — live-wiring tracked in the roadmap.