--- title: Announcing Amazon RDS for Db2 12.1 with additional... description: Amazon RDS for Db2 now supports IBM Db2 12.1, the latest engine generation, and introduces a new free-to-use Community Edition (db2-ce). Db2 12.1 brings over... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-amazon-rds-for-db2-12-1-with-additional-community-edition-7zanvlihs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing Amazon RDS for Db2 12.1 with additional community edition | daily.dev og:description: Amazon RDS for Db2 now supports IBM Db2 12.1, the latest engine generation, and introduces a new free-to-use Community Edition (db2-ce). Db2 12.1 brings over... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-amazon-rds-for-db2-12-1-with-additional-community-edition-7zanvlihs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7zAnvLIhS.png og:image:alt: Announcing Amazon RDS for Db2 12.1 with additional community edition og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing Amazon RDS for Db2 12.1 with additional community edition **[AWS Database Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/aws-database-blog)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon RDS for Db2 now supports IBM Db2 12.1, the latest engine generation, and introduces a new free-to-use Community Edition (db2-ce). Db2 12.1 brings over 200 new features including an AI Query Optimizer using ML for better cardinality estimation, logical namespace separation for multi-tenancy, and tablespace management authority for least-privilege security. The Community Edition is license-free but capped at 4 CPU cores and 8 GB RAM, making it suitable for development, testing, and small production workloads. All three editions (Community, Standard, Advanced) are available today across all supported AWS regions. Provisioning is supported via AWS Console, CLI, CloudFormation, and Terraform. Existing Db2 11.5.9 instances can be upgraded via the standard RDS major version upgrade path. An IBM customer ID and site ID are still required for all editions, including Community Edition, but can be obtained at no charge. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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