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Create an engine in the preview channel using the API
To create an engine, use CREATE ENGINE. The following code example creates an engine with two nodes of typeM
in the preview release channel:
Enroll an existing engine into the preview release channel using the API
Use the ALTER ENGINE command to change the release channel:Changing the release channel does not change the version of an engine immediately. Instead, the version change
is applied during the next run of the managed upgrade process.