I know this is an old post. However, I did send out a support inquiry as to WHEN 5.7 will be supported and got the response that it was being tested for Ambari v2.5. That was very early this year. There are various vulnerabilities identified by Oracle related to not running higher than 5.7.11. In particular, the vulnerabilities cover: MySQL Server 5.6.29 and earlier, 5.7.11 and earlier. There are no workarounds or alternatives for this issue...Not good. I am referring to Oracle Support Note 2120034.1 for the preferred solution. This issue was identified by our security team in May 2016. So, my question is this. WHEN will 5.7.11+ be supported? ... View more