Can A PErcona 5.6 SLAVE talk to a 5.6 MySQL Community Server MASTER

I want to setup up a local Percon SLAVE
talking to a AWS MySQL Community MASTER

IS THIS POSSIBLE ?
I don’t see why not ?
or
I have to find a MySQL Communit server

My goal is to transfer MySQL AWS data to Local Percona Db
Make it a slave to AWS and let it replicate until when we are ready to cut over
then Make Percona Slave new MASTER and DELETE AWS
thx

SLAVE :
mysql> show variables like ‘%vers%’ ;
±--------------------------±-----------------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
±--------------------------±-----------------------------------------------------+
| innodb_version | 5.6.29-76.2 |
| protocol_version | 10 |
| slave_type_conversions | |
| thread_pool_oversubscribe | 3 |
| version | 5.6.29-76.2-log |
| version_comment | Percona Server (GPL), Release 76.2, Revision ddf26fe |
| version_compile_machine | x86_64 |
| version_compile_os | Linux |
±--------------------------±-----------------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MASTER :
mysql> show variables like ‘%vers%’ ;
±------------------------±-----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
±------------------------±-----------------------------+
| innodb_version | 5.6.19 |
| protocol_version | 10 |
| slave_type_conversions | |
| version | 5.6.19-log |
| version_comment | MySQL Community Server (GPL) |
| version_compile_machine | x86_64 |
| version_compile_os | Linux |
±------------------------±-----------------------------+
7 rows in set (0.02 sec)

Yes, it can. Make sure to check the MySQL 5.6 release notes from 5.6.19 to 5.6.29 to see if there are any possible incompatibilities, though I doubt there is any.

I’d like to ask about the converse: would it be possible for a Percona 5.6 Master to replicate to a MySQL 5.6 Slave?

Thank you

Yes, it is possible. Do note that there are cases that point versions would matter. Meaning for example a 5.6.30 master replicating on 5.6.12 slave might have a problem, I am not saying there will be but you need to test. You will need to review release notes if there are changes in how replication works between these versions.