# Can I upgrade my existing ELK setup to 8.x?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 26, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129 "2024-02-26T15:03:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Ravi\_Pattar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ravi_pattar/32/124209_2.png) [@Ravi\_Pattar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Pattar)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/21 "2024-03-05T05:05:02Z")

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> [@stephenb](#):
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> If you do not have it try
> 
> `./bin/elasticsearch-reset-password -u elastic`

Hello,

I have tried with the reset password and it look like the util for the same in not present.

```auto
root@ELK-test:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin# ./bin/elasticsearch-reset-password -u elastic
-bash: ./bin/elasticsearch-reset-password: No such file or directory
root@ELK-test:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin# pwd
/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin

```

```auto
root@ELK-test:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin# ls -l
total 3616
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2985 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 501 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-certgen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 493 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-certutil
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 996 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-cli
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 443 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-croneval
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5496 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-env
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1828 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-env-from-file
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 168 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-geoip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 184 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-keystore
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 450 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-migrate
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 126 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-node
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 176 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-plugin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 441 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-saml-metadata
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 439 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-service-tokens
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 448 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-setup-passwords
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 118 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-shard
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 483 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-sql-cli
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3600932 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-sql-cli-7.17.13.jar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 436 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-syskeygen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 436 Aug 31 2023 elasticsearch-users
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 332 Aug 31 2023 systemd-entrypoint
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 356 Aug 31 2023 x-pack-env
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 364 Aug 31 2023 x-pack-security-env
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 363 Aug 31 2023 x-pack-watcher-env
root@ELK-test:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin# 

```

Thanks,  
Ravi

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/22 "2024-03-05T05:44:34Z")

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Ok sorry you did not make it clear that you are still on 7.17... I thought you upgraded

I am confused where you are in the process I feel like I am guessing what you are trying to do..

For 7.17

`./bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto`

If you were trying to upgrade @dadoonet provided the docs

I am not sure what you are trying to accomplish

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**Author:** ![Ravi\_Pattar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ravi_pattar/32/124209_2.png) [@Ravi\_Pattar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Pattar)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/23 "2024-03-05T06:34:40Z")

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> [@stephenb](#):
>
> Ok sorry you did not make it clear that you are still on 7.17... I thought you upgraded
> 
> I am confused where you are in the process I feel like I am guessing what you are trying to do..
> 
> For 7.17
> 
> `./bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto`
> 
> If you were trying to upgrade @dadoonet provided the docs
> 
> I am not sure what you are trying to accomplish

I am sorry if there was any confusion. I am into the process of upgrading from the existing 7.17 to 8.x. Hence I am facing these issues at the 1st step of the upgrade assistant \> fix the depreciation issues.

With the latest command on setting up the password which has worked now. e.g. as below.

`curl -u elastic:password http://localhost:9200`

```auto
root@ELK-test:~# curl -u elastic:FnbEUnD0Q0jj6385Z0MO http://localhost:9200
{
  "name" : "ELK-test",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
  "cluster_uuid" : "8HvYlQx1TiGPOkGwFqVVgQ",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.17.13",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "deb",
    "build_hash" : "2b211dbb8bfdecaf7f5b44d356bdfe54b1050c13",
    "build_date" : "2023-08-31T17:33:19.958690787Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.11.1",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

```

Thanks,  
Ravi

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/24 "2024-03-05T06:43:36Z")

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You should have got a new password for kibana\_system now put that in kibana.yml

And restart Kibana

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**Author:** ![Ravi\_Pattar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ravi_pattar/32/124209_2.png) [@Ravi\_Pattar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Pattar)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/25 "2024-03-05T07:27:15Z")

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> [@stephenb](#):
>
> You should have got a new password for kibana\_system now put that in kibana.yml
> 
> And restart Kibana

Yes, I have got a new password and after restarting the kibana service I could see the authorization is working now as it prompted me for the username/password when I accessed the kibana GUI. Now, I am able to get in for the GUI by using the login credentials of elastic.

With the above I am also able to see that the critical error under the Elasticsearch depreciation issues also have got cleared and now I am working on clearing the 2nd one from the list.

1. Warning

Disk watermarks do not treat single-node clusters differently in versions 8.0 and later.

Disk watermarks do not treat single-node clusters differently in versions 8.0 and later, which will affect the behavior of this cluster. Set [cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.enable\_for\_single\_data\_node] to [true] to adopt the future behavior before upgrading. (nodes impacted: [ELK-test, ELK-test])

Would request you to please provide the docs on upgrading from 7.17 to 8.11.

Also the purpose of this upgrade plan on the main ELK production server is because we were seeing filebeat 8.x indices from the other client servers were being pushed and the ILM implemented was for filebeat 7.17 on the main ELK.

Hence the client requested to check if we can upgrade the main ELK to the 8.x so that the issue can be resolved instead of downgrading the other client servers to 7.17.

Just for reference on the above filebeat 8.x issue reported [Question regarding filebeat indexes for version 8.11.x and ILM - #8 by Ravi\_Pattar](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-filebeat-indexes-for-version-8-11-x-and-ilm/352726/8)

Thanks,  
Ravi

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/26 "2024-03-05T14:29:37Z")

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Hi @Ravi_Pattar

> **[Upgrade to Elastic 8.12.2 | Elastic Installation and Upgrade Guide \[8.12\] |...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/8.12/upgrading-elastic-stack.html#prepare-to-upgrade)**

I don't know that we can step you through every step.

Keep working through the upgrade assistant.

Take the advice like the watermark advice set that setting.

If you have a production system and at this important, perhaps you should consider a paid support or some consulting.

Also in general we don't recommend running single node clusters for production You are at risk for data loss if there's a failure on that node... But that's a different discussion.

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**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/27 "2024-03-05T18:58:03Z")

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Hi @stephenb

Thank you and I understood on the points mentioned above. Sure, will discuss this internally and suggest the team. Also, will work on the upgrade assistant and will create a new topic in case of any issues faced.

Thank you very much for your support.

Thanks,  
Ravi

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/28 "2024-03-05T20:53:43Z")

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Yes, come back and ask more questions...

The other thing perhaps to do is take a snapshot of your data. If you're concerned, that would be a good task to reduce the risk.

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**Author:** ![Ravi\_Pattar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ravi_pattar/32/124209_2.png) [@Ravi\_Pattar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Pattar)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/29 "2024-03-09T13:53:14Z")

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Hello,

After the last changes and updates where basic security was enabled and its working fine.

But we have hit another problem where the logs in Discover tab are not shown after this changes.

Just fyi that I created another topic on the forum.

> [@No logs for current timestamp shown in Disover tab](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-for-current-timestamp-shown-in-disover-tab/355018/5):
>
> Hello, I have verified the configurations and I am not getting where is the missing bit. Because I am still facing issues with the logstash because I couldn't see logs showing up in the Discover tab on the Kibana GUI for the latest. input { beats { port =\> 5044 } } output { elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"] user =\> elastic password =\> wakfgtqwJYKgYdYsKkE8 } } To verify on the username and password mentioned above. I tried to run the curl com…

Thanks,  
Ravi

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**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-upgrade-my-existing-elk-setup-to-8-x/354129/30 "2024-04-06T13:54:12Z")

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