Elasticsearch cluster migration from 7.12 to 8.5

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Hi,

we are running an 1 node elasticsearch cluster on 7.12. we want to setup a 3 node cluster on 8.5.
can someone let me know how to migrate the existing indexes to new cluster.

Thanks
Satendra

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Hi Satendra,

To upgrade to 8.5, we recommend upgrading to 7.17 first and then using the upgrade assistant. Check out the below links for details:

  1. Upgrade Elasticsearch
  2. Prepare to upgrade from 7.x
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Hi Carly,

Thanks for your response.
will mounting the data disk from old cluster (7.12) on new cluster (8.5) not work? since we are setting up a new cluster.

Thanks
Satendra

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Depends on if you have depricated fields in your data. 7.17 changed a lot of stuff so its pretty likely that your indices will break without proper precautions.

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Thanks Defalt, but reindexing to a 3 node cluster from a single node cluster, will it any impact?

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Start by upgrading the single node to 8.5, then add your other nodes in. This won't be a problem :slight_smile:

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thats also not an option since the current setup with single node is resided on remote location and new 3 node cluster has to be setup in premise.

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Then setup your new cluster and do a remote reindex?

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will there be any downtime in this case for old cluster?

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Yes, you need to switch to the new one at some point and that'll likely not be instantaneous.

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thanks a lot. i believe reindexing using this technique on new cluster would not harm to existing indexes on old cluster even if there are any failures in reindexing process.

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