Elasticsearch upgrade procedure

Hi

I am currently using elasticsearch 1.0.2. Since I have a memory leak
problem that forces me to restart it every 5 or 6 days, I am considering
upgrading to 1.2.1. But I did not found any upgrade guide, nor indications
whether new versions were retro-compatible. Please indicate if there is any
risk for the data?

Cheers
Aldian

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On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Aldian aldian.gp@gmail.com wrote:

Hi

I am currently using elasticsearch 1.0.2. Since I have a memory leak
problem that forces me to restart it every 5 or 6 days, I am considering
upgrading to 1.2.1. But I did not found any upgrade guide, nor indications
whether new versions were retro-compatible. Please indicate if there is any
risk for the data?

The data is compatible. Sometimes, like when Elasticsearch jumps a major
version, the protocol that Elasticsearch servers use to communicate with
eachother isn't backwards compatible. This is rare, and the 1.0.2->1.2.1
upgrade is fully backwards compatible. That being said, there are some
issues with running a cluster with two versions of Elasticsearch: you
(mostly) can't move data from a newer node to an older node. Features of
the new version may degrade because they aren't getting what they need from
their peers who are on the old version. This is generally OK because you
won't be relying on features of the newer version until after the upgrade.

The upshot: a rolling upgrade is safe for you. Turn off shard assignment
on the cluster, update on node, restart elasticsearch on that node, turn
shard assignment back on, wait for the cluster to go green, repeat.

Make sure to upgrade any plugins that you have installed when you upgrade
Elasticsearch.

Nik

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Thanks you very much for the detailed reply. I will proceed this way.
Aldian

2014-06-04 16:15 GMT+02:00 Nikolas Everett nik9000@gmail.com:

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Aldian aldian.gp@gmail.com wrote:

Hi

I am currently using elasticsearch 1.0.2. Since I have a memory leak
problem that forces me to restart it every 5 or 6 days, I am considering
upgrading to 1.2.1. But I did not found any upgrade guide, nor indications
whether new versions were retro-compatible. Please indicate if there is any
risk for the data?

The data is compatible. Sometimes, like when Elasticsearch jumps a major
version, the protocol that Elasticsearch servers use to communicate with
eachother isn't backwards compatible. This is rare, and the 1.0.2->1.2.1
upgrade is fully backwards compatible. That being said, there are some
issues with running a cluster with two versions of Elasticsearch: you
(mostly) can't move data from a newer node to an older node. Features of
the new version may degrade because they aren't getting what they need from
their peers who are on the old version. This is generally OK because you
won't be relying on features of the newer version until after the upgrade.

The upshot: a rolling upgrade is safe for you. Turn off shard assignment
on the cluster, update on node, restart elasticsearch on that node, turn
shard assignment back on, wait for the cluster to go green, repeat.

Make sure to upgrade any plugins that you have installed when you upgrade
Elasticsearch.

Nik

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There's an upgrade process in the docs on the site -

Regards,
Mark Walkom

Infrastructure Engineer
Campaign Monitor
email: markw@campaignmonitor.com
web: www.campaignmonitor.com

On 5 June 2014 00:45, Aldian aldian.gp@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks you very much for the detailed reply. I will proceed this way.
Aldian

2014-06-04 16:15 GMT+02:00 Nikolas Everett nik9000@gmail.com:

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Aldian aldian.gp@gmail.com wrote:

Hi

I am currently using elasticsearch 1.0.2. Since I have a memory leak
problem that forces me to restart it every 5 or 6 days, I am considering
upgrading to 1.2.1. But I did not found any upgrade guide, nor indications
whether new versions were retro-compatible. Please indicate if there is any
risk for the data?

The data is compatible. Sometimes, like when Elasticsearch jumps a major
version, the protocol that Elasticsearch servers use to communicate with
eachother isn't backwards compatible. This is rare, and the 1.0.2->1.2.1
upgrade is fully backwards compatible. That being said, there are some
issues with running a cluster with two versions of Elasticsearch: you
(mostly) can't move data from a newer node to an older node. Features of
the new version may degrade because they aren't getting what they need from
their peers who are on the old version. This is generally OK because you
won't be relying on features of the newer version until after the upgrade.

The upshot: a rolling upgrade is safe for you. Turn off shard assignment
on the cluster, update on node, restart elasticsearch on that node, turn
shard assignment back on, wait for the cluster to go green, repeat.

Make sure to upgrade any plugins that you have installed when you upgrade
Elasticsearch.

Nik

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