# Migration plugin -- available for 1.x to 5.0?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-plugin-available-for-1-x-to-5-0/66899>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 22, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-plugin-available-for-1-x-to-5-0/66899 "2016-11-22T17:35:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![casieowen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/casieowen/32/8734_2.png) [@casieowen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/casieowen)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-plugin-available-for-1-x-to-5-0/66899/1 "2016-11-22T17:35:09Z")

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Hi!

I see the handy the[migration plugin](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-migration) with two options: 1 for upgrading from 1.x to 2.x and one for upgrading from 2.x to 5.x. Is there an option for 1.x to 5.x?

Asking because we're currently running elasticsearch 1.7 and plan on moving straight to 5.0 (rather than upgrading to 2.x then to 5) by standing up a new cluster and then using the [reindex from remote](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/18585) option to reindex our lucene version 4 indices.

Thanks,  
Casie

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**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-plugin-available-for-1-x-to-5-0/66899/2 "2016-11-22T17:48:13Z")

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No, there isn't a migration plugin for that jump. Sorry!

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**Author:** ![casieowen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/casieowen/32/8734_2.png) [@casieowen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/casieowen)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-plugin-available-for-1-x-to-5-0/66899/3 "2016-11-22T17:53:04Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply! If our approach is to standup a 5.0 cluster, regarding the approach to migrating data, does elastic recommend a) restoring snapshots from 1.7 or b) reindex from remote?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-plugin-available-for-1-x-to-5-0/66899/4 "2016-11-22T18:29:43Z")

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Snapshots from Elasticsearch 1.X are not compatible with Elasticsearch 5.0, so reindex from remote is required.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-plugin-available-for-1-x-to-5-0/66899/5 "2016-12-20T18:29:45Z")

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