# Upgrade elasticsearch using the service wrapper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 30, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057 "2013-12-30T20:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![allenmchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allenmchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/allenmchan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057/1 "2013-12-30T20:22:58Z")
Hi, Does anyone know how to upgrade elasticsearch by using the service wrapper? > **[elastic/elasticsearch-servicewrapper](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-servicewrapper)** > > elasticsearch-servicewrapper - A service wrapper on top of elasticsearch I tried googling around and did not find anything documented. Thanks, Allen Chan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2b7a350b-7f62-4c5e-b51b-ab60bb645a15%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2b7a350b-7f62-4c5e-b51b-ab60bb645a15%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057/2 "2013-12-30T21:35:39Z")
That is pretty straightforward, copy the service wrapper into the bin folder of the new ES version, adjust paths and symlinks, and there you are. Stopping and starting the cluster and migrating the index data is no difference to not using the service wrapper. Jörg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX\_O-Nfu\_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX_O-Nfu_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![allenmchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allenmchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/allenmchan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057/3 "2013-12-30T22:39:28Z")
i never did an upgrade before. Are there instructions for migrating the index data? On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM, [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com) \< [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com)\> wrote: > That is pretty straightforward, copy the service wrapper into the bin > folder of the new ES version, adjust paths and symlinks, and there you are. > > Stopping and starting the cluster and migrating the index data is no > difference to not using the service wrapper. > > Jörg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX\_O-Nfu\_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX_O-Nfu_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- Allen Michael Chan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD\_ovzVvVGVV\_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD_ovzVvVGVV_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057/4 "2013-12-30T22:48:52Z")
There should be no need to migrate the index data unless you are moving between two major Lucene versions. Since elasticsearch has never used Lucene 2, the old indices should be readable. Best practices dictate that you place your data directory outside of the elasticsearch installation so that you can maintain the same directory between installations. -- Ivan On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:39 PM, allen chan [allen.michael.chan@gmail.com](mailto:allen.michael.chan@gmail.com)wrote: > i never did an upgrade before. Are there instructions for migrating the > index data? > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM, [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com) \< > [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com)\> wrote: > > > That is pretty straightforward, copy the service wrapper into the bin > > folder of the new ES version, adjust paths and symlinks, and there you are. > > > > Stopping and starting the cluster and migrating the index data is no > > difference to not using the service wrapper. > > > > Jörg > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX\_O-Nfu\_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX_O-Nfu_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com) > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > Allen Michael Chan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD\_ovzVvVGVV\_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD_ovzVvVGVV_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![allenmchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allenmchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/allenmchan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057/5 "2013-12-31T00:15:54Z")
I missed the part about placing the data directory outside of the elasticsearch installation. To correct it, will it be as simple as doing a mv command to move all the files to new dir and modify the elasticsearch config to use new dir? On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote: > There should be no need to migrate the index data unless you are moving > between two major Lucene versions. Since elasticsearch has never used > Lucene 2, the old indices should be readable. > > Best practices dictate that you place your data directory outside of the > elasticsearch installation so that you can maintain the same directory > between installations. > > -- > Ivan > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:39 PM, allen chan [allen.michael.chan@gmail.com](mailto:allen.michael.chan@gmail.com)wrote: > > > i never did an upgrade before. Are there instructions for migrating the > > index data? > > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM, [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com) \< > > [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com)\> wrote: > > > > > That is pretty straightforward, copy the service wrapper into the bin > > > folder of the new ES version, adjust paths and symlinks, and there you are. > > > > > > Stopping and starting the cluster and migrating the index data is no > > > difference to not using the service wrapper. > > > > > > Jörg > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX\_O-Nfu\_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX_O-Nfu_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com) > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > Allen Michael Chan > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD\_ovzVvVGVV\_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD_ovzVvVGVV_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com) > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- Allen Michael Chan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BAiGNd9UPda8kEQBTTiT6yq0x6jZAyy8NwfAo%3Dj%3DDurHQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BAiGNd9UPda8kEQBTTiT6yq0x6jZAyy8NwfAo%3Dj%3DDurHQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057/6 "2013-12-31T18:27:13Z")
As for all updates, you should consider that if you are unable to use the new version for whatever reason, there is no guarantee that you can put the data back to the old version. So please consider a backup of your data, and do not forget to read the changelog / release notes of the new version how to update. Jörg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoFyyjqepfRHiHDe%3DpvwwNE2fjqpc5g%2BmZw2q8thsz4R7Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoFyyjqepfRHiHDe%3DpvwwNE2fjqpc5g%2BmZw2q8thsz4R7Q%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-elasticsearch-using-the-service-wrapper/15057/7 "2013-12-31T18:41:31Z")
There is no explicit documentation about where to place the data directory, but I find it best if you should keep as much as possible (configs/data/logs) from outside of the installation directory. I believe installing from a deb/rpm package might enforce a directory structure (never tried). The relevant config param is path.data [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/elasticsearch.yml#L147](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/elasticsearch.yml#L147) Cheers, Ivan On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:15 PM, allen chan [allen.michael.chan@gmail.com](mailto:allen.michael.chan@gmail.com)wrote: > I missed the part about placing the data directory outside of the > elasticsearch installation. To correct it, will it be as simple as doing a > mv command to move all the files to new dir and modify the elasticsearch > config to use new dir? > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote: > > > There should be no need to migrate the index data unless you are moving > > between two major Lucene versions. Since elasticsearch has never used > > Lucene 2, the old indices should be readable. > > > > Best practices dictate that you place your data directory outside of the > > elasticsearch installation so that you can maintain the same directory > > between installations. > > > > -- > > Ivan > > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:39 PM, allen chan \<[allen.michael.chan@gmail.com](mailto:allen.michael.chan@gmail.com) > > > > > wrote: > > > > > i never did an upgrade before. Are there instructions for migrating the > > > index data? > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM, [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com) \< > > > [joergprante@gmail.com](mailto:joergprante@gmail.com)\> wrote: > > > > > > > That is pretty straightforward, copy the service wrapper into the bin > > > > folder of the new ES version, adjust paths and symlinks, and there you are. > > > > > > > > Stopping and starting the cluster and migrating the index data is no > > > > difference to not using the service wrapper. > > > > > > > > Jörg > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX\_O-Nfu\_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX_O-Nfu_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com) > > > > . > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > > > -- > > > Allen Michael Chan > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD\_ovzVvVGVV\_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD_ovzVvVGVV_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com) > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com) > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > Allen Michael Chan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BAiGNd9UPda8kEQBTTiT6yq0x6jZAyy8NwfAo%3Dj%3DDurHQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BAiGNd9UPda8kEQBTTiT6yq0x6jZAyy8NwfAo%3Dj%3DDurHQ%40mail.gmail.com) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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