I am working on in-place ES version upgrade from ES version 7.17 to ES 8.14, however I am blocked at a place as I see that .security-6 exist in the current cluster, and I am not sure how to upgrade this index in production with zero downtime, and what will be the process to upgrade this security in…

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Upgrade security index while ES upgrade from version 7 to 8

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TimV (Tim Vernum) September 23, 2024, 10:56am 4

Is there a reason for that? It is the recommended solution to the problem you are facing.

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Upgrade security index while ES upgrade from version 7 to 8

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