# Upgrading elasticsearch from 6.8 to 7.7.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 2, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620 "2020-07-02T11:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/1 "2020-07-02T11:09:36Z")
Hello, We are about to upgrade elasticserch from 6.8 to 7.7.1 is there anything special that needs to be done so that the indexes would be compatible? I know that beats has some option to migrate 6 to 7 and that is why I was wondering if some kind of migration job needs to be run. ---
**Author:** ![fadjar340](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fadjar340/32/43610_2.png) [@fadjar340](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fadjar340)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/2 "2020-07-02T11:16:44Z")
You need to read this carefully... [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.7/rolling-upgrades.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.7/rolling-upgrades.html) Regards, Fadjar Tandabawana ---
**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/3 "2020-07-02T11:19:09Z")
Not interested in live upgrade. I am just concered about index compatibility. Also it's a plain elasticsearch without machine learning or other fancy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/4 "2020-07-02T11:22:10Z")
Did you upgrade to latest 6.8 version? That's the first thing to do. Then launch the upgrade assistant in Kibana which will tell you a lot. ---
**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/5 "2020-07-02T11:22:35Z")
Not having kibana there. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/6 "2020-07-02T11:22:55Z")
Install it. Once done, remove it. ---
**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/7 "2020-07-02T11:23:26Z")
Our indices are not timeseries. Will those work with kibana? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/8 "2020-07-02T11:23:42Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/9 "2020-07-02T11:28:42Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > Did you upgrade to latest 6.8 version? That's the first thing to do. > Then launch the upgrade assistant in Kibana which will tell you a lot. cool, Thank you both for the information. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-from-6-8-to-7-7-1/239620/10 "2020-07-30T11:29:02Z")
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