# Upgrading to Kibana 4.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 29, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274 "2015-10-29T16:29:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mgirndt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mgirndt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgirndt)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274/1 "2015-10-29T16:29:20Z")

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What is the easiest way to upgrade to Kibana 4.2? Do I have to download the .tar file and reinstall Kibana completely?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274/2 "2015-10-29T19:36:46Z")

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Just replace the previous Kibana files and make sure you save your current configuration file. The easiest is probably to unpack the tarball in a new directory, copy the configuration file, delete the old Kibana directory and rename the new one to the old name.

That said, I haven't read the release notes myself. To avoid surprises make sure you've read it before upgrading.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274/3 "2015-10-30T05:23:12Z")

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You'll need ES 2.0 for this as well!

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**Author:** ![mgirndt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mgirndt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgirndt)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274/4 "2015-11-02T16:13:42Z")

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thanks

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**Author:** ![PSi\_AU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/psi_au/32/5617_2.png) [@PSi\_AU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PSi_AU)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274/5 "2015-11-02T23:27:10Z")

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And when you go to ES 2.0, you'll need to upgrade to Logstash 2.0 as well or you won't be able to create new indexes.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274/6 "2015-11-03T00:00:40Z")

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Not correct, LS 1.5 will work with ES 2.0.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-to-kibana-4-2/33274/7 "2017-07-06T14:10:08Z")

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