IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
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Upgrade to legacy versions of Elastic APMedit

  1. Review the APM release notes, breaking changes, and Observability What’s new content for important changes between your current APM version and the one you are upgrading to.
  2. The Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch and Kibana) must be upgraded before APM Server. See the Elastic Stack Installation and Upgrade Guide for guidance.

  3. If applicable, read and understand the relevant APM Server upgrading guide:

  4. Install the new APM Server release.
  5. Review the apm-server.yml configuration file. There may be newly added configuration options, and you’ll want to be aware of their default settings. See configuring for more information on available options.
  6. If you set up index patterns and dashboards manually by running ./apm-server setup, rerun the command to update the index pattern and the dashboards.

  7. Start the APM server.

    When you start the APM server after upgrading, it creates new indices that use the current version, and applies the correct template automatically.

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