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Upgrade Kibana

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Upgrade Kibana

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Kibana automatically runs saved object migrations when required. To roll back to an earlier version in case of an upgrade failure, you must have a backup snapshot that includes the kibana feature state. Snapshots include this feature state by default.

For more information, check Migrate saved objects.

Before you start, take the upgrade preparation steps. To upgrade Kibana:

  1. Shut down all Kibana instances. Kibana does not support rolling upgrades. Upgrading while older Kibana instances are running can cause data loss or upgrade failures.

  2. To install the deb or rpm package:

    1. Use rpm or dpkg. This installs all files in their proper locations and will not overwrite the config files.
    2. Upgrade any plugins by removing the existing plugin and reinstalling the appropriate version using the kibana-plugin script. For more information, see Kibana plugins.

  3. To install from a zip or tar.gz archive:

    1. Extract the archive to a new directory to be sure that you don’t overwrite the config or data directories.
    2. Copy the files from the config directory from your old installation to your new installation.

    3. Copy the files from the data directory from your old installation to your new installation.

      If you use monitoring features, you must re-use the data directory when you upgrade Kibana. Otherwise, the Kibana instance is assigned a new persistent UUID and becomes a new instance in the monitoring data.

    4. Install the appropriate versions of all your plugins for your new installation using the kibana-plugin script. For more information, see Kibana plugins.
  4. Start Kibana.

Kibana has a new logging system in 8.0 and the log formats have changed. For additional information, see Logging configuration changes.

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