WARNING: Version 6.2 of the Elastic Stack has passed its EOL date.
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be removed. If you are running this version, we strongly advise you to upgrade. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
Symptoms:
- Native realm credentials don’t work after $version upgrade or snapshot restore.
- Error message: "Security index is not on the current version - the native realm will not be operational until the upgrade API is run on the security index"
Resolution:
You must upgrade the .security index to the 6.x format. For
instructions, see
Upgrading
internal indices.
There are two situations where it’s necessary to manually upgrade the
.security index:
- After upgrading directly to 6.2.4 from 5.5 or earlier.
- After restoring a snapshot from 5.5 or earlier that contains a
.securityindex in the old format to a 6.0 cluster.