diff --git a/docs/en/install-upgrade/upgrading-stack.asciidoc b/docs/en/install-upgrade/upgrading-stack.asciidoc index a9f93c321..c31505e78 100644 --- a/docs/en/install-upgrade/upgrading-stack.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/install-upgrade/upgrading-stack.asciidoc @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ each of the products in your Elastic Stack. Beats and Logstash 7.n are compatible with {es} {version} to give you flexibility in scheduling the upgrade. -{es} supports rolling upgrades between minor versions, from {es} 5.6 to 6.7, -from 6.7 to 7.x, and from 7.n to {version}. +{es} supports rolling upgrades between minor versions, from {es} 5.6 to 6.8, +from 6.8 to 7.x, and from 7.n to {version}. IMPORTANT: 6.x and older indices are not compatible with {version}. You must remove or reindex them on your 7.x cluster before upgrading to {version}. The internal @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ By default, deprecation warnings are logged when the log level is set to `WARN`. . Review the <> and upgrade your code to work with {version}. -. Upgrade to 6.7 and use the {kibana-ref}/upgrade-assistant.html[{kib} Upgrade Assistant] to {ref}/docs-reindex.html[reindex] +. Upgrade to 6.8 and use the {kibana-ref}/upgrade-assistant.html[{kib} Upgrade Assistant] to {ref}/docs-reindex.html[reindex] any indices that are not compatible with {version}. + [role="xpack"] .Upgrade Assistant ****** The Upgrade Assistant and migration APIs are enabled with both the Basic and -Trial licenses. You can install the default distribution of 6.7 to use the +Trial licenses. You can install the default distribution of 6.8 to use the Upgrade Assistant to prepare to upgrade even if you are upgrading to the OSS distribution of {version}. ****** @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cluster configuration. [[upgrade-order-elastic-stack]] === Upgrade process -When you've made the necessary changes and are ready to upgrade from 6.7 to +When you've made the necessary changes and are ready to upgrade from 6.8 to {version}: . Test the upgrade in a dev environment *before* upgrading your @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ on the cluster during the upgrade process. For more information, see .. Beats: {beats-ref}/upgrading.html[upgrade instructions] .. APM Server: {apm-server-ref}/upgrading.html[upgrade instructions] -NOTE: Logstash 6.7 and Beats 6.7 are compatible with all 7.x versions of +NOTE: Logstash 6.8 and Beats 6.8 are compatible with all 7.x versions of {es}. This provides flexibility in when you schedule the upgrades for your Logstash instances and Beats agents, but we recommend upgrading as soon as possible to take advantage of performance improvements @@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ Make sure all 5.x indices have been deleted before upgrading to {version}. {es} {version} will fail to start if any 5.x indices are present. If you are running a version prior to 6.0, -https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/6.7/upgrading-elastic-stack.html[upgrade to 6.7] +https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/6.8/upgrading-elastic-stack.html[upgrade to 6.8] and reindex your old indices or bring up a new {version} cluster and {ref}/reindex-upgrade-remote.html[reindex from remote]. -The recommended path is to upgrade to 6.7 before upgrading to {version}. This +The recommended path is to upgrade to 6.8 before upgrading to {version}. This makes it easier to identify the changes you need to make to upgrade and enables you to perform a rolling upgrade with no downtime. @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ upgraded simultaneously. Although upgrading your Elastic Cloud clusters is easy, you still need to address breaking changes that affect your application. Minor version upgrades, -upgrades from 6.7 to {version}, and all other cluster configuration +upgrades from 6.8 to {version}, and all other cluster configuration changes can be performed with no downtime. To avoid downtime when a full cluster restart is required: