Added 'Upgrading Kibana' section to install docs#7807
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The repositories stuff is commented out because you cannot install master from package repos. The section gets uncommented in the actual release branches (5.0, 4.5, etc.). |
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| . https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html[snapshot] existing `.kibana` index in Elasticsearch | ||
| . save a backup copy of the existing `config/kibana.yml` | ||
| . take note of the Kibana plugins that are installed; | ||
| .. `/opt/kibana/bin/kibana plugin --list` on 4.x versions of Kibana. |
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I don't think we should hardcode these absolute paths in the docs since different install mechanisms are going to result in different paths.
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@LeeDr Thanks for getting this started! A couple of comments:
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@debadair you had made a comment about bullets instead of numbered list for the upgrade section. The basic install steps above it are bullets. But the |
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| . Create a https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html[snapshot] of the existing .kibana index. | ||
| . Back up the `kibana.yml` configuration file. | ||
| . Take note of the Kibana plugins that are installed; |
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Colon, instead of semicolon. :-)
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Made a few very picky comments--incorporate or ignore as you see fit. Other than that, LGTM! |
Addressing the first task "Upgrade documentation, especially in the context of rolling upgrades" of #5347
NOTE: This section for installs from repositories was commented out before. I uncommented it. Maybe it was temporarily commented out just during 5.0 alphas?
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