[[reindex-upgrade]] === Reindex before upgrading Elasticsearch can read indices created in the *previous major version*. Older indices must be reindexed or deleted. Elasticsearch 6.x can use indices created in Elasticsearch 5.x, but not those created in Elasticsearch 2.x or before. Elasticsearch 5.x can use indices created in Elasticsearch 2.x, but not those created in 1.x or before. Elasticsearch nodes will fail to start if incompatible indices are present. To upgrade an Elasticsearch 5.x cluster that contains indices created in 2.x, you must reindex or delete them before upgrading to 6.x. For more information, see <>. To upgrade an Elasticsearch cluster running 2.x, you have two options: * Perform a <> to 5.6, <> the 2.x indices, then perform a <> to 6.x. If your Elasticsearch 2.x cluster contains indices that were created before 2.x, you must either delete or reindex them before upgrading to 5.6. For more information about upgrading from 2.x to 5.6, see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/setup-upgrade.html[ Upgrading Elasticsearch] in the Elasticsearch 5.6 Reference. * Create a new 6.x cluster and <> to import indices directly from the 2.x cluster. To upgrade an Elasticsearch 1.x cluster, you have two options: * Perform a <> to Elasticsearch 2.4.x and <> or delete the 1.x indices. Then, perform a full cluster restart upgrade to 5.6 and reindex or delete the 2.x indices. Finally, perform a <> to 6.x. For more information about upgrading from 1.x to 2.4, see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/setup-upgrade.html[ Upgrading Elasticsearch] in the Elasticsearch 2.4 Reference. For more information about upgrading from 2.4 to 5.6, see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/setup-upgrade.html[ Upgrading Elasticsearch] in the Elasticsearch 5.6 Reference. * Create a new 6.x cluster and <> to import indices directly from the 1.x cluster. .Upgrading time-based indices ******************************************* If you use time-based indices, you likely won't need to carry pre-5.x indices forward to 6.x. Data in time-based indices generally becomes less useful as time passes and are deleted as they age past your retention period. Unless you have an unusally long retention period, you can just wait to upgrade to 6.x until all of your pre-5.x indices have been deleted. ******************************************* [[reindex-upgrade-inplace]] ==== Reindex in place To manually reindex your old indices with the <>: . Create a new index and copy the mappings and settings from the old index. . Set the `refresh_interval` to `-1` and the `number_of_replicas` to `0` for efficient reindexing. . Reindex all documents from the old index into the new index using the <>. . Reset the `refresh_interval` and `number_of_replicas` to the values used in the old index. . Wait for the index status to change to `green`. . In a single <> request: .. Delete the old index. .. Add an alias with the old index name to the new index. .. Add any aliases that existed on the old index to the new index. // Flag this as X-Pack and conditionally include at GA. // Need to update the CSS to override sidebar titles. [role="xpack"] .Migration assistance and upgrade tools ******************************************* {xpack} 5.6 provides migration assistance and upgrade tools that simplify reindexing and upgrading to 6.x. These tools are free with the X-Pack trial and Basic licenses and you can use them to upgrade whether or not X-Pack is a regular part of your Elastic Stack. For more information, see {stack-guide}/upgrading-elastic-stack.html. ******************************************* [[reindex-upgrade-remote]] ==== Reindex from a remote cluster You can use <> to migrate indices from your old cluster to a new 6.x cluster. This enables you move to 6.x from a pre-5.6 cluster without interrupting service. [WARNING] ============================================= Elasticsearch provides backwards compatibility support that enables indices from the previous major version to be upgraded to the current major version. Skipping a major version means that you must resolve any backward compatibility issues yourself. ============================================= To migrate your indices: . Set up a new 6.x cluster alongside your old cluster. Enable it to access your old cluster by adding your old cluster to the `reindex.remote.whitelist` in `elasticsearch.yml`: + -- [source,yaml] -------------------------------------------------- reindex.remote.whitelist: oldhost:9200 -------------------------------------------------- [NOTE] ============================================= The new cluster doesn't have to start fully-scaled out. As you migrate indices and shift the load to the new cluster, you can add nodes to the new cluster and remove nodes from the old one. ============================================= -- . For each index that you need to migrate to the 6.x cluster: .. Create a new index in 6.x with the appropriate mappings and settings. Set the `refresh_interval` to `-1` and set `number_of_replicas` to `0` for faster reindexing. .. <> to pull documents from the old index into the new 6.x index: + -- [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- POST _reindex { "source": { "remote": { "host": "http://oldhost:9200", "username": "user", "password": "pass" }, "index": "source", "query": { "match": { "test": "data" } } }, "dest": { "index": "dest" } } -------------------------------------------------- // CONSOLE // TEST[setup:host] // TEST[s/^/PUT source\n/] // TEST[s/oldhost:9200",/\${host}"/] // TEST[s/"username": "user",//] // TEST[s/"password": "pass"//] If you run the reindex job in the background by setting `wait_for_completion` to `false`, the reindex request returns a `task_id` you can use to monitor progress of the reindex job with the <>: `GET _tasks/TASK_ID`. -- .. When the reindex job completes, set the `refresh_interval` and `number_of_replicas` to the desired values (the default settings are `30s` and `1`). .. Once replication is complete and the status of the new index is `green`, you can delete the old index.