About this guide - AWS Elemental Live

About this guide

This guide describes how to upgrade or downgrade the software running on an AWS Elemental Live node.

It applies to the following changes:

  • Upgrades to any version up to 2.25.

  • Downgrades to any version when the currently installed version is any version up to 2.25.

Upgrade scenarios

The Elemental Live node might be running in stand-alone, or it might be a member of an AWS Elemental Conductor Live cluster. The following table identifies the guide to read for your deployment.

Deployment type Description Guide

Stand-alone deployments

Elemental Live nodes are not in a cluster controlled by AWS Elemental Conductor Live.

This guide.

Single Conductor cluster, no worker redundancy

Elemental Live nodes without backup worker nodes in a cluster controlled by one AWS Elemental Conductor Live node.

AWS Elemental Conductor Live Upgrade Guide

Single Conductor cluster with worker redundancy

Elemental Live nodes with one or more backup worker nodes in a cluster controlled by one AWS Elemental Conductor Live node.

AWS Elemental Conductor Live Upgrade Guide

High-availability cluster, no worker redundancy

Elemental Live nodes without backup worker nodes in a cluster controlled by two AWS Elemental Conductor Live nodes.

AWS Elemental Conductor Live Upgrade Guide

High-availability cluster, with worker redundancy

Elemental Live nodes with backup worker nodes, in a cluster controlled by two AWS Elemental Conductor Live nodes (a primary and a backup).

AWS Elemental Conductor Live Upgrade Guide

Prerequisite knowledge

We assume that you know how to:

  • Connect to the Elemental Live web interface using your web browser.

  • Log in to a remote terminal (Linux) session in order to work via the command line interface.

Note

For assistance with your AWS Elemental appliances and software products, see the AWS Elemental Support Center.

Sending commands

  • Unless otherwise stated, enter all Linux shell commands from the home directory (/home/elemental).

  • To ensure that the commands are executed regardless of your user permissions, use "sudo" to run the command as a superuser.