Upgrading Cloudera Base on premises to a higher version

An upgrade from Cloudera Base on premises to a higher version of Cloudera Base on premises has the following high-level workflow:
  1. Prepare to upgrade:
    1. Review the Supported Upgrade Paths for your upgrade.
    2. Review the Requirements and Supported Versions for your upgrade
    3. Review the Release Notes for the version of Cloudera Base on premises you are upgrading to.
    4. Review the CDP Upgrade/Migrate Troubleshooting Articles. These Cloudera Knowledge Base articles describe common issues encountered by Cloudera customers during upgrades and migrations. (Cloudera login required.)
    5. Gather information on your deployment. See Step 1: Getting Started Upgrading Cloudera Manager 7 and Step 1: Getting Started Upgrading a Cluster.
    6. If you have Cloudera Flow Management installed, verify its compatibility with your target Cloudera Base on premises version before starting the upgrade process. For. more information, see the Cloudera Flow Management Upgrade and migration paths documentation.
    7. Plan how and when to begin your upgrade.
  2. If necessary, Upgrade the JDK.
  3. If necessary, Upgrade the Operating System.
  4. Upgrade Cloudera Manager to version 7.1.1 or higher. After upgrading to Cloudera Manager 7.1.1 or higher, Cloudera Manager can manage upgrading your cluster to a higher version. See Upgrading Cloudera Manager 7.
  5. Use Cloudera Manager to upgrade from lower version of Cloudera Runtime to a higher version of Cloudera Runtime. See Upgrading a Cluster.