In-place upgrade overview
To plan your upgrade from Ambari managed HDP 3.1.5 to Cloudera Private Cloud Base, you must be aware of the two stages of in-place upgrade along with the pre-upgrade, upgrade, and post-upgrade tasks.
This upgrade path consists of two stages:
- Upgrade HDP 3.1.5 to Cloudera Runtime 7.1.x using Ambari.
- Transition the management platform from Ambari to Cloudera Manager.
To upgrade to Cloudera Runtime 7.1.x, you must first upgrade from Ambari
2.7.5.x (source) to Ambari 7.1.x.x (target) and then upgrade from HDP
3.1.5 to Cloudera Runtime 7.1.x.
Upgrading and transitioning to Cloudera Private Cloud Base
To upgrade and transition to Cloudera Private Cloud Base using the documentation, perform the following steps.

- HDP cluster blueprint is exported from Ambari and converted to a Cloudera Manager deployment template using the AM2CM tool.
- Deploy the template to Cloudera Manager and activate the Cloudera Runtime 7.1.x parcels.
- Start using the CDP Private Cloud Base cluster with Cloudera Manager.
- Uninstall Ambari and the HDP stack
Troubleshooting: A selection of Cloudera Knowledge Base articles are available that describe common issues encountered by Cloudera customers during upgrades and migrations. See CDP Upgrade/Migrate Troubleshooting Articles. (Cloudera login required.)