- Kibana Guide: other versions:
- Introduction
- Set Up Kibana
- Breaking Changes
- Getting Started
- Discover
- Visualize
- Dashboard
- Timelion
- Machine Learning
- APM
- Graphing Connections in Your Data
- Dev Tools
- Monitoring
- Management
- Reporting from Kibana
- REST API
- Kibana Plugins
- Contributing to Kibana
- Limitations
- Release Highlights
- Release Notes
- Kibana 6.4.3
- Kibana 6.4.2
- Kibana 6.4.1
- Kibana 6.4.0
- Kibana 6.3.2
- Kibana 6.3.1
- Kibana 6.3.0
- Kibana 6.2.4
- Kibana 6.2.3
- Kibana 6.2.2
- Kibana 6.2.1
- Kibana 6.2.0
- Kibana 6.1.4
- Kibana 6.1.3
- Kibana 6.1.2
- Kibana 6.1.1
- Kibana 6.1.0
- Kibana 6.0.1
- Kibana 6.0.0
- Kibana 6.0.0-rc2
- Kibana 6.0.0-rc1
- Kibana 6.0.0-beta2
- Kibana 6.0.0-beta1
- Kibana 6.0.0-alpha2
- Kibana 6.0.0-alpha1
IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Upgrading Kibana
editUpgrading Kibana
editBefore upgrading Kibana:
- Consult the breaking changes docs.
- Test upgrades in a dev environment before upgrading your production servers.
- Backup your data using the Elasticsearch snapshots feature. You cannot roll back to an earlier version unless you have a backup of your data.
- If you are using custom plugins, check that a compatible version is available.
Depending on which version of Kibana you’re upgrading from, the upgrade process will vary. Please consult the following table to determine which process you should follow:
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Saved searches, visualizations, and dashboards created in Kibana 4.x or 5.x can be generally imported into 6.x.
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