Elasticsearch upgrade to 8.11.4
Elasticsearch upgrade steps
These are the cross functional steps that are needed when Elastic releases a new version.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/es-release-notes.html
Breaking changes
There are no notable breaking changes between 8.6.2 and 8.11.4 (ref)
Infrastructure
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Open an Infrastructure Change Management Request following the steps outlined in the Elasticsearch runbook. Use the Elasticsearch upgrade issue template.
Development
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Upgrade the version of Elasticsearch in CI -
Upgrade or add the new version of Elasticsearch in gitlab-elasticsearch-indexer CI -
Update gdk Elasticsearch version (example MR: gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit!2573 (merged)) -
Update SystemCheck::App::SearchCheck methods (if applicable) - N/A
Quality Assurance
Communication
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Update admin documentation with changes (as needed) - Not needed
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Add deprecation notice (as needed) - Not needed
Edited by Madelein van Niekerk