Chapter II.5. Appendix: Upgrading Ambari Server to 1.4.4

This procedure upgrades Ambari Server from version 1.2.5 and above to 1.4.4. If your current Ambari Server version is 1.2.4 or below, you must upgrade the Ambari Server version to 1.2.5 before upgrading to version 1.4.4. Upgrading the Ambari Server version does not change the underlying Hadoop Stack.

	Note
	You must know the location of the Nagios server for Step 9. Use the Services View-> Summary panel to locate the host on which it is running.

Stop the Ambari Server and all Ambari Agents. From the Ambari Server host:
```
ambari-server stop
```
From each Ambari Agent host:
```
ambari-agent stop
```

Get the new Ambari bits. Use wget to fetch the repository file and replace the old repo file with the new repo file on every host.

Fetch the new repo file:

For RHEL/CentOS 5/Oracle Linux 5

wget http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/centos5/1.x/updates/1.4.4.23/ambari.repo

For RHEL/CentOS 6/Oracle Linux 6

wget http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/centos6/1.x/updates/1.4.4.23/ambari.repo

For SLES 11

wget http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/suse11/1.x/updates/1.4.4.23/ambari.repo

	Important
	Check your current directory before you download the new repo file to make sure that there are no previous versions of the file. If you do not, and a previous version exists, the new download will be saved with a numeric extension such as `ambari.repo.1`. Make sure that the version you copy is the new version.

Replace the old repo file with the new repo file.

For RHEL/CentOS 5/Oracle Linux 5

cp ambari.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/ambari.repo

For RHEL/CentOS 6/Oracle Linux 6

cp ambari.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/ambari.repo

For SLES 11

cp ambari.repo /etc/zypp/repos.d/ambari.repo

	Note
	If your cluster does not have access to the Internet, set up a local repository with this data before you continue. See Configure the Local Repositories for more information.

Upgrade Ambari Server.

	Note
	Ambari Server no longer automatically turns `iptables` off. Check your installation setup to make sure that you are not relying on this function. After you have upgraded the server you must either disable iptables manually or make sure that you have all the appropriate ports available. For more information on the ports that must be open and available, see Configuring Ports for Hadoop 2.x

From the Ambari Server host:

RHEL/CentOS

yum clean all
yum upgrade ambari-server ambari-log4j

SLES

zypper clean
zypper up ambari-server ambari-log4j

Check for upgrade success:

As the process runs, the console should produce output similar, although not identical, to this:

Setting up Upgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ambari-agent.x86_64 0:1.2.2.3-1 will be updated
---> Package ambari-agent.x86_64 0:1.2.2.4-1 will be updated ...
---> Package ambari-agent.x86_64 0:1.2.2.5-1 will be an update ...

After the process is complete, check each host to make sure the new 1.4.4 files have been installed:

rpm -qa | grep ambari

If the upgrade fails, the console should produce output similar to this:
```
Setting up Upgrade Process
No Packages marked for Update
```

Check to see if you have a folder named /etc/ambari-server/conf.save. If you do, rename it back:
```
mv /etc/ambari-server/conf.save /etc/ambari-server/conf
```
Upgrade the Ambari Server schema. From the Ambari Server host:
```
ambari-server upgrade
```
Upgrade the Ambari Agent on all hosts. From each Ambari Agent host:
- RHEL/CentOS
```
yum upgrade ambari-agent ambari-log4j
```
- SLES
```
zypper up ambari-agent ambari-log4j
```
  Note
  If you get a warning that begins "There are some running programs that use files deleted by recent upgrade" you can ignore it.
Check to see if you have a file named /etc/ambari-agent/conf.save on each Agent host. If you do, rename it back. On each Agent host:
```
mv /etc/ambari-agent/conf.save /etc/ambari-agent/conf
```
Upgrade the Nagios addons package. On the Nagios host:
- RHEL/CentOS
```
yum upgrade hdp_mon_nagios_addons
```
- SLES
```
zypper up hdp_mon_nagios_addons 
```
Start the Server and the Agents on all hosts. From the Server host:
```
ambari-server start
```
From each Agent host:
```
ambari-agent start
```

Open Ambari Web. Point your browser to http://{your.ambari.server}:8080

	Important
	You need to refresh your browser so that it loads the new version of the code. Hold the Shift key down while clicking the refresh button on the browser. If you have problems, clear your browser cache manually and restart Ambari Server.

Use the Admin name and password you have set up to log in.

Re-start Nagios and Ganglia services. In Ambari Web.
1. Go to the Services View and select each service.
2. Use the Management Header to stop and re-start the service.

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	Note
	If you get a warning that begins "There are some running programs that use files deleted by recent upgrade" you can ignore it.