Before you upgrade Ambari

You must be aware of the exact steps and understand the interdependencies and order of the steps so that you can adjust and account for any special configurations for your cluster before starting the Ambari upgrade process.

Ambari and the HDP cluster being managed by Ambari can be upgraded independently. This section describes the process to upgrade Ambari. Cloudera recommends you to read completely through this entire document before starting the upgrade process, to that you understand the interdependencies and order of the steps. Cloudera recommends you to validate these steps in a test environment to adjust and account for any special configurations for your cluster.

• Preparing to Upgrade Ambari
• Upgrade Ambari
• The high-level process for upgrading Ambari is as follows: