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Upgrading Cloudera Flow Management from 2.1.7 to 4.10.0

To upgrade to Cloudera Flow Management 4.10.0 from 2.1.7 on Cloudera Private Cloud Base, you must stop the Cloudera Flow Management services, update the CSD files, restart the SCM Server, activate the new Cloudera Flow Management parcel, and then restart your Cloudera Flow Management services.

  • You have upgraded Cloudera Manager and Cloudera Private Cloud Base if needed.

  • You have reviewed the Before you upgrade information to make sure you meet the prerequisites.

  1. Stop the NiFi and NiFi Registry services, in this order.
  2. Delete the old CSD files.
  3. Download the new CSD files.
    The default CSD location is /opt/cloudera/csd, but you can configure that location from Cloudera Manager Administration | Settings | Local Descriptor Repository Path.

    Ensure that you maintain the appropriate file ownership and access attributes and SELinux permissions if needed.

  4. Download the new Cloudera Flow Management parcel and .sha checksums file appropriate for your operating system.
    The default parcel location is /opt/cloudera/parcel-repo/.

    Ensure that you maintain the appropriate file ownership and access attributes and SELinux permissions if needed.

  5. Restart the cloudera-scm-server service: 
    service cloudera-scm-server restart
  6. In Cloudera Manager, from the Parcels page, distribute and activate the Cloudera Flow Management 4.10.0 parcel.
    After clicking Activate, the Activate CFM <version> on <cluster-name> pop-up displays. Click Activate Only, and then OK.
  7. Restart Cloudera Management Service.
  8. Restart NiFi and NiFi Registry and deploy the client configurations.
  9. Optionally, to clean up, remove the previous parcels from the host.
    1. From the Parcel menu, go to the older Cloudera Flow Management parcel.
    2. Select Remove From Host.
    3. Select Delete.
  10. From the Ranger UI, NiFi service controller policy:
    1. Add the NiFi user to the policy with READ permissions.
    2. Verify the NiFi group is set in the policy.