Upgrading Kudu

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Upgrade Notes for Kudu 1.5.0 / CDH 5.13.0

  • Kudu 1.5 enables the optional ability to compute, store, and verify checksums on all pieces of data stored on a server by default. Due to storage format changes, downgrading to versions 1.3 or earlier is not supported and will result in an error.

  • Spark 2.2 (and higher) requires Java 8 at runtime even though Kudu Spark 2.x integration is Java 7 compatible. Spark 2.2 is the default dependency version as of Kudu 1.5.0.

  • The kudu-spark-tools module has been renamed to kudu-spark2-tools_2.11 in order to include the Spark and Scala base versions. This matches the pattern used in the kudu-spark module and artifacts.

  • To improve security, world-readable Kerberos keytab files are no longer accepted by default. Set --allow_world_readable_credentials=true to override this behavior.

Upgrade Kudu using Cloudera Manager

To use Cloudera Manager to upgrade Kudu using parcels or packages, use the following instructions. If you do not use Cloudera Manager, see Upgrade Kudu Using the Command Line.

Upgrade Kudu Using Parcels

Starting with Apache Kudu 1.5.0 / CDH 5.13, Kudu is part of the CDH parcel rather than a separate parcel. If you are upgrading from Kudu 1.4.x (or lower), you will need to first deactivate the existing Kudu parcel, and then activate the latest CDH parcel (CDH 5.13 and higher) that contains Kudu.

For instructions on upgrading CDH and its components using packages, see Upgrading to CDH 5.x Using Parcels.

Upgrade Kudu Using Packages

Starting with Apache Kudu 1.5.0 / CDH 5.13, Kudu ships with the CDH package. If you are upgrading from Kudu 1.4.x (or lower), you will need to first uninstall the existing Kudu packages, and then install the latest CDH package (CDH 5.13 and higher) that contains Kudu.

For instructions on upgrading CDH and its components using packages, see Upgrading to CDH 5.x Using Packages.

Upgrade Kudu Using the Command Line

If you use Cloudera Manager, do not use the following command-line instructions. See Upgrade Kudu using Cloudera Manager.

  1. If you use a repository, re-download the repository list file to ensure that you have the latest information.
    Kudu Repository and Package Links
    Operating System Repository Package Individual Packages
    RHEL RHEL 6 or RHEL 7 RHEL 6
    Ubuntu Trusty, Xenial Trusty, Xenial
    SLES SLES 12 SLES 12
    Debian Jessie Jessie
  2. Stop the Kudu master and tablet servers using the following commands: 
    sudo service kudu-master stop 
sudo service kudu-tserver stop
  3. Depending on your operating system, issue the following set of commands on each Kudu host:
    Operating System Upgrade Commands
    RHEL/CentOS 
    sudo yum -y clean all
sudo yum -y upgrade kudu
    Ubuntu/Debian 
    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kudu
    SLES 
    sudo zypper clean --all
sudo zypper update kudu
  4. Start the Kudu master and tablet servers using the following commands: 
    $ sudo service kudu-master start
$ sudo service kudu-tserver start