From 18d35fb085b5d66e2278fc2356c05a5f8fdf9199 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Inbar Shimshon Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:15:44 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Clarify compatibility for upgrade via reindex (#60045) --- docs/reference/upgrade/reindex_upgrade.asciidoc | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/upgrade/reindex_upgrade.asciidoc b/docs/reference/upgrade/reindex_upgrade.asciidoc index a9b1f60800706..0377b43f42158 100644 --- a/docs/reference/upgrade/reindex_upgrade.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/upgrade/reindex_upgrade.asciidoc @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ have indices created in 5.x or before, you must reindex or delete them before upgrading to {version}. {es} nodes will fail to start if incompatible indices are present. Snapshots of 5.x or earlier indices cannot be restored to a 7.x cluster even if they were created by a 6.x cluster. +Any index created in 6.x is compatible with 7.x and does not require a reindex. + This restriction also applies to the internal indices that are used by {kib} and the {xpack} features. Therefore, before you can use {kib} and