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This document is a step by step procedure for upgrading from Scylla Enterprise 2017.1 to Scylla Enterprise 2018.1, and rollback to 2017.1 if required.
This guide covers upgrading Scylla from the following versions: 2017.1.x to Scylla Enterprise version 2018.1.y on the following platform:
Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04
Note
Execute the following commands one node at the time, moving to the next node only after the upgrade procedure completed successfully.
Warning
If you are using CDC and upgrading Scylla 4.3 to 4.4, please review the API updates in querying CDC streams and CDC stream generations. In particular, you should update applications that use CDC according to CDC Upgrade notes before upgrading the cluster to 4.4.
If you are using CDC and upgrading from pre 4.3 version to 4.3, note the upgrading from experimental CDC.
A Scylla upgrade is a rolling procedure that does not require a full cluster shutdown. For each of the nodes in the cluster, you will:
Check cluster schema
Drain node and backup the data
Backup configuration file
Stop Scylla
Download and install new Scylla packages
Start Scylla
Validate that the upgrade was successful
Apply the following procedure serially on each node. Do not move to the next node before validating the node is up and running with the new version.
Once all the nodes have been upgraded to the new version 2018.1, run a serial restart of all the nodes.
During the rolling upgrade, it is highly recommended:
Not to use new 2018.1 features
Not to run administration functions, like repairs, refresh, rebuild or add or remove nodes
Not to apply schema changes
Make sure that all nodes have the schema synched prior to the upgrade. The upgrade will not succeed if there is a schema disagreement between nodes.
nodetool describecluster
Before any major procedure, like an upgrade, it is recommended to backup all the data to an external device. In Scylla, backup is done using the nodetool snapshot command. For each node in the cluster, run the following command:
nodetool drain
nodetool snapshot
Take note of the directory name that nodetool gives you, and copy all the directories having this name under /var/lib/scylla to a backup device.
When the upgrade is complete (all nodes), the snapshot should be removed by nodetool clearsnapshot -t <snapshot>, or you risk running out of space.
sudo cp -a /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml.backup-2017.1
sudo service scylla-server stop
Before upgrading, check what version you are running now using dpkg -s scylla-server. You should use the same version in case you want to rollback the upgrade. If you are not running a 2017.1.x version, stop right here! This guide only covers 2017.1.x to 2018.1.y upgrades.
To upgrade:
Update the Scylla Enterprise Deb repo to 2018.1, and enable scylla/ppa repo
Debian 8:
sudo apt-get install gnupg-curl -y
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/scylladb:/scylla-3rdparty-jessie/Debian_8.0/Release.key
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/scylladb:/scylla-3rdparty-jessie/Debian_8.0/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/scylla-3rdparty.list"
Ubuntu 14/16:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:scylladb/ppa
Upgrade java to 1.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 8, which is requested by Scylla Enterprise 2018.1
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jre-headless
sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
Install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade scylla-enterprise
Answer ‘y’ to the first two questions.
sudo service scylla-server start
Check cluster status with nodetool status and make sure all nodes, including the one you just upgraded, are in UN status.
Use curl -X GET "http://localhost:10000/storage_service/scylla_release_version" to check the Scylla version.
Check scylla-server log (check /var/log/upstart/scylla-server.log for Ubuntu 14.04, execute journalctl _COMM=scylla for Ubuntu 16.04 and Debian 8) and /var/log/syslog to validate there are no errors.
Check again after two minutes to validate no new issues are introduced.
Once you are sure the node upgrade is successful, move to the next node in the cluster.
Note
Execute the following commands one node at a time, moving to the next node only after the rollback procedure is completed successfully.
The following procedure describes a rollback from Scylla Enterprise release 2018.1.x to 2017.1.y. Apply this procedure if an upgrade from 2017.1 to 2018.1 failed before completing on all nodes. Use this procedure only for nodes you upgraded to 2018.1
Scylla rollback is a rolling procedure that does not require a full cluster shutdown. For each of the nodes rollback to 2017.1, you will:
Drain the node and stop Scylla
Retrieve the old Scylla packages
Restore the configuration file
Restart Scylla
Validate the rollback success
Apply the following procedure serially on each node. Do not move to the next node before validating the node is up and running with the new version.
nodetool drain
sudo service scylla-server stop
Remove the old repo file.
sudo rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/scylla.list
Update the Scylla Enterprise Deb repo to 2017.1
install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove scylla\* -y
sudo apt-get install scylla-enterprise
Answer ‘y’ to the first two questions.
sudo rm -rf /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml
sudo cp -a /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml.backup-2017.1 /etc/scylla/scylla.yaml
Restore all tables of system and system_schema from previous snapshot, 2018.1 uses a different set of system tables. Reference doc: Restore from a Backup and Incremental Backup
cd /var/lib/scylla/data/keyspace_name/table_name-UUID/snapshots/<snapshot_name>/
sudo cp -r * /var/lib/scylla/data/keyspace_name/table_name-UUID/
sudo service scylla-server start
Check the upgrade instruction above for validation. Once you are sure the node rollback is successful, move to the next node in the cluster.