Upgrading Whirr

Upgrading Whirr from an Earlier CDH 5 Release to the Latest CDH 5 Release

Step 1: Stop the Whirr proxy.

Kill the hadoop-proxy.sh process by pressing Control-C.

Step 2: Destroy the Cluster.

Whirr clusters are normally short-lived. If you have a running cluster, destroy it: see Destroying a cluster.

Step 3: Install the New Version of Whirr

See Setting Up Apache Whirr Using the Command Line.

The upgrade is now complete. For more information, see Managing a Cluster with Whirr,and Viewing the Whirr Documentation.