diff --git a/docs/migrate.rst b/docs/migrate.rst index 208c0b019..010c1052e 100644 --- a/docs/migrate.rst +++ b/docs/migrate.rst @@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Migration Guide Migrating to Rally 2.4.0 ------------------------ +Support for Elasticsearch < 6.8.0 has been dropped +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +To benchmark Elasticsearch 6.x nodes, you need to upgrade to 6.8.x first. + +JSON for cli arguments that accept comma-separated values +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + Rally now accepts JSON files (ending in .json) or inline JSON strings for cli arguments that accept comma separated values like `--car`, `--telemetry` etc. The only allowed JSON is a plain array e.g. ``esrally race ... --car='["4g", "trial-license"]'``. Migrating to Rally 2.3.0 diff --git a/docs/versions.rst b/docs/versions.rst index 86bd38d42..4261aaaf3 100644 --- a/docs/versions.rst +++ b/docs/versions.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ However, Rally does not support Elasticsearch clusters using the OSS license. End-of-life Policy ================== -The latest version of Rally allows to benchmark all currently supported versions of Elasticsearch. Once an `Elasticsearch version reaches end-of-life `_, Rally will support benchmarking the corresponding version for two more years. For example, Elasticsearch 1.7.x has been supported until 2017-01-16. Rally drops support for Elasticsearch 1.7.x two years after that date on 2019-01-16. Version support is dropped in the next Rally maintenance release after that date. +The latest version of Rally allows to benchmark all currently supported versions of Elasticsearch. Once an `Elasticsearch version reaches end-of-life `_, Rally will support benchmarking its last minor version until a new major version comes out. For example, after the release of Elasticsearch 8.0.0, Rally dropped support for Elasticsearch < 6.8.0. Metrics store ============= diff --git a/esrally/min-es-version.txt b/esrally/min-es-version.txt index 09b254e90..e029aa99b 100644 --- a/esrally/min-es-version.txt +++ b/esrally/min-es-version.txt @@ -1 +1 @@ -6.0.0 +6.8.0