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Title: Database upgrade requests
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description: Database upgrade requests
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linkTitle: upgrade
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aliases: /operate/rs/references/rest-api/requests/modules/upgrade/
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| Method | Path | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| [POST](#post-bdbs-upgrade) | `/v1/bdbs/{uid}/upgrade` | Upgrade database |

## Upgrade database {#post-bdbs-upgrade}

	POST /v1/bdbs/{int: uid}/upgrade

Upgrade a database.

#### Required permissions

| Permission name |
|-----------------|
| [update_bdb_with_action]({{< relref "/operate/rs/references/rest-api/permissions#update_bdb_with_action" >}}) |

### Request {#post-request} 

#### Example HTTP request

	POST /v1/bdbs/1/upgrade 

#### Example JSON body

```json
{
    "swap_roles": true,
    "may_discard_data": false
}
```

#### Request headers

| Key | Value | Description |
|-----|-------|-------------|
| Host | cnm.cluster.fqdn | Domain name |
| Accept | application/json | Accepted media type |

#### Request body

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| force_restart | boolean | Restart shards even if no version change (default: false) |
| keep_redis_version | boolean | Keep current Redis version (default: false). Deprecated as of Redis Software v7.8.2. To upgrade modules without upgrading the Redis database version, set `redis_version` to the current Redis database version instead. |
| keep_crdt_protocol_version | boolean | Keep current crdt protocol version (default: false)  |
| may_discard_data | boolean | Discard data in a non-replicated, non-persistent bdb (default: false) |
| force_discard | boolean | Discard data even if the bdb is replicated and/or persistent (default: false) |
| preserve_roles | boolean | Preserve shards' master/replica roles (requires an extra failover) (default: false) |
| parallel_shards_upgrade | integer | Max number of shards to upgrade in parallel (default: all) |
| modules | list of modules | List of dicts representing the modules that will be upgraded. As of Redis Software v7.8.2, `current_module` and `new_module` are deprecated.<br></br>Each dict includes:<br></br>• `current_module`: uid of a module to upgrade (deprecated)<br></br>• `new_module`: uid of the module we want to upgrade to (deprecated)<br></br>• `new_module_args`: args list for the new module (no defaults for the three module-related parameters).
| redis_version | version number | Upgrades the database to the specified Redis version instead of the latest version. To upgrade modules without upgrading the Redis database version, set `redis_version` to the current Redis database version instead. |
| latest_with_modules | boolean | Upgrades the database to the latest Redis version and latest supported versions of modules available in the cluster. (default: true as of v7.8.2) Deprecated as of Redis Software v7.8.2. |

### Response {#post-response} 

Returns the upgraded [BDB object]({{< relref "/operate/rs/references/rest-api/objects/bdb" >}}).

#### Example JSON body

```json
{
    "uid": 1,
    "replication": true,
    "data_persistence": "aof",
    "// additional fields..."
}
```

### Status codes {#post-status-codes} 

| Code | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [200 OK](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.2.1) | Success, bdb upgrade initiated (`action_uid` can be used to track progress) |
| [400 Bad Request](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.1) | Malformed or bad command |
| [404 Not Found](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.5) | bdb not found |
| [406 Not Acceptable](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.7) | New module version capabilities don't comply with the database configuration |
| [500 Internal Server Error](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.5.1) | Internal error |