Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Installing an OS Update for a Cluster

Install OS updates for a Big Data Service cluster on the Cluster details page.

    1. On the Clusters list page, select the cluster that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page or the cluster, see Listing Clusters in a Compartment.
    2. On the Cluster details page, select OSUpdates.
    3. In the OS updates section, select Install for the OS update version that you want to update.
    4. In the Install OS update on big data service cluster panel, select an Installation strategy:
      • AD/FD installation: This option updates nodes under the cluster AD/FD by AD/FD.
      • Batch manner: This option updates nodes with some batch parameters.
      • Installation with downtime: This option updates all nodes at once, in parallel.
      Depending on the strategy you select, enter details for all or some of these fields:
      • Batch separation in seconds: The number of seconds between installs.
      • Batch size: The number of nodes to be included in the batch install.
      • Task failure tolerance per batch: The maximum number of possible failures can't exceed 20% of the nodes in the cluster.
    5. Enter information, depending on the installation strategy selected.
    6. Enter the Cluster admin password.
    7. Select Install.
      After the update is installed, the Updates history section lists the latest OS update installed.

  • Use the oci bds instance install-os-patch [OPTIONS] command and required parameters to install available OS updates.

    oci bds instance install-os-patch --bds-instance-id $bds_instance_id --cluster-admin-password $cluster_admin_password --os-patch-version $os_patch_version

    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference for Big Data.

  • Use the InstallOsPatch operation to install the specified OS update to a cluster.