============================================== Bare Metal Introspection Service Upgrade Guide ============================================== The `release notes `_ should always be read carefully when upgrading the ironic-inspector service. Starting with the Mitaka series, specific upgrade steps and considerations are well-documented in the release notes. Upgrades are only supported one series at a time, or within a series. Only offline (with downtime) upgrades are currently supported. When upgrading ironic-inspector, the following steps should always be taken: * Update ironic-inspector code, without restarting the service yet. * Stop the ironic-inspector service. * Run database migrations:: ironic-inspector-dbsync --config-file upgrade * Start the ironic-inspector service. * Upgrade the ironic-python-agent image used for introspection. .. note:: There is no implicit upgrade order between ironic and ironic-inspector, unless the `release notes`_ say otherwise.