Upgrade Redis database version

Describes when you can upgrade your database to the latest available version for each plan type.

Database version upgrade options depend on your plan type.

Redis Cloud Essentials

All new Redis Cloud Essentials databases are on the latest available version of Redis. Redis will notify Redis Cloud Essentials users when a new database version is available.

Redis Cloud Pro

You can upgrade Redis Cloud Pro databases that are not on the latest available version of Redis to a later version at any time.

Upgrade Redis Cloud Pro database

To upgrade a Redis Cloud Pro database:

1. Choose your database from the Databases list to open your database page. Select More actions > Version upgrade.

   The More Actions menu on the Database page.

   You can also select More actions > Version upgrade from the database list.

2. Select the target version from the Select version list.

   The Redis version upgrade screen.

   If your database has not been backed up before, we recommend that you back up your database. Select Go to backup to go to the backup settings.

3. Select Upgrade to start the upgrade.

   The upgrade button.

The database will start upgrading to the selected version immediately. The upgrade may take a few minutes.

You can continue to use the Redis Cloud console for other tasks during the upgrade.

Manually revert upgrade

Automatically reverting to a previous Redis version is not supported on Redis Cloud.

If you backed up your database before you upgraded your version, you can:

1. Delete your database without deleting your subscription.
2. Create a new database in your subscription with the following settings:
   • Port number: Use the same port number as the old database.
   • Version: Select the original version of Redis.
3. Import the backup files into the new database.

This allows you to connect to the database on the previous version without changing your connection details in your application.

If you did not back up your database before upgrading:

1. Back up your database.
2. Create a new database in your subscription and select the original version of Redis.
3. Import the backup files into the new database.
4. Change connection details in your application from the old database to the new database.