ArangoDB v3.12 is under development and not released yet. This documentation is not final and potentially incomplete.

Upgrading Manual Deployments

You can upgrade ArangoDB instances without the help of any deployment tools but be careful when following the steps to not risk downtime or data loss

Active Failover

The server binaries need to be upgraded, requiring a restart of the arangod processes and optionally using the supervision maintenance mode

Cluster

The server binaries need to be upgraded, requiring a restart of the arangod processes and using the supervision maintenance mode