Introduction

This guide covers upgrading a FortiSOAR™ enterprise instance, High Availability (HA) cluster, or a distributed multi-tenant configuration.

The FortiSOAR UI displays a notification when a new release (always the latest) is available. The notification also contains a link to that version's release notes so that you can get details about the latest available release. This keeps FortiSOAR users informed about the latest releases and then users can make informed decisions about upgrading to the latest available FortiSOAR version.

This document describes how to upgrade FortiSOAR to 7.6.3. This guide is intended to supplement the FortiSOAR Release Notes, and it includes the following sections:

• Preparing to Upgrade FortiSOAR

• Upgrading a FortiSOAR Enterprise Instance
  An "Upgrade Framework" was introduced in release 7.5.0 to improve the flexibility, usability, and efficiency of the FortiSOAR upgrade process.

• Upgrading a FortiSOAR High Availability Cluster
• Upgrading a FortiSOAR Distributed Multi-Tenancy Configuration
• Upgrading FortiSOAR using the Offline Repository
• Upgrading your FortiSOAR Docker image and upgrading your FortiSOAR Docker on an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Cluster

You can upgrade your FortiSOAR enterprise instance, High Availability (HA) cluster, or a distributed multi-tenant instance to release 7.6.3 from release 7.6.2, 7.6.1, 7.6.0, 7.5.2, 7.5.1, or 7.5.0.

Important considerations before upgrading FortiSOAR

• Upgrading an HA Cluster from Versions Prior to 7.6.1: If you are upgrading your FortiSOAR HA cluster from releases 7.6.0, 7.6.0, 7.5.1, 7.5.0, etc. to release 7.6.1 or later, follow the steps in the Upgrading FortiSOAR High Availability Cluster for releases prior to 7.6.1 topic.
• Upgrading an HA Cluster from Version 7.6.1 onwards: If you are upgrading your FortiSOAR HA cluster from release 7.6.1 to release 7.6.2 or later, you can use the 'rolling upgrades' process. Steps for rolling upgrade are mentioned in the Upgrading FortiSOAR High Availability Cluster for releases post 7.6.1 topic.
• Post-Upgrade Action: After upgrading, log out from the FortiSOAR UI and log back in to complete the process.
• System Downtime: The upgrade procedure temporarily takes the FortiSOAR application offline. We recommend notifying users of the scheduled upgrade, as they will be unable to log in to the FortiSOAR during this time.
• Review Release Notes: Before upgrading, we strongly recommend reviewing the "Release Notes", especially the Known Issues chapter and the Special Notices chapter to familiarize yourself with operational and breaking changes in release 7.6.3.
• Troubleshooting: If you encounter issues during the upgrade, see the Troubleshooting FortiSOAR chapter in the “Deployment Guide.”