Question on Couchbase Upgrade Method

When upgrading Couchbase, the official documentation suggests using yum update when the Cluster is offline, and using autoremove followed by a Couchbase install when the Cluster is online.

Is it also possible to use yum update when the Cluster is online?

  • I’m curious if yum update can be used for both online and offline situations.

The main question is whether it’s acceptable to use update instead of autoremove in Stage Three, Step 3, as described on the following website: Upgrade a Reduced-Capacity, Online Cluster | Couchbase Docs

Is it okay to upgrade in this way

1.Target Node Failover(gracefull)
2.Stop Couchbase on the Target Server
3.Upgrade Couchbase (yum update couchbase-server)
4.Choose Delta Recovery
5.Rebalance the Server

Please use the procedure describe in the documentation.