ID: 7089
Title: Docker container: Simplified update procedure
Component: Site Management
Level: 2
Class: New feature
Version: 1.6.0i1
The update procedure of the official Check_MK containers was a bit complicated
compared to the update procedure on other servers. The root cause for this was
that the update always required both, the old and the new versions, while the
containers are only allowed to have one version installed. This made it
necessary to create an intermediate container for the update.
The werk #7088 made it possible to perform an update without having access to
the old version. Once we have this functionality it is now possible to replace
one container with a another container. In case the version has changed, the
container is performing the update during startup of the new container.