Can I upgrade IdM/IPA skipping point releases?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Identity Management (IPA/IdM)

Issue

Can I upgrade IdM/IPA, skipping point releases?

Resolution

Red Hat recommends upgrading to the next point release version only. Upgrade is being tested only from previous minor version to the next one, and upgrading from earlier minor releases skipping several steps can cause issues.

For example, if we wanted to upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6, the correct path would be:
7.3 --> 7.4 --> 7.5 --> 7.6

  • Note
    Downgrading Identity Management packages is not supported. Do not ever run the
# yum downgrade

command on any of the ipa-* packages.

# yum update

instead of only updating IPA packages. IPA is only tested with corresponding system packages, and upgrading only IPA packages can cause unexpected issues.

Root Cause

Upgrading across multiple point releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has the potential to cause a lot of issues in IPA / IDM.

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