What is upgrading and what is updating software? Infrastructure Engineer Ashraya Tuladhar talks about differences in the eighth chapter of Knowledge Ketchup at Gurzu.

1. Upgrading
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Ashraya Tuladhar
Associate Infrastructure Engineer
Gurzu Inc

2. Differences Between Update & Upgrade
● Generally an enhancement to the
current version of the software or
application
● Provides fixes and improve the
program's performance
● For example, Version Numbers- 2.0.1 to
2.0.2
● A whole new version of software or
application
● Equivalent to a new software versions that
bring new functions, tools and significant
improvements.
● For example, going from version 1.0 to 2.0 in
software is a major upgrade.
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UPDATE UPGRADE

3. Why is it Important?
● Patch security flaws
● Get new features
● Improve performance
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4. Popular Upgrade Deployment Method
● Blue/Green Deployment
● Recreate Deployment
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5. 5
Blue Green Deployment

6. Recreate Deployment
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7. Things to Consider
● Backward compatibility
● Additional dependencies
● Version jumps
● Problem faced by other users
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8. Steps to Carry Out
● Planning
● Testing
● Back up
● Deployment
● Monitoring
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9. Final Steps
● Report and documentation
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10. THANK YOU
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