.. _connect_upgrading_plugin:

Upgrading a Connector Plugin
----------------------------

Upgrading a connector is similar to upgrading any other |ak-tm| client application. You should refer to
the documentation for individual connector plugins if you have a need for rolling upgrades. The instructions
below cover the procedure to upgrade any generic connector plugin by taking a short outage.

#. Download the new connector plugin.
#. Stop all |kconnect| workers.
#. Remove the old connector plugin from the :ref:`plugin path or classpath<connect_installing_plugins>`.
#. Install the new connector plugin per the :ref:`instructions<connect_installing_plugins>`.
#. Start up the workers.
#. Start up the connector (if using distributed mode).