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In this article:

  • List of available versions
  • Before upgrading a version
  • Upgrading the version
  1. Step-by-step guides
  2. Clusters
  3. ClickHouse® version upgrade

ClickHouse® version upgrade

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at November 26, 2025
  • List of available versions
  • Before upgrading a version
  • Upgrading the version

You can change the ClickHouse® version used by your cluster to any of the versions supported by Managed Service for ClickHouse®.

To learn more about updates within a single version and host maintenance, see Maintenance.

List of available versionsList of available versions

Management console
CLI
REST API
gRPC API

In the management console, open the Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster create or update page. You can view the list in the Version field.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To get a list of available versions, run this command:

yc managed-clickhouse version list
  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and set it as an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Call the Versions.List method, e.g., via the following cURL request:

    curl \
        --request GET \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-clickhouse/v1/versions'
    
  3. View the server response to make sure your request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and set it as an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Clone the cloudapi repository:

    cd ~/ && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/yandex-cloud/cloudapi
    

    Below, we assume the repository contents are stored in the ~/cloudapi/ directory.

  3. Use the VersionsService.List call and send the following request, e.g., via gRPCurl:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/clickhouse/v1/versions_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.clickhouse.v1.VersionsService.List
    
  4. View the server response to make sure your request was successful.

Before upgrading a versionBefore upgrading a version

Make sure the upgrade does not disrupt your applications:

  1. Look up ClickHouse® release notes for info on how upgrades may affect your applications.
  2. Try upgrading a test cluster. You can deploy it from a backup of the main cluster. In this case, you will only restore MergeTree tables.
  3. Back up the main cluster immediately before upgrading.

Upgrading the versionUpgrading the version

Management console
CLI
Terraform
REST API
gRPC API
  1. In the management console, open the Managed Service for ClickHouse page in the folder where you want to change the ClickHouse® version.
  2. In the list of clusters, select the one to update.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Under Basic parameters, select the version in the Version field.
  5. Click Save changes.

As soon as you run the upgrade, the cluster status will switch to UPDATING. Wait for the operation to complete and then check the cluster version.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. Get a list of your ClickHouse® clusters and view their versions:

    yc managed-clickhouse cluster list
    
    +----------------------+------+-------------+---------+---------------------+--------+---------+
    |          ID          | NAME | ENVIRONMENT | VERSION |     CREATED AT      | HEALTH | STATUS  |
    +----------------------+------+-------------+---------+---------------------+--------+---------+
    | c9qf1kmm0ebi******** | mych | PRODUCTION  |    23.8 | 2024-06-06 10:23:22 | ALIVE  | RUNNING |
    +----------------------+------+-------------+---------+---------------------+--------+---------+
    
  2. Upgrade the ClickHouse® version for the cluster you need:

    yc managed-clickhouse cluster update --id <cluster_ID> --version <ClickHouse®_version>
    

    Specify the ClickHouse® version: 24.8, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5, or 25.6.

As soon as you run the upgrade, the cluster status will switch to UPDATING. Wait for the operation to complete and then check the cluster version.

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file describing your infrastructure.

    For information on how to create this file, see Creating a cluster.

  2. Add the version field to the Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster description or edit its value if it is already there:

    resource "yandex_mdb_clickhouse_cluster" "<cluster_name>" {
      ...
      version = "<ClickHouse®_version>"
    }
    

    Specify the ClickHouse® version: 24.8, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5, or 25.6.

  3. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate
      

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  4. Confirm updating the resources.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

For more information, see this Terraform provider guide.

Time limits

A Terraform provider sets the timeout for Managed Service for ClickHouse® cluster operations:

  • Creating a cluster, including by restoring one from a backup: 60 minutes.
  • Editing a cluster: 90 minutes.
  • Deleting a cluster: 30 minutes.

Operations exceeding the set timeout are interrupted.

How do I change these limits?

Add the timeouts block to the cluster description, for example:

resource "yandex_mdb_clickhouse_cluster" "<cluster_name>" {
  ...
  timeouts {
    create = "1h30m" # 1 hour 30 minutes
    update = "2h"    # 2 hours
    delete = "30m"   # 30 minutes
  }
}
  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and save it as an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Call the Cluster.Update method, e.g., via the following cURL request:

    Warning

    The API method will assign default values to all the parameters of the object you are modifying unless you explicitly provide them in your request. To avoid this, list the settings you want to change in the updateMask parameter as a single comma-separated string.

    curl \
        --request PATCH \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
        --url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-clickhouse/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>' \
        --data '{
                  "updateMask": "configSpec.version",
                  "configSpec": {
                    "version": "<ClickHouse®>_version"
                  }
                }'
    

    Where:

    • updateMask: Comma-separated list of settings you want to update.

      Here, we only specified a single parameter, configSpec.version.

    • configSpec.version: target ClickHouse® version, 24.8, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5, or 25.6.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure your request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and save it as an environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Clone the cloudapi repository:

    cd ~/ && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/yandex-cloud/cloudapi
    

    Below, we assume the repository contents are stored in the ~/cloudapi/ directory.

  3. Use the ClusterService.Update call and send the following request, e.g., via gRPCurl:

    Warning

    The API method will assign default values to all the parameters of the object you are modifying unless you explicitly provide them in your request. To avoid this, list the settings you want to change in the update_mask parameter as an array of paths[] strings.

    Format for listing settings
    "update_mask": {
        "paths": [
            "<setting_1>",
            "<setting_2>",
            ...
            "<setting_N>"
        ]
    }
    
    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/clickhouse/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>",
              "update_mask": {
                "paths": [
                  "config_spec.version"
                ]
              },
              "config_spec": {
                "version": "<ClickHouse®>_version"
              }
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.clickhouse.v1.ClusterService.Update
    

    Where:

    • update_mask: List of settings you want to update as an array of strings (paths[]).

      Here, we only specified a single parameter, config_spec.version.

    • config_spec.version: target ClickHouse® version, 24.8, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5, or 25.6.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  4. View the server response to make sure your request was successful.

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