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Upgrading a Running Nomad Job on a Single Node
In this hands-on lab, you are tasked with upgrading a Nomad job, that is runnning on a single node. You will create the job and submit it to run. Then, while the job is active, make changes to the job file, and submit it to run again.

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Challenge
Log in to the Provided Nomad Server
- Log in to the server using the credentials provided:
Note: The Nomad server has been configured with one server agent and one client agent. Docker has also been installed, so Nomad is ready to run jobs.
- Log in to the server using the credentials provided:
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Challenge
Create a Default `example.nomad` Job File
- Submit a default job to Nomad and wait until it has been marked as ready.
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Challenge
Update the `example.nomad` Job File
- Update the
example.nomad
job file to use Redis version 4.0, and then submit the job to run.Note: You should not stop the existing running job. The new job should replace the running job.
- Update the
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Challenge
Verify the Update
- Check the logs for the running allocation, and verify that version 4 of Redis is now running.
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