From 9028a48ab22125052fb66fd21586263f02aa87c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane McDonald <me@shanemcd.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:02:02 -0500
Subject: Add a note on upgrading

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 INSTALL.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

(limited to 'INSTALL.md')

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 0054a0f17b..c66150651c 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -78,6 +78,25 @@ The system that runs the AWX service will need to satisfy the following requirem
 - Running Docker, Openshift, or Kubernetes
 - If you choose to use an external PostgreSQL database, please note that the minimum version is 9.6+.
 
+## Upgrading from previous versions
+
+Upgrading AWX involves rerunning the install playbook. Download a newer release from [https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases](https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases) and re-populate the inventory file with your customized variables.
+
+For convienance, you can create a file called `vars.yml`:
+
+```
+admin_password: 'adminpass'
+pg_password: 'pgpass'
+rabbitmq_password: 'rabbitpass'
+secret_key: 'mysupersecret'
+```
+
+And pass it to the installer:
+
+```
+$ ansible-playbook -i inventory install.yml -e @vars.yml
+```
+
 ### AWX Tunables
 
 **TODO** add tunable bits
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