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title: "Strategy: in-place upgrade"
description: Overview of the PingDS in-place upgrade strategy, where you unpack new software over the old and run the upgrade command.
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# Strategy: in-place upgrade

These pages cover *in-place upgrades*. For servers, you unpack the new software over old and run the `upgrade` command, reusing the same host systems. Learn about the alternatives in [Upgrade strategies](strategies.html).

|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | If you use encryption and the default `cipher-transformation` settings, you cannot upgrade in place from DS 7.4.0. Upgrade by [adding new servers](new-servers.html) instead and refer to [Upgrade from DS 7.4.0](from-740.html) for details. |

## Next steps

* [icon: square-o, set=fa]*Perform [these steps](before-you-upgrade-in-place.html) before you upgrade*

* [icon: square-o, set=fa]Upgrade each:

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Directory server](upgrade-ds.html)

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Directory proxy](upgrade-proxy.html)

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][Replication server](upgrade-rs.html)

  * [icon: square-o, set=fa][HDAP gateway](upgrade-rest.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa]Perform [these steps](after-you-upgrade-in-place.html) after you upgrade