Upgrading Arvados typically involves the following steps:
-* consult the "upgrade notes":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/upgrading.html and the "release notes":https://arvados.org/releases/ for the release you want to upgrade to
-* rebuild and deploy the "compute node image":crunch2-cloud/install-compute-node.html (cloud only)
-* update the configuration file for the new release (see "Maintaining Arvados":#maintaining above)
-* upgrade the Arvados components on the system nodes
+# consult the "upgrade notes":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/upgrading.html and the "release notes":https://arvados.org/releases/ for the release you want to upgrade to
+# Wait for the cluster to be idle and stop Arvados services.
+# Make a backup of your database, as a precaution.
+# update the configuration file for the new release, if necessary (see "Maintaining Arvados":#maintaining above)
+# rebuild and deploy the "compute node image":{{site.baseurl}}/install/crunch2-cloud/install-compute-node.html (cloud only)
+# Install new packages using @apt-get upgrade@ or @yum upgrade@.
+# Wait for package installation scripts as they perform any necessary data migrations.
+# Verify that the Arvados services were restarted as part of the package upgrades.