Upgrade your Cloud Custodian to the latest version

Instructions on how to upgrade your Cloud Custodian version

In this story, we will discuss three things- 1. how to find the latest version of the cloud custodian 2. how to upgrade the pip, and 3. how to upgrade the c7n version to the latest version. Based on your environment the installation may differ (using docker container, virtual environment, etc). For the purpose of the story, we will assume that the reader has a basic knowledge of the Cloud Custodian workings. Therefore, we will keep the story simple and straight to the point.

Find the latest version

1. Go to the Github page of the Cloud Custodian- https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian
2. On the right-hand side, you will find the tab “releases”. Click on the releases to see the latest version (as shown in the below screenshot).
3. Or else you can visit the page: https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases. In this example, you will notice 0.9.15.0 is the latest version.

Upgrade your pip version

1. Go to the terminal. Identify the path…