Peer to peer upgrade management

1. A method for updating an application on a group of nodes, comprising:

updating the application at a first node in a first cluster using one or more update packages;

updating application deployment information in a registry to indicate that an update was performed at the first node;

propagating the updated application deployment information in the registry from the first node to a second node in a second cluster, wherein the second node comprises a designated master node in the second cluster; and

upon determining, at one of the one or more second nodes, that one or more application updates have been deployed on and are available at the first node:

requesting one or more update packages from the first node;

based on an update policy associated with the second node, updating the application using the one or more update packages; and

propagating the one or more update packages to one or more other nodes in the second cluster.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the update policy indicates that updates are to be performed automatically.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the update policy indicates that updates are to be performed based on authorization by a system administrator.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining if the one or more application updates are to be performed on the second node comprises:

transmitting a request to allow the one or more application updates to the system administrator, and

receiving a response to the request indicating whether or not the one or more application updates are allowed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the update policy comprises:

a first policy related to upgrades to a newer version of the application; and

a second policy related to downgrades to a previous version of the application.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first node comprises a designated master node.

7. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to perform an operation for updating an application on a group of nodes, the operation comprising:

updating the application at a first node in a first cluster using one or more update packages;

updating application deployment information in a registry to indicate that an update was performed at the first node;

propagating the updated application deployment in the registry from the first node to a second node in a second cluster, wherein the second node comprises a designated master node in the second cluster; and

upon determining, at one of the one or more second nodes, that one or more application updates have been deployed on and are available at the first node:

requesting one or more update packages from the first node;

based on an update policy associated with the second node, updating the application using the one or more update packages; and

propagating the one or more update packages to one or more other nodes in the second cluster.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the update policy indicates that updates are to be performed based on authorization by a system administrator.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the determining if the one or more application updates are to be performed on the second node comprises:

transmitting a request to allow the one or more application updates to the system administrator; and

receiving a response to the request indicating whether or not the one or more application updates are allowed.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the update policy comprises:

a first policy related to upgrades to a newer version of the application; and

a second policy related to downgrades to a previous version of the application.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing one or more instructions, which, when executed by the processor, performs an operation for updating an application on a group of nodes, the operation comprising:

updating the application at a first node in a first cluster using one or more update packages;

updating application deployment information in a registry to indicate that an update was performed at the first node;

propagating the updated application deployment information in the registry from the first node to a second node in a second cluster, wherein the second node comprises a designated master node in the second cluster; and

upon determining, at one of the one or more second nodes, that one or more application updates are available at the first node:

requesting one or more update packages from the first node;

based on an update policy associated with the second node, updating the application using the one or more update packages; and

propagating the one or more update packages to one or more other nodes in the second cluster.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the update policy indicates that updates are to be performed based on authorization by a system administrator.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the determining if the one or more application updates are to be performed on the second node comprises:

transmitting a request to allow the one or more application updates to the system administrator; and

receiving a response to the request indicating whether or not the one or more application updates are allowed.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the update policy comprises:

a first policy related to upgrades to a newer version of the application; and

a second policy related to downgrades to a previous version of the application.