Clarify process for upgrading more than one version (#5264)
Since it is unsupported to skip upgrades, I've detailed the steps for upgrading a step at a time and removed some language that indicated it should work
Kubespray handles upgrades the same way it handles initial deployment. That is to
Kubespray handles upgrades the same way it handles initial deployment. That is to
say that each component is laid down in a fixed order. You should be able to
upgrade from Kubespray tag 2.0 up to the current master without difficulty. You can
also individually control versions of components by explicitly defining their
say that each component is laid down in a fixed order.
You can also individually control versions of components by explicitly defining their
versions. Here are all version vars for each component:
versions. Here are all version vars for each component:
* docker_version
* docker_version
@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ versions. Here are all version vars for each component:
* flannel_version
* flannel_version
* kubedns_version
* kubedns_version
:warning: [Attempting to upgrade from an older release straight to the latest release is unsupported and likely to break something](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/3849#issuecomment-451386515) :warning:
See [Multiple Upgrades](#multiple-upgrades) for how to upgrade from older releases to the latest release
#### Unsafe upgrade example
#### Unsafe upgrade example
If you wanted to upgrade just kube_version from v1.4.3 to v1.4.6, you could
If you wanted to upgrade just kube_version from v1.4.3 to v1.4.6, you could
@ -42,8 +46,6 @@ existing cluster. That means there must be at least 1 kube-master already
:warning: [Do not skip releases when upgrading--upgrade by one tag at a time.](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/3849#issuecomment-451386515) :warning:
For instance, if you're on v2.6.0, then check out v2.7.0, run the upgrade, check out the next tag, and run the next upgrade, etc.
Assuming you don't explicitly define a kubernetes version in your k8s-cluster.yml, you simply check out the next tag and run the upgrade-cluster.yml playbook
* If you do define kubernetes version in your inventory (e.g. group_vars/k8s-cluster.yml) then either make sure to update it before running upgrade-cluster, or specify the new version you're upgrading to: `ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini -b upgrade-cluster.yml -e kube_version=v1.11.3`
Otherwise, the upgrade will leave your cluster at the same k8s version defined in your inventory vars.
The below example shows taking a cluster that was set up for v2.6.0 up to v2.10.0
```
$ kubectl get node
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
apollo Ready master,node 1h v1.10.4
boomer Ready master,node 42m v1.10.4
caprica Ready master,node 42m v1.10.4
$ git describe --tags
v2.6.0
$ git tag
...
v2.6.0
v2.7.0
v2.8.0
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
...
$ git checkout v2.7.0
Previous HEAD position was 8b3ce6e4 bump upgrade tests to v2.5.0 commit (#3087)
HEAD is now at 05dabb7e Fix Bionic networking restart error #3430 (#3431)
# NOTE: May need to sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt when upgrading.
Previous HEAD position was 05dabb7e Fix Bionic networking restart error #3430 (#3431)
HEAD is now at 9051aa52 Fix ubuntu-contiv test failed (#3808)
```
:info: NOTE: Review changes between the sample inventory and your inventory when upgrading versions. :info:
Some deprecations between versions that mean you can't just upgrade straight from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 if you started with the sample inventory.
In this case, I set "kubeadm_enabled" to false, knowing that it is deprecated and removed by 2.9.0, to delay converting the cluster to kubeadm as long as I could.
"msg": "DEPRECATION: non-kubeadm deployment is deprecated from v2.9. Will be removed in next release."
...
Are you sure you want to deploy cluster using the deprecated non-kubeadm mode. (output is hidden):
yes
...
$ kubectl get node
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
apollo Ready master,node 5h45m v1.12.7
boomer Ready master,node 5h45m v1.12.7
caprica Ready master,node 5h45m v1.12.7
$ git checkout v2.9.0
Previous HEAD position was 6f97687d Release 2.8 robust san handling (#4478)
HEAD is now at a4e65c7c Upgrade to Ansible >2.7.0 (#4471)
```
:warning: IMPORTANT: Some of the variable formats changed in the k8s-cluster.yml between 2.8.5 and 2.9.0 :warning:
If you do not keep your inventory copy up to date, **your upgrade will fail** and your first master will be left non-functional until fixed and re-run.
It is at this point the cluster was upgraded from non-kubeadm to kubeadm as per the deprecation warning.
Dennis Field
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