Upgrade Stork

You can upgrade Stork with or without Portworx Enterprise using the following methods:

Stork upgrade in internet-connected environments

If you have to upgrade Stork 25.2.1 along with Portworx Enterprise, you can opt-in for Portworx Operator method of upgrade:

Portworx Operator method

Perform the below steps to upgrade Stork using Portworx operator way:

1. Edit the stc (Kubernetes resource):

   kubectl edit stc <stc-name> -n <portworx-deployed-namespace>

2. Change the Stork image and version details in Stork section:

   stork:
   args:
   webhook-controller: "true"
   enabled: true
   image: openstorage/stork:25.2.1

3. Save and exit.

If your environment has only Portworx Backup deployment and no Portworx then perform the steps in the following topic to upgrade Stork to the latest supported version:

Non-Portworx deployment method

To upgrade Stork using Daemonset method:

1. Edit the deploy (Kubernetes resource):

   kubectl edit deploy stork -n <stork-deployed-namespace>

2. Change the Stork image and version details in Stork section:

   image: openstorage/stork: 25.2.1

3. Save and exit.

Stork upgrade in air-gapped environment

note

If you are planning to upgrade your Stork version to 25.2.0 on your air-gapped environment, ensure that you pull the following kopiaexecutor and nfsexecutor images from the docker paths and push them to your custom image registry:
docker.io/openstorage/kopiaexecutor:master-latest
docker.io/openstorage/nfsexecutor:master-latest

1. If your application cluster is air-gapped, then you must pull the following openstorage images before upgrading Stork:

   2.8.4

   Image	Image path	Version
   Stork	openstorage/stork	25.2.1
   Command Executor	openstorage/cmdexecutor	25.2.1
   NFS Executor	openstorage/nfsexecutor	1.2.19
   Kopia Executor	openstorage/kopiaexecutor	1.2.19

   2.8.3

   Image	Version
   openstorage/stork	25.1.0
   openstorage/cmdexecutor	25.1.0
   openstorage/kopiaexecutor	1.2.17
   openstorage/nfsexecutor	1.2.17

   2.8.2

   Image	Version
   openstorage/stork	24.3.4
   openstorage/cmdexecutor	24.3.4
   openstorage/kopiaexecutor	1.2.16
   openstorage/nfsexecutor	1.2.16

   2.8.1

   Image	Version
   openstorage/stork	24.3.4
   openstorage/cmdexecutor	24.3.4
   openstorage/kopiaexecutor	1.2.16
   openstorage/nfsexecutor	1.2.16

   2.8.0

   Image	Version
   openstorage/stork	24.3.3.1
   openstorage/cmdexecutor	24.3.3.1
   openstorage/kopiaexecutor	1.2.15
   openstorage/nfsexecutor	1.2.15

2. You must then push the above images to your internal registry server, accessible by the air-gapped nodes.

3. After pushing the images, follow the instructions in Upgrade Stork section at the top of this page based on your deployment methods to upgrade your Stork version.