Upgrade Portworx on AWS EKS and EKS-D using the Operator

Utilizing the Portworx Operator, you can easily upgrade or modify your Portworx version on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and EKS-Distro (EKS-D). The Operator not only manages the Portworx cluster but also other essential components like Stork and Autopilot.

Prerequisites

• Ensure Portworx is running through the Operator in your AWS EKS or EKS-D cluster. This method is not suitable for other Portworx deployment methods.
• You must be running the latest available version of the Operator.

Upgrade Portworx

1. Identify Your StorageCluster:

   Retrieve the name of your Portworx storage cluster within the appropriate namespace:

   kubectl get storagecluster -n <px-namespace>

   NAME                                            STATUS   VERSION   AGE
   px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx Online   2.10.3    43d

   If your cluster is installed in a different namespace, specify it using the -n flag.

2. Edit the StorageCluster:

   Modify the StorageCluster resource to update Portworx to the desired version:

   kubectl edit storagecluster -n <px-namespace> <storagecluster-name>

   In the editor, change the spec.image field to your desired Portworx version:

   apiVersion: core.libopenstorage.org/v1
   kind: StorageCluster
   metadata:
      name: portworx
      namespace: <px-namespace>
   spec:
      image: portworx/oci-monitor:<desired-version>
   note

   • If there are any component images configured in the StorageCluster, such as the spec.stork.image or spec.autopilot.image fields, you need to update the image fields to the latest version.
   • To look up recent versions, refer to the following release notes:
     • Portworx release notes
     • Autopilot release notes
     • Stork release notes

3. Verify the Upgrade:

   Confirm the upgrade by checking the Portworx version on the nodes:

   kubectl get storagenodes -n <px-namespace> -l name=portworx

   NAME       ID                                     STATUS   VERSION          AGE
   node-1-1   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx   Online   <desired-version>   10d