Upgrade Portworx on Kubernetes using the Operator in AKS

If you're using the Portworx Operator, you can upgrade or change your Portworx version at any time by modifying the StorageCluster spec. In addition to managing a Portworx cluster, the Operator also manages the following other components in the Portworx platform:

• Stork
• Autopilot

For simplicity, the Portworx Operator handles the component upgrades without user intervention. When Portworx upgrades, the Operator upgrades the installed components to the recommended version as well.

Prerequisites

• You must already be running Portworx through the Operator, this method will not work for other Portworx deployments.
• You must be running the latest available version of the Operator.
• For an air-gapped environment, complete the instructions in the Get the updated container images section.

Upgrade Portworx

note

If using configmap, update the version manifest for Portworx Operator. Otherwise, you might not see the expected image versions.

1. Enter the kubectl get command to identify your storage cluster name:

   kubectl get storagecluster -n <px-namespace>

   NAME                                              CLUSTER UUID                           STATUS   VERSION   AGE
   px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-0477837b54c7   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-7b4739f27cf3   Online   2.10.3    43d

2. Enter the kubectl edit command to modify your storage cluster:

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

   Change the spec.image value to the version you want to update Portworx to:

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

   storagecluster.core.libopenstorage.org/px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-0477837b54c7 edited
   note

   To look up recent versions, refer to the Portworx release notes

3. Verify your upgrade using kubectl get command and make note of the version displayed under VERSION.

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

   "NAME       ID                                     STATUS   VERSION          AGE",
   "node-1-1   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-06c81b607226   Online   2.11.3-8a0b7a8   10d",
   "node-1-2   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-cf8908228900   Online   2.11.3-8a0b7a8   10d",
   "node-1-3   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-c3239f8428d6   Online   2.11.3-8a0b7a8   10d"
   note

   For air-gapped clusters, if you do not see the expected image versions that you have configured in the configmap, you should edit the StorageCluster to include the autoUpdateComponents: Once parameter. This will force Portworx Operator to reconcile all the components and retrieve the correct images.