Upgrade Portworx on Kubernetes using the Operator

If you’re using the Portworx Operator, you can upgrade or change your Portworx version at any time by modifying the StorageCluster spec.

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

Upgrade Portworx

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

     kubectl edit -n kube-system <storagecluster_name>

2. 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: kube-system
     spec:
       image: portworx/oci-monitor:<your_desired_version>

Upgrade Portworx components

In addition to managing a Portworx cluster, the Operator also manages the following other components in the Portworx platform:

• Stork
• Autopilot
• Lighthouse

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.

The Portworx Operator refers to the release manifest to determine which recommended component version to install for a given Portworx version. This release manifest is regularly updated for every Portworx release.

Force upgrade Stork

To override the operator selected Stork image, edit the StorageCluster object and modify the spec.stork.image field, entering your desired Stork version

apiVersion: core.libopenstorage.org/v1
kind: StorageCluster
metadata:
  name: portworx
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  stork:
    enabled: true
    image: openstorage/stork:<your_desired_stork_version>

Force upgrade Autopilot

To override the operator selected Autopilot image, edit the StorageCluster object and modify the spec.autopilot.image field, entering your desired Autopilot version

apiVersion: core.libopenstorage.org/v1
kind: StorageCluster
metadata:
  name: portworx
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  autopilot:
    enabled: true
    image: portworx/autopilot:<your_desired_autopilot_version>

Force upgrade Lighthouse

To override the operator selected Lighthouse image, edit the StorageCluster object and modify the spec.userInterface.image field, entering your desired Lighthouse version

apiVersion: core.libopenstorage.org/v1
kind: StorageCluster
metadata:
  name: portworx
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  userInterface:
    enabled: true
    image: portworx/px-lighthouse:<your_desired_lighthouse_version>