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kubeadm upgrade

kubeadm upgrade is a user-friendly command that wraps complex upgrading logic behind one command, with support for both planning an upgrade and actually performing it. kubeadm upgrade can also be used for downgrading cluster if necessary.

kubeadm upgrade guidance

Every upgrade process might be a bit different, so we’ve documented each minor upgrade process individually. For more version-specific upgrade guidance, see the following resources:

For older versions, please refer to older documentation sets on the Kubernetes website.

In Kubernetes v1.11.0 and later, you can use kubeadm upgrade diff to see the changes that would be applied to static pod manifests.

kubeadm upgrade plan

Check which versions are available to upgrade to and validate whether your current cluster is upgradeable. To skip the internet check, pass in the optional [version] parameter.

Synopsis

Check which versions are available to upgrade to and validate whether your current cluster is upgradeable. To skip the internet check, pass in the optional [version] parameter.

kubeadm upgrade plan [version] [flags]

Options

--allow-experimental-upgrades
Show unstable versions of Kubernetes as an upgrade alternative and allow upgrading to an alpha/beta/release candidate versions of Kubernetes.
--allow-release-candidate-upgrades
Show release candidate versions of Kubernetes as an upgrade alternative and allow upgrading to a release candidate versions of Kubernetes.
--config string
Path to kubeadm config file (WARNING: Usage of a configuration file is experimental)
--feature-gates string
A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for various features. Options are:
Auditing=true|false (ALPHA - default=false)
CoreDNS=true|false (default=true)
DynamicKubeletConfig=true|false (BETA - default=false)
-h, --help
help for plan
--ignore-preflight-errors stringSlice
A list of checks whose errors will be shown as warnings. Example: 'IsPrivilegedUser,Swap'. Value 'all' ignores errors from all checks.
--kubeconfig string     Default: "/Users/zarnold/.kube/config"
The KubeConfig file to use when talking to the cluster. If the flag is not set, a set of standard locations are searched for an existing KubeConfig file.
--print-config
Specifies whether the configuration file that will be used in the upgrade should be printed or not.

Options inherited from parent commands

--rootfs string
[EXPERIMENTAL] The path to the 'real' host root filesystem.

kubeadm upgrade apply

Upgrade your Kubernetes cluster to the specified version.

Synopsis

Upgrade your Kubernetes cluster to the specified version.

kubeadm upgrade apply [version]

Options

--allow-experimental-upgrades
Show unstable versions of Kubernetes as an upgrade alternative and allow upgrading to an alpha/beta/release candidate versions of Kubernetes.
--allow-release-candidate-upgrades
Show release candidate versions of Kubernetes as an upgrade alternative and allow upgrading to a release candidate versions of Kubernetes.
--config string
Path to kubeadm config file (WARNING: Usage of a configuration file is experimental)
--cri-socket string     Default: "/var/run/dockershim.sock"
Specify the CRI socket to connect to.
--dry-run
Do not change any state, just output what actions would be performed.
--etcd-upgrade     Default: true
Perform the upgrade of etcd.
--feature-gates string
A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for various features. Options are:
Auditing=true|false (ALPHA - default=false)
CoreDNS=true|false (default=true)
DynamicKubeletConfig=true|false (BETA - default=false)
-f, --force
Force upgrading although some requirements might not be met. This also implies non-interactive mode.
-h, --help
help for apply
--ignore-preflight-errors stringSlice
A list of checks whose errors will be shown as warnings. Example: 'IsPrivilegedUser,Swap'. Value 'all' ignores errors from all checks.
--image-pull-timeout duration     Default: 15m0s
The maximum amount of time to wait for the control plane pods to be downloaded.
--kubeconfig string     Default: "/Users/zarnold/.kube/config"
The KubeConfig file to use when talking to the cluster. If the flag is not set, a set of standard locations are searched for an existing KubeConfig file.
--print-config
Specifies whether the configuration file that will be used in the upgrade should be printed or not.
-y, --yes
Perform the upgrade and do not prompt for confirmation (non-interactive mode).

Options inherited from parent commands

--rootfs string
[EXPERIMENTAL] The path to the 'real' host root filesystem.

kubeadm upgrade diff

Show what differences would be applied to existing static pod manifests. See also: kubeadm upgrade apply –dry-run

Synopsis

Show what differences would be applied to existing static pod manifests. See also: kubeadm upgrade apply –dry-run

kubeadm upgrade diff [version] [flags]

Options

--api-server-manifest string     Default: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml"
path to API server manifest
--config string
Path to kubeadm config file (WARNING: Usage of a configuration file is experimental)
-c, --context-lines int     Default: 3
How many lines of context in the diff
--controller-manager-manifest string     Default: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml"
path to controller manifest
-h, --help
help for diff
--scheduler-manifest string     Default: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml"
path to scheduler manifest

Options inherited from parent commands

--rootfs string
[EXPERIMENTAL] The path to the 'real' host root filesystem.

kubeadm upgrade node config

Downloads the kubelet configuration from the cluster ConfigMap kubelet-config-1.X, where X is the minor version of the kubelet.

Synopsis

Downloads the kubelet configuration from a ConfigMap of the form “kubelet-config-1.X” in the cluster, where X is the minor version of the kubelet. kubeadm uses the –kubelet-version parameter to determine what the desired kubelet version is. Give

kubeadm upgrade node config [flags]

Examples

  # Downloads the kubelet configuration from the ConfigMap in the cluster. Uses a specific desired kubelet version.
  kubeadm upgrade node config --kubelet-version v1.12.0
  
  # Simulates the downloading of the kubelet configuration from the ConfigMap in the cluster with a specific desired
  # version. Does not change any state locally on the node.
  kubeadm upgrade node config --kubelet-version v1.12.0 --dry-run

Options

--dry-run
Do not change any state, just output the actions that would be performed.
-h, --help
help for config
--kubeconfig string     Default: "/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf"
The KubeConfig file to use when talking to the cluster. If the flag is not set, a set of standard locations are searched for an existing KubeConfig file.
--kubelet-version string
The *desired* version for the kubelet after the upgrade.

Options inherited from parent commands

--rootfs string
[EXPERIMENTAL] The path to the 'real' host root filesystem.

kubeadm upgrade node experimental-control-plane

Upgrades the control plane instance deployed on this node. IMPORTANT. This command should be executed after executing kubeadm upgrade apply on another control plane instance

Synopsis

Downloads the kubelet configuration from a ConfigMap of the form “kubelet-config-1.X” in the cluster, where X is the minor version of the kubelet. kubeadm uses the –kubelet-version parameter to determine what the desired kubelet version is. Give

kubeadm upgrade node experimental-control-plane [flags]

Examples

  # Downloads the kubelet configuration from the ConfigMap in the cluster. Uses a specific desired kubelet version.
  kubeadm upgrade node config --kubelet-version v1.12.0
  
  # Simulates the downloading of the kubelet configuration from the ConfigMap in the cluster with a specific desired
  # version. Does not change any state locally on the node.
  kubeadm upgrade node config --kubelet-version v1.12.0 --dry-run

Options

--dry-run
Do not change any state, just output the actions that would be performed.
-h, --help
help for experimental-control-plane
--kubeconfig string     Default: "/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf"
The KubeConfig file to use when talking to the cluster. If the flag is not set, a set of standard locations are searched for an existing KubeConfig file.

Options inherited from parent commands

--rootfs string
[EXPERIMENTAL] The path to the 'real' host root filesystem.

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