You can reconfigure VMware Cloud Director 10.2 and newer versions with VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 3.1. to ensure the environment is compatible.

You can enter the cse upgrade command in vcd-cli to perform this task.

Note:

In VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 3.1.0, cse upgrade installs all templates. To skip installing all templates, insert -t in the cse upgrade command. VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 3.1.1 and newer versions do not install templates by default.

Note:

VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 3.1.4 uses RDE 2.1 and can be upgraded from VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension versions 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.0.X.

Upgrade VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension Server

Once you have the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension software installed, you can upgrade the server software to meet the latest version.

Procedure

  1. Stop the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server.
  2. Reinstall container-service-extension from PyPI using the following command: 
    pip3 install --user --upgrade container-service-extension
  3. Use cse sample command to generate a new sample configuration file and fill in the relevant values from the previous config file.
  4. If the previously generated templates are no longer supported by the new version, delete the old templates from VMware Cloud Director UI or vcd-cli, and generate new ones using the following command: 
    cse template install -c myconfig.yaml
  5. Run cse upgrade command to ensure the environment is forward compatible with current version. For more information, refer CSE 3.0 upgrade command.
  6. Optional: If VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension is run as a service, run the following command to start a new version of the service: 
    systemctl start cse