Learn how to upgrade the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server to a higher patch version.

A patch upgrade of VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension works with a replacement model of VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension vApp. It is not an in-place upgrade of the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension vApp. Additionally, you can also update the server configuration in this patch version upgrade workflow.

During this process, tenant users can continue to use the Kubernetes Container Clusters plug-in, and perform cluster operations. The cluster operations queue in VMware Cloud Director until the patch version upgrade is complete, and the new VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension vApp then processes the operations.

Prerequisites

This workflow does not automatically update Kubernetes component versions to recommended versions. You can manually input component versions listed in the Compatibility section, or if the versions you currently use are higher than recommended versions, you can retain the higher versions.

Procedure

  1. Manually stop and delete the existing VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server vApp
  2. Download a VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server OVA that has a higher patch version. For more information, see Download OVA Files.
  3. (Optional) In the Set Configuration Parameters window, update the existing server configuration parameters, and click Submit Changes.
    Note: To restore the previous values of the form, click Restore Previous.
  4. (Optional) If you use a private registry to leverage an air-gapped environment, it is necessary to setup your local container registry using the getting-started script based upon your VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension version before you can perform a patch version upgrade in VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension. For more information, see Set up a Local Container Registry in an Air-gapped Environment.
  5. Deploy a new vApp using the downloaded OVA. For more information, see Create a vApp from VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server OVA file.