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.