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Upgrading a Kubernetes Cluster using kubeadm

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In this article, we will look how we can upgrade a Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm

Prerequisites

Steps

Control Plane

  • Verify the version of our cluster by executing the below command in the [control-plane] instance 
$ kubectl get nodes
NAME            STATUS   ROLES           AGE    VERSION
control-plane   Ready    control-plane   7m5s   v1.27.0
node-1          Ready    <none>          91s    v1.27.0
node-2          Ready    <none>          17s    v1.27.0
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  • Update the package index and find the latest kubeadm patch available in the repository 
$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt-cache madison kubeadm
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  • Unhold the kubeadm package for upgrading 
$ sudo apt-cache unhold kubeadm
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  • Upgrade the kubeadm package to version v1.27.1 and hold the package from automatic upgrading 

$ sudo apt install -y kubeadm=1.27.1-00

$ sudo apt-mark hold kubeadm
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  • Check the upgraded kubeadm version and verify the upgrade plan 
$ sudo kubeadm version

$ sudo kubeadm upgrade plan
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  • Once our plan is verified, we can upgrade the [control-plane] by executing the below command 
$ sudo kubeadm upgrade apply v1.27.1
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  • Prepare the [control-plane] node for maintenance by marking it unschedulable and evicting the workloads 
$ kubectl drain control-plane --ignore-daemonsets
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  • Unhold the kubelet and kubectl packages for an upgrade 
$ sudo apt-mark unhold kubelet kubectl
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  • Upgrade kubelet and kubectl packages to version v1.27.1 and hold the packages from automatic upgrading 
$ sudo apt install kubelet=1.27.1-00 kubectl=1.27.1-00

$ sudo apt-mark hold kubelet kubectl
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  • Restart the kubelet on [control-plane] 
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

$ sudo systemctl restart kubelet
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  • Uncordon the [control-plane] for marking it as schedulable 
$ kubectl uncordon control-plane
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  • Verify the nodes, now we can see [control-plane] is upgraded to v1.27.1 
$ kubectl get nodes
NAME            STATUS   ROLES           AGE    VERSION
control-plane   Ready    control-plane   118m   v1.27.1
node-1          Ready    <none>          112m   v1.27.0
node-2          Ready    <none>          111m   v1.27.0
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Nodes

  • Update the package index on [node-1] and unhold the kubeadm package for upgrading 
$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt-mark unhold kubeadm
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  • Upgrade the kubeadm package to version v1.27.1 on [node-1] and hold the package from automatic upgrading 
$ sudo apt install kubeadm=1.27.1-00

$ sudo apt-mark hold kubeadm
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  • Upgrade the cluster configuration on [node-1] using the below command 
$ sudo kubeadm upgrade node
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  • Prepare the [node-1] for maintenance by marking it unschedulable and evicting the workloads Execute the below drain command on [control-plane] 
$ kubectl drain node-1 --ignore-daemonsets --force
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  • Unhold the kubelet and kubectl packages for upgrade 
$ sudo apt-mark unhold kubelet kubectl
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  • Upgrade kubelet and kubectl packages to version v1.27.1 and hold the packages from automatic upgrading 
$ sudo apt install kubelet=1.27.1-00 kubectl=1.27.1-00

$ sudo apt-mark hold kubelet kubectl
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  • Restart the kubelet on [node-1] 
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

$ sudo systemctl restart kubelet
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  • Uncordon the [node-1] for marking it as schedulable Execute the below uncordon command on [control-plane] 
$ kubectl uncordon node-1
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  • Repeat the above steps for [node-2] also

  • Now our cluster is fully upgraded to v1.27.1

    Verify the same by executing the below command on [control-plane]

$ kubectl get nodes
NAME            STATUS   ROLES           AGE    VERSION
control-plane   Ready    control-plane   136m   v1.27.1
node-1          Ready    <none>          131m   v1.27.1
node-2          Ready    <none>          129m   v1.27.1
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Reference

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-upgrade/

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/upgrading-linux-nodes/

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