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Upgrading kubeadm clusters from v1.13 to v1.14

This page explains how to upgrade a Kubernetes cluster created with kubeadm from version 1.13.x to version 1.14.x, and from version 1.14.x to 1.14.y (where y > x).

The upgrade workflow at high level is the following:

  1. Upgrade the primary control plane node.
  2. Upgrade additional control plane nodes.
  3. Upgrade worker nodes.
Note: With the release of Kubernetes v1.14, the kubeadm instructions for upgrading both HA and single control plane clusters are merged into a single document.

Before you begin

Additional information

Determine which version to upgrade to

  1. Find the latest stable 1.14 version: 
apt update
apt-cache policy kubeadm
# find the latest 1.14 version in the list
# it should look like 1.14.x-00, where x is the latest patch

yum list --showduplicates kubeadm --disableexcludes=kubernetes
# find the latest 1.14 version in the list
# it should look like 1.14.x-0, where x is the latest patch

Upgrade the first control plane node

  1. On your first control plane node, upgrade kubeadm: 
# replace x in 1.14.x-00 with the latest patch version
apt-mark unhold kubeadm kubelet && \
apt-get update && apt-get install -y kubeadm=1.14.x-00 && \
apt-mark hold kubeadm

# replace x in 1.14.x-0 with the latest patch version
yum install -y kubeadm-1.14.x-0 --disableexcludes=kubernetes

  1. Verify that the download works and has the expected version:

    kubeadm version

  2. On the control plane node, run:

    sudo kubeadm upgrade plan

    You should see output similar to this:

    [preflight] Running pre-flight checks.
[upgrade] Making sure the cluster is healthy:
[upgrade/config] Making sure the configuration is correct:
[upgrade/config] Reading configuration from the cluster...
[upgrade/config] FYI: You can look at this config file with 'kubectl -n kube-system get cm kubeadm-config -oyaml'
[upgrade] Fetching available versions to upgrade to
[upgrade/versions] Cluster version: v1.13.3
[upgrade/versions] kubeadm version: v1.14.0

Components that must be upgraded manually after you have upgraded the control plane with 'kubeadm upgrade apply':
COMPONENT   CURRENT       AVAILABLE
Kubelet     2 x v1.13.3   v1.14.0

Upgrade to the latest version in the v1.13 series:

COMPONENT            CURRENT   AVAILABLE
API Server           v1.13.3   v1.14.0
Controller Manager   v1.13.3   v1.14.0
Scheduler            v1.13.3   v1.14.0
Kube Proxy           v1.13.3   v1.14.0
CoreDNS              1.2.6     1.3.1
Etcd                 3.2.24    3.3.10

You can now apply the upgrade by executing the following command:

        kubeadm upgrade apply v1.14.0

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    This command checks that your cluster can be upgraded, and fetches the versions you can upgrade to.

  3. Choose a version to upgrade to, and run the appropriate command. For example:

    sudo kubeadm upgrade apply v1.14.x
    • Replace x with the patch version you picked for this ugprade.

    You should see output similar to this:

    [preflight] Running pre-flight checks.
[upgrade] Making sure the cluster is healthy:
[upgrade/config] Making sure the configuration is correct:
[upgrade/config] Reading configuration from the cluster...
[upgrade/config] FYI: You can look at this config file with 'kubectl -n kube-system get cm kubeadm-config -oyaml'
[upgrade/version] You have chosen to change the cluster version to "v1.14.0"
[upgrade/versions] Cluster version: v1.13.3
[upgrade/versions] kubeadm version: v1.14.0
[upgrade/confirm] Are you sure you want to proceed with the upgrade? [y/N]: y
[upgrade/prepull] Will prepull images for components [kube-apiserver kube-controller-manager kube-scheduler etcd]
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulling image for component etcd.
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulling image for component kube-scheduler.
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulling image for component kube-apiserver.
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulling image for component kube-controller-manager.
[apiclient] Found 0 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-etcd
[apiclient] Found 0 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-kube-scheduler
[apiclient] Found 0 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-kube-controller-manager
[apiclient] Found 0 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-kube-apiserver
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-etcd
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-kube-controller-manager
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-kube-scheduler
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector k8s-app=upgrade-prepull-kube-apiserver
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulled image for component etcd.
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulled image for component kube-apiserver.
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulled image for component kube-scheduler.
[upgrade/prepull] Prepulled image for component kube-controller-manager.
[upgrade/prepull] Successfully prepulled the images for all the control plane components
[upgrade/apply] Upgrading your Static Pod-hosted control plane to version "v1.14.0"...
Static pod: kube-apiserver-myhost hash: 6436b0d8ee0136c9d9752971dda40400
Static pod: kube-controller-manager-myhost hash: 8ee730c1a5607a87f35abb2183bf03f2
Static pod: kube-scheduler-myhost hash: 4b52d75cab61380f07c0c5a69fb371d4
[upgrade/etcd] Upgrading to TLS for etcd
Static pod: etcd-myhost hash: 877025e7dd7adae8a04ee20ca4ecb239
[upgrade/staticpods] Moved new manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd.yaml" and backed up old manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/tmp/kubeadm-backup-manifests-2019-03-14-20-52-44/etcd.yaml"
[upgrade/staticpods] Waiting for the kubelet to restart the component
[upgrade/staticpods] This might take a minute or longer depending on the component/version gap (timeout 5m0s)
Static pod: etcd-myhost hash: 877025e7dd7adae8a04ee20ca4ecb239
Static pod: etcd-myhost hash: 877025e7dd7adae8a04ee20ca4ecb239
Static pod: etcd-myhost hash: 64a28f011070816f4beb07a9c96d73b6
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector component=etcd
[upgrade/staticpods] Component "etcd" upgraded successfully!
[upgrade/etcd] Waiting for etcd to become available
[upgrade/staticpods] Writing new Static Pod manifests to "/etc/kubernetes/tmp/kubeadm-upgraded-manifests043818770"
[upgrade/staticpods] Moved new manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml" and backed up old manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/tmp/kubeadm-backup-manifests-2019-03-14-20-52-44/kube-apiserver.yaml"
[upgrade/staticpods] Waiting for the kubelet to restart the component
[upgrade/staticpods] This might take a minute or longer depending on the component/version gap (timeout 5m0s)
Static pod: kube-apiserver-myhost hash: 6436b0d8ee0136c9d9752971dda40400
Static pod: kube-apiserver-myhost hash: 6436b0d8ee0136c9d9752971dda40400
Static pod: kube-apiserver-myhost hash: 6436b0d8ee0136c9d9752971dda40400
Static pod: kube-apiserver-myhost hash: b8a6533e241a8c6dab84d32bb708b8a1
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector component=kube-apiserver
[upgrade/staticpods] Component "kube-apiserver" upgraded successfully!
[upgrade/staticpods] Moved new manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml" and backed up old manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/tmp/kubeadm-backup-manifests-2019-03-14-20-52-44/kube-controller-manager.yaml"
[upgrade/staticpods] Waiting for the kubelet to restart the component
[upgrade/staticpods] This might take a minute or longer depending on the component/version gap (timeout 5m0s)
Static pod: kube-controller-manager-myhost hash: 8ee730c1a5607a87f35abb2183bf03f2
Static pod: kube-controller-manager-myhost hash: 6f77d441d2488efd9fc2d9a9987ad30b
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector component=kube-controller-manager
[upgrade/staticpods] Component "kube-controller-manager" upgraded successfully!
[upgrade/staticpods] Moved new manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml" and backed up old manifest to "/etc/kubernetes/tmp/kubeadm-backup-manifests-2019-03-14-20-52-44/kube-scheduler.yaml"
[upgrade/staticpods] Waiting for the kubelet to restart the component
[upgrade/staticpods] This might take a minute or longer depending on the component/version gap (timeout 5m0s)
Static pod: kube-scheduler-myhost hash: 4b52d75cab61380f07c0c5a69fb371d4
Static pod: kube-scheduler-myhost hash: a24773c92bb69c3748fcce5e540b7574
[apiclient] Found 1 Pods for label selector component=kube-scheduler
[upgrade/staticpods] Component "kube-scheduler" upgraded successfully!
[upload-config] storing the configuration used in ConfigMap "kubeadm-config" in the "kube-system" Namespace
[kubelet] Creating a ConfigMap "kubelet-config-1.14" in namespace kube-system with the configuration for the kubelets in the cluster
[kubelet-start] Downloading configuration for the kubelet from the "kubelet-config-1.14" ConfigMap in the kube-system namespace
[kubelet-start] Writing kubelet configuration to file "/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml"
[bootstrap-token] configured RBAC rules to allow Node Bootstrap tokens to post CSRs in order for nodes to get long term certificate credentials
[bootstrap-token] configured RBAC rules to allow the csrapprover controller automatically approve CSRs from a Node Bootstrap Token
[bootstrap-token] configured RBAC rules to allow certificate rotation for all node client certificates in the cluster
[addons] Applied essential addon: CoreDNS
[addons] Applied essential addon: kube-proxy

[upgrade/successful] SUCCESS! Your cluster was upgraded to "v1.14.0". Enjoy!

[upgrade/kubelet] Now that your control plane is upgraded, please proceed with upgrading your kubelets if you haven't already done so.

  4. Manually upgrade your CNI provider plugin.

    Your Container Network Interface (CNI) provider may have its own upgrade instructions to follow. Check the addons page to find your CNI provider and see whether additional upgrade steps are required.

  5. Upgrade the kubelet and kubectl on the control plane node:

# replace x in 1.14.x-00 with the latest patch version
apt-mark unhold kubelet kubectl && \
apt-get update && apt-get install -y kubelet=1.14.x-00 kubectl=1.14.x-00 && \
apt-mark hold kubelet kubectl

# replace x in 1.14.x-0 with the latest patch version
yum install -y kubelet-1.14.x-0 kubectl-1.14.x-0 --disableexcludes=kubernetes

  1. Restart the kubelet

    sudo systemctl restart kubelet

Upgrade additional control plane nodes

  1. Same as the first control plane node but use:

    sudo kubeadm upgrade node experimental-control-plane

instead of:

sudo kubeadm upgrade apply

Also sudo kubeadm upgrade plan is not needed.

Upgrade worker nodes

The upgrade procedure on worker nodes should be executed one node at a time or few nodes at a time, without compromising the minimum required capacity for running your workloads.

Upgrade kubeadm

  1. Upgrade kubeadm on all worker nodes: 
# replace x in 1.14.x-00 with the latest patch version
apt-mark unhold kubeadm kubelet && \
apt-get update && apt-get install -y kubeadm=1.14.x-00 && \
apt-mark hold kubeadm

# replace x in 1.14.x-0 with the latest patch version
yum install -y kubeadm-1.14.x-0 --disableexcludes=kubernetes

Cordon the node

  1. Prepare the node for maintenance by marking it unschedulable and evicting the workloads. Run:

    kubectl drain $NODE --ignore-daemonsets

    You should see output similar to this:

    node/ip-172-31-85-18 cordoned
WARNING: ignoring DaemonSet-managed Pods: kube-system/kube-proxy-dj7d7, kube-system/weave-net-z65qx
node/ip-172-31-85-18 drained

Upgrade the kubelet config

  1. Upgrade the kubelet config:

    sudo kubeadm upgrade node config --kubelet-version v1.14.x

    Replace x with the patch version you picked for this ugprade.

Upgrade kubelet and kubectl

  1. Upgrade the Kubernetes package version by running the Linux package manager for your distribution: 
# replace x in 1.14.x-00 with the latest patch version
apt-mark unhold kubelet kubectl && \
apt-get update && apt-get install -y kubelet=1.14.x-00 kubectl=1.14.x-00 && \
apt-mark hold kubelet kubectl

# replace x in 1.14.x-0 with the latest patch version
yum install -y kubelet-1.14.x-0 kubectl-1.14.x-0 --disableexcludes=kubernetes

  1. Restart the kubelet

    sudo systemctl restart kubelet

Uncordon the node

  1. Bring the node back online by marking it schedulable:

    kubectl uncordon $NODE

Verify the status of the cluster

After the kubelet is upgraded on all nodes verify that all nodes are available again by running the following command from anywhere kubectl can access the cluster:

kubectl get nodes

The STATUS column should show Ready for all your nodes, and the version number should be updated.

Recovering from a failure state

If kubeadm upgrade fails and does not roll back, for example because of an unexpected shutdown during execution, you can run kubeadm upgrade again. This command is idempotent and eventually makes sure that the actual state is the desired state you declare.

To recover from a bad state, you can also run kubeadm upgrade --force without changing the version that your cluster is running.

How it works

kubeadm upgrade apply does the following:

kubeadm upgrade node experimental-control-plane does the following on additional control plane nodes: - Fetches the kubeadm ClusterConfiguration from the cluster. - Optionally backups the kube-apiserver certificate. - Upgrades the static Pod manifests for the control plane components.

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