Package Upgrades

Scope

The Wayfinder GUI supports upgrades at the cluster level for packages that are shipped with Wayfinder's installation. Information on how to upgrade Wayfinder's control planes and node pools can be found here. Support for using the CLI for package upgrades can be found here.

User Actions:

1. Navigate to the upgrade area within the Wayfinder GUI
2. Approve upgrades when needed
3. View the available upgrade information within the Wayfinder GUI
4. View additional package information or to enable/disable packages

Administrative Checklist:

1. Review similarities between package upgrades and control plane / node pool (K8s) upgrades:
   1. Review user access requirements
   2. Decide which upgrade method to use
   3. Configure auto-approval settings for the chosen upgrade method
2. View support for upcoming functionality
3. Contact us if you have any questions or if you need support

FAQs:

• How do I get to the package upgrades tab?
• How do I approve a package upgrade?
• How similar are package upgrades to control plane / node pool upgrades?

User Actions

Navigation

Package upgrades take place at a cluster level. To access the upgrade information in Wayfinder's GUI, navigate to Infrastructure > Clusters > [Cluster Name].

Use the Upgrades tab to view and approve package upgrades. Use the Packages tab to enable/disable packages and to view additional package information.

Approve upgrades

• Navigate to the upgrades tab
• Expand the upgrade accordions to view relevant upgrade information such as the version number and the upgrade's status
• When the upgrade status is in Awaiting Approval, click on the icon to open the 'approval dialogue' box, then click on approve.

View upgrade information

The upgrade overview section advertises which package upgrade versions are available for each cluster. The upgrade overview information is outlined below.

Column name	Column description	Values
Type	Signifies what type of upgrade it is	Packages: Signifies that the target upgrade applies to a package
Name	Name of the upgrade target	[Name of package]: Name of the target package to be upgraded
Current Version	The current version of the upgrade target	Version number

Detailed package upgrade information is available from the respective accordions in the upgrade overview section. Users can click on the black triangle in the Type column to expand or close the accordion. Each row in the accordion is an upgradeable version, and Wayfinder will apply the upgrades from earliest to latest release date. The upgrade detailed information is outlined below.

Column name	Column description	Values
Version	Signifies the version number that the target is going to be upgraded to	Version number
Released	Date that the upgrade was released by the cloud provider	yyyy-mm-dd
Status	The status of the upgrade process	Calculating Prerequisites: Wayfinder is finding upgrade prerequisites. No action needed from user. Awaiting Approval: (Only shown with manual-approval method) Wayfinder is waiting for the user to approve the upgrade: Click on the Yes button to approve the upgrade. The upgrade process will start after approval. Click on No to cancel the upgrade prompt and approve the upgrade later. In Progress: Wayfinder is busy applying the upgrade. No action needed from user. Applied: The upgrade has been successfully applied. No action needed from user.

View additional package information

The packages tab shows additional information as outlined below:

Column name	Column description	Values
Package	The name of the package	Type:String
Description	A short description of the package	Type:String
Chart version	Version of the underlying Helm chart used for deploying the package	Version number
WF package version	Wayfinder's package version is the same version as the chart version. The package iteration version is shown after the dash.	Version number - version iteration
Status	The status of the package	Healthy: The package is up to date and deployed In progress: The package is being deployed Failure: The package did not deploy and Wayfinder is retrying the deployment Not installed: The package is not deployed.

Administrative Checklist

Similarities with K8s upgrades

Some of the package upgrade concepts are the same as the control plane and node pool (K8s) upgrades and they are listed below:

• User access permissions
• Upgrade method
• Steps to configure auto-approval settings. Once auto-approval settings are specified, then they apply to package upgrades as well as the control plane / node pool upgrades.
• Upgrade schedule
• Upgrade process
• Upgrade progress indicators

Upgrade strategy

The upgrade strategy defines how the upgrade should be applied and package upgrades use the in-place upgrade strategy. This strategy applies the package in-place and the management of the upgrade/reconcilliation process is left to the FluxCD helm-controller within the cluster.

Upcoming Functionality

CLI Support

Support for upgrading packages from the Wayfinder CLI will be announced in the release section as soon as it becomes available. Appvia recommends that users use the Wayfinder GUI until the CLI functionality is supported. Using the Wayfinder GUI will avoid unexpected system behaviour.

Support

If you have any questions or if you need help with your Wayfinder instance, then please contact us via the Appvia Support Portal.

Also see the Support and Maintenance Terms of Service.