Migrate from Old Versions

This doc aims to provide a migration guide from old versions to the new ones without disturb the running business. However scenarios are different from each other, we strongly recommend you to test the migration with a simulation environment before real migration for your production.

KubeVela has release cadence for every 2-3 months, we'll only maintain for the last 2 releases. As a result, you're highly recommended to upgrade along with the community. We'll strictly align with the semver version rule for compatibility.

From v1.7.x to v1.8.x

These isn't too much work to be done for upgrading from v1.7.x to v1.8.x for usage.

1. Upgrade your kubevela chart

helm repo add kubevela https://charts.kubevela.net/core
helm repo update
helm upgrade -n vela-system --install kubevela kubevela/vela-core --version 1.8.0 --wait

From v1.6.x to v1.7.x

In v1.6.x, we've upgraded the CUE engine to v0.5.x, please make sure your customized CUE definition has the compatibility when you upgrade to v1.7.x from versions lower than v1.6.0.

danger

⚠️ Please make sure upgrade the CRD first.

1. Upgrade the CRDs, please make sure you upgrade the CRDs first before upgrade the helm chart.

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.7/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applicationrevisions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.7/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applications.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.7/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_resourcetrackers.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.7/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_componentdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.7/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_definitionrevisions.yaml

2. Upgrade your kubevela chart

Then you can upgrade the helm chart now:

helm repo add kubevela https://charts.kubevela.net/core
helm repo update
helm upgrade -n vela-system --install kubevela kubevela/vela-core --version 1.7.3 --wait

caution

Since we have migrated some workflow step definitions and views from workflow addon into KubeVela core, so if you've already enable workflow addon before, it may cause the following error due to the helm annotation issues:

Error: Could not install KubeVela control plane installation: error when installing/upgrading Helm Chart kubevela in namespace vela-system: rendered manifests contain a resource that already exists. Unable to continue with update: WorkflowStepDefinition "apply-deployment" in namespace "vela-system" exists and cannot be imported into the current release: invalid ownership metadata; label validation error: missing key "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": must be set to "Helm"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-name": must be set to "kubevela"; annotation validation error: missing key "meta.helm.sh/release-namespace": must be set to "vela-system"

You can execute this script to solve it before upgrade helm chart:

curl -fsSl https://kubevela.net/script/checklegacy.sh | bash

The script will just help patch helm annotations for you, you can also do that manually one by one like:

kubectl patch -n vela-system workflowstepdefinition <item> --type=merge -p '{"metadata":{"annotations":{"meta.helm.sh/release-name":"kubevela","meta.helm.sh/release-namespace":"vela-system"},"labels":{"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by":"Helm"}}}'
kubectl patch -n vela-system configMap <item> --type=merge -p '{"metadata":{"annotations":{"meta.helm.sh/release-name":"kubevela","meta.helm.sh/release-namespace":"vela-system"},"labels":{"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by":"Helm"}}}'

3. Download and upgrade to the corresponding CLI

curl -fsSl https://kubevela.io/script/install.sh | bash -s 1.7.3

4. Upgrade VelaUX or other addon

vela addon upgrade velaux --version=v1.7.2

From v1.5.x to v1.6.x

caution

KubeVela had upgraded the CUE version from v0.2.2 to v0.5.0-alpha1 in v1.6.x, and some usages are deprecated.

If you used an input in Application with a invalid CUE variable parameterKey (eg: contains -, or starts with a number, etc.), like:

inputs:
   - from: output
     parameterKey: data.my-input

Please modify it to:

inputs:
   - from: output
     parameterKey: data["my-input"]

1. Upgrade the CRDs, please make sure you upgrade the CRDs first before upgrade the helm chart.

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.6/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applicationrevisions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.6/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applications.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.6/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_resourcetrackers.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.6/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_componentdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.6/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_definitionrevisions.yaml

2. Upgrade your kubevela chart

helm repo add kubevela https://charts.kubevela.net/core
helm repo update
helm upgrade -n vela-system --install kubevela kubevela/vela-core --version 1.6.6 --wait

3. Download and upgrade to the corresponding CLI

curl -fsSl https://kubevela.io/script/install.sh | bash -s 1.6.6

4. Upgrade VelaUX or other addon

vela addon upgrade velaux --version=v1.6.6

From v1.4.x to v1.5.x

caution

Note: Please upgrade to v1.5.10+ to avoid application workflow rerun when controller upgrade.

1. Upgrade the CRDs, please make sure you upgrade the CRDs first before upgrade the helm chart.

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.5/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applicationrevisions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.5/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applications.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.5/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_resourcetrackers.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.5/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_componentdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.5/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_definitionrevisions.yaml

2. Upgrade your kubevela chart

helm repo add kubevela https://charts.kubevela.net/core
helm repo update
helm upgrade -n vela-system --install kubevela kubevela/vela-core --version 1.5.10 --wait

3. Download and upgrade to the corresponding CLI

curl -fsSl https://kubevela.io/script/install.sh | bash -s 1.5.10

4. Upgrade VelaUX or other addon

vela addon upgrade velaux --version=v1.5.6

From v1.3.x to v1.4.x

danger

Note: It may cause application workflow rerun when controller upgrade.

1. Upgrade the CRDs, please make sure you upgrade the CRDs first before upgrade the helm chart.

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.4/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applicationrevisions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.4/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applications.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.4/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_resourcetrackers.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.4/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_componentdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.4/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_definitionrevisions.yaml

2. Upgrade your kubevela chart

helm repo add kubevela https://charts.kubevela.net/core
helm repo update
helm upgrade -n vela-system --install kubevela kubevela/vela-core --version 1.4.14 --wait

3. Download and upgrade to the corresponding CLI

curl -fsSl https://kubevela.io/script/install.sh | bash -s 1.4.14

4. Upgrade VelaUX or other addon

vela addon upgrade velaux --version=v1.4.7

Please note if you're using terraform addon, you should upgrade the terraform addon to version 1.0.6+ along with the vela-core upgrade, you can follow the following steps:

1. upgrading vela-core to v1.3.4+, all existing Terraform typed Applications won't be affected in this process.
2. upgrade the terrorform addon, or the newly provisioned Terraform typed Applications won't become successful.
   • 2.1 Manually upgrade CRD Configuration https://github.com/oam-dev/terraform-controller/blob/v0.4.3/chart/crds/terraform.core.oam.dev_configurations.yaml.
   • 2.2 Upgrade add-on terraform to version 1.0.6+.

From v1.2.x to v1.3.x

danger

Note: It may cause application workflow rerun when controller upgrade.

1. Upgrade the CRDs, please make sure you upgrade the CRDs first before upgrade the helm chart.

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.3/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applicationrevisions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.3/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applications.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.3/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_resourcetrackers.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.3/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_componentdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.3/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_definitionrevisions.yaml

2. Upgrade your kubevela chart

helm repo add kubevela https://charts.kubevela.net/core
helm repo update
helm upgrade -n vela-system --install kubevela kubevela/vela-core --version 1.3.6 --wait

3. Download and upgrade to the corresponding CLI

curl -fsSl https://kubevela.io/script/install.sh | bash -s 1.3.6

4. Upgrade VelaUX or other addon

vela addon upgrade velaux --version=v1.3.6

Please note if you're using terraform addon, you should upgrade the terraform addon to version 1.0.6+ along with the vela-core upgrade, you can follow the following steps:

1. upgrading vela-core to v1.3.4+, all existing Terraform typed Applications won't be affected in this process.
2. upgrade the terrorform addon, or the newly provisioned Terraform typed Applications won't become successful.
   • 2.1 Manually upgrade CRD Configuration https://github.com/oam-dev/terraform-controller/blob/v0.4.3/chart/crds/terraform.core.oam.dev_configurations.yaml.
   • 2.2 Upgrade add-on terraform to version 1.0.6+.

From v1.1.x to v1.2.x

danger

Note: It will cause application workflow rerun when controller upgrade.

1. Check the service running normally

Make sure all your services are running normally before migration.

$ kubectl get all -n vela-system

NAME                                            READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
pod/kubevela-cluster-gateway-5bff6d564d-rhkp7   1/1     Running   0          16d
pod/kubevela-vela-core-b67b87c7-9w7d4           1/1     Running   1          16d

NAME                                       TYPE        CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)    AGE
service/kubevela-cluster-gateway-service   ClusterIP   172.16.236.150   <none>        9443/TCP   16d
service/vela-core-webhook                  ClusterIP   172.16.54.195    <none>        443/TCP    284d

NAME                                       READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
deployment.apps/kubevela-cluster-gateway   1/1     1            1           16d
deployment.apps/kubevela-vela-core         1/1     1            1           284d

In addition, it's also necessary to check the status of all the KubeVela applications including addons running normally.

2. update the CRD to v1.2.x

Update the CRD in the cluster to v1.2.x, the CRD list is as follows, some of them can be omitted if you don't have them before:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applicationrevisions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_applications.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_componentdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_definitionrevisions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_envbindings.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_healthscopes.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_manualscalertraits.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_policydefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_resourcetrackers.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_scopedefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_traitdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_workflowstepdefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/core.oam.dev_workloaddefinitions.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oam-dev/kubevela/release-1.2/charts/vela-core/crds/standard.oam.dev_rollouts.yaml

3. Execute the upgrade command

This step will upgrade the system to the new version:

helm upgrade -n vela-system --install kubevela kubevela/vela-core --version 1.2.6 --wait

Upgrade the CLI to v1.2.x corresponding the the core version:

curl -fsSl https://kubevela.io/script/install.sh | bash -s 1.2.6

4. Enable addon

After the upgrade succeed, users can use the following methods to enable addons if they need to be enabled:

# View the list of addons
vela addon list
# Enable addon
vela addon enable <addon name>

tip

This step is not required if the addon is already enabled and used in the pre-upgrade version

1. Update Custom Definition

Check if your custom definition works in the new version, try to upgrade them if there're any issues. If you haven't defined any, the normal upgrade process is completed!

6. Common Questions for this migration

• Q: After upgrading from 1.1.x to 1.2.x, the application status becomes workflowsuspending, and using vela workflow resume doesn't work.
  • A: There're migration about the resource tracker mechanism. Generally, you can delete the existing resourcetracker, after that you can use vela workflow resume command.
• Q: Why the status of my application become suspend after the upgrade?
  • A: Don't worry if your application become suspend after the upgrade, this won't affect the running business application. It will become normal after you deploy the application next time. You can also manually change any annotation of the application to resolve it.