How to Force Harvester to Find Upgrades

when you just can't wait in line

I know, I just stacked an hour ago. Guess what, we have a double header today.

After writing my last blog post, I noticed that Harvester v1.4.0 is available! There are some awesome features which I will address in another stack.

I also noticed that the upgrade was not available yet in my cluster! I can’t wait in line!

So I decided to force my cluster to offer me the v1.4.0 upgrade.

WARNING: Always check to see if you are on the correct upgrade path using the matrix here.

I am on v1.3.2 so I am golden.

It’s actually really simple to do this.

1. Navigate to the release: https://github.com/harvester/harvester/releases/tag/v1.4.0

2. Copy the url of the release file: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.0/version.yaml

3. Drop to the kubectl shell on your underlying rancher cluster. You can do this by pressing the “~” key on your keyboard while on the Dashboard page

4. Run the following command:

kubectl apply -f https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/v1.4.0/version.yaml

5. The upgrade will pop up in your top right corner as usual.

Cheers,

Joe