Upgrade an Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) cluster
Part of the ARO cluster lifecycle involves performing periodic upgrades to the latest OpenShift version. It is important you apply the latest security releases, or upgrade to get the latest features. This article shows you how to upgrade all components in an OpenShift cluster using the OpenShift Web Console.
Before you begin
This article requires that you're running the Azure CLI version 2.0.65 of later. Run az --version
to find your current version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure CLI
This article assumes you have access to an existing Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster as a user with admin
privileges.
Check for available ARO cluster upgrades
From the OpenShift web console, select Administration > Cluster Settings and open the Details tab.
If the Update Status for your cluster reflects Updates Available, you can update your cluster.
Upgrade your ARO cluster
From the web console in the previous step, set the Channel to the correct channel for the version that you want to update to, such as stable-4.5
.
Selection a version to update to, and select Update. You'll see the update status change to: Update to <product-version> in progress
. You can review the progress of the cluster update by watching the progress bars for the Operators and nodes.
Next steps
- Learn to upgrade an ARO cluster using the OC CLI
- You can find information about available OpenShift Container Platform advisories and updates in the errata section of the Customer Portal.
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