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Upgrading kubeadm clusters — Call "kubeadm upgrade"

For the first control plane node Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell # replace x in {{< skew currentVersion >}}.x-* with the latest patch version sudo apt-mark unhold kubeadm && \ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y kubeadm='{{< skew currentVersion

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). For the first control plane node Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell # replace x in {{< skew currentVersion >}}.x-* with the latest patch version sudo apt-mark unhold kubeadm && \ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y kubeadm='{{< skew currentVersion >}}.x-*' && \ sudo apt-mark hold kubeadm ``` Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell # replace x in {{< skew currentVersion >}}.x-* with the latest patch version sudo yum install -y kubeadm-'{{< skew currentVersion >}}.x-*' --disableexcludes=kubernetes ``` Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell # replace x in {{< skew currentVersion >}}.x-* with the latest patch version sudo yum install -y kubeadm-'{{< skew currentVersion >}}.x-*' --setopt=disable_excludes=kubernetes ``` Verify that the download works and has the expected version Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubeadm version ``` Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell sudo kubeadm upgrade plan ``` This command checks that your cluster can be upgraded, and fetches the versions you can upgrade to. It also shows a table with the component config version states. kubeadm upgrade also automatically renews the certificates that it manages on this node. To opt-out of certificate renewal the flag --certificate-renewal=false can be used. For more information see the certificate management guide. Choose a version to upgrade to, and run the appropriate command. For example Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell # replace x with the patch version you picked for this upgrade sudo kubeadm upgrade apply v{{< skew currentVersion >}}.x ``` Once the command finishes you should see Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text [upgrade/successful] SUCCESS! Your cluster was upgraded to "v{{< skew currentVersion >}}.x". Enjoy! [upgrade/kubelet] Now that your control plane is upgraded, please proceed with upgrading your kubelets if you haven't already done so. ``` … Attribution: Adapted from Kubernetes Documentation under CC-BY-4.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, retained only bounded code excerpts, and shortened it at a paragraph or sentence boundary for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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