Known issues¶

MKE 3.6.8 known issues with available workaround solutions include:

[MKE-10152] Upgrading large Windows clusters can initiate a rollback¶

Upgrades can rollback on a cluster with a large number of Windows worker nodes.

Workaround:

Invoke the --manual-worker-upgrade option and then manually upgrade the workers.

[MKE-10017] ucp-pause containers use incorrect version after upgrade rollback¶

After rolling back to MKE 3.6.0 - 3.6.4 during an upgrade to 3.7.0, some MKE nodes may run ucp-pause containers built from the upgraded version of the MKE images.

Workaround:

Perform the following steps on each Linux node where the ucp-pause containers are built from the upgraded MKE image version.

Verify that the ucp-pause containers are using the MKE image version to which you tried to upgrade:

docker ps -a | grep ucp-pause

Example output:

01a80dd175de   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.7.0   "/pause"   17 minutes ago   Up 16 minutes   k8s_POD_ucp-node-feature-discovery-9bwsj_node-feature-discovery_0a601160-ecf7-412f-bff8-e421a4f1712d_0
498371f35994   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.7.0   "/pause"   20 minutes ago   Up 18 minutes   k8s_POD_coredns-7fb76597fc-k2q2k_kube-system_83fee771-dc1d-4e34-ae45-f0ab9dee5942_0
a94cfcfb18f6   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.7.0   "/pause"   22 minutes ago   Up 21 minutes   k8s_POD_calico-kube-controllers-58c64b9976-mg5dn_kube-system_0b80ed92-be02-40de-827e-6a6b6e7f27da_0
0a2cf203f77c   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.7.0   "/pause"   22 minutes ago   Up 21 minutes   k8s_POD_calico-node-f2xhl_kube-system_3c4a27c5-b832-417d-bc30-b6a7ca8f7627_0

If the ucp-pause containers are using the correct image version, proceed to the next node.

Copy the cri-dockerd-mke.service configuration file from the tmp directory to /usr/lib/systemd/system:
```
sudo cp /tmp/cri-dockerd-mke.service /usr/lib/systemd/system
```
Restart kubelet to load the most recent configuration file:
```
docker rm -f ucp-kubelet
```

Delete all ucp-pause containers that are on the node:

docker rm -f <pause-containrer-id-1> <pause-containrer-id-n>

Verify that the ucp-pause containers are using the correct MKE image version:

docker ps -a | grep ucp-pause

Example output:

236b3dfb1bf6   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.6.4   "/pause"   12 seconds ago   Up 11 seconds   k8s_POD_calico-node-dp7hd_kube-system_d59d9004-5a59-46f8-8281-3c917c62fe20_0
56994306b181   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.6.4   "/pause"   12 seconds ago   Up 11 seconds   k8s_POD_calico-kube-controllers-64844db68f-br9dh_kube-system_5ea39708-231a-45f5-aa7c-f7b842131941_0
e62ae3c2a871   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.6.4   "/pause"   12 seconds ago   Up 11 seconds   k8s_POD_ucp-node-feature-discovery-rdrb7_node-feature-discovery_848cda05-74ec-4db2-825f-05afa53b2502_0
d51eba420f34   mirantiseng/ucp-pause:3.6.4   "/pause"   12 seconds ago   Up 11 seconds   k8s_POD_coredns-78c7f4f4c7-lljzc_kube-system_92936b7c-6a7c-4eb5-a83f-22514acac636_0

[MKE-9699] Ingress Controller with external load balancer can enter crashloop¶

Due to the upstream Kubernetes issue 73140, rapid toggling of the Ingress Controller with an external load balancer in use can cause the resource to become stuck in a crashloop.

Workaround:

Log in to the MKE web UI as an administrator.
In the left-side navigation panel, navigate to <user name> > Admin Settings > Ingress.
Click the Kubernetes tab to display the HTTP Ingress Controller for Kubernetes pane.
Toggle the HTTP Ingress Controller for Kubernetes enabled control to the left to disable the Ingress Controller.

Use the CLI to delete the Ingress Controller resources:

kubectl delete service ingress-nginx-controller-admission --namespace ingress-nginx
kubectl delete deployment ingress-nginx-controller --namespace
ingress-nginx

Verify the successful deletion of the resources:

kubectl get all --namespace ingress-nginx

Example output:

No resources found in ingress-nginx namespace.

Return to the HTTP Ingress Controller for Kubernetes pane in the MKE web UI and change the nodeport numbers for HTTP Port, HTTPS Port and TCP Port.
Toggle the HTTP Ingress Controller for Kubernetes enabled control to the right to re-enable the Ingress Controller.

[MKE-8662] Swarm only manager nodes are labeled as mixed mode¶

When MKE is installed in swarm only mode, all nodes manager nodes and nodes with DTR start off in mixed mode. As Kubernetes installation is skipped altogether, however, they should be labeled as swarm mode.

Workaround:

Change the labels following installation.

[MKE-8914] Windows Server Core with Containers images incompatible with GCP¶

The use of Windows ServerCore with Containers images will prevent kubelet from starting up, as these images are not compatible with GCP.

As a workaround, use Windows Server or Windows Server Core images.

[MKE-8814] Mismatched MTU values cause Swarm overlay network issues on GCP¶

Communication between GCP VPCs and Docker networks that use Swarm overlay networks will fail if their MTU values are not manually aligned. By default, the MTU value for GCP VPCs is 1460, while the default MTU value for Docker networks is 1500.

Workaround:

Select from the following options:

Create a new VPC and set the MTU value to 1500.
Set the MTU value of the existing VPC to 1500.

For more information, refer to the Google Cloud Platform documentation, Change the MTU setting of a VPC network.