Create update groups for worker machines¶

Available since MCC 2.27.0 (17.2.0 and 16.2.0)

The use of update groups provides enhanced control over update of worker machines by allowing granular concurrency settings for specific machine groups. This feature uses the UpdateGroup object to decouple the concurrency settings from the global cluster level, providing flexibility based on the workload characteristics of different machine sets.

The UpdateGroup objects are processed sequentially based on their indexes. Update groups with the same indexes are processed concurrently. The control update group is always processed first.

Note

The update order of a machine within the same group is determined by the upgrade index of a specific machine. For details, see Change the upgrade order of a machine or machine pool.

The maxWorkerUpgradeCount parameter of the Cluster object is inherited by the default update group. Changing maxWorkerUpgradeCount leads to changing the concurrentUpdates parameter of the default update group.

Note

The maxWorkerUpgradeCount parameter of the Cluster object is deprecated and will be removed in one of the following Container Cloud releases. You can still use this parameter to change the concurrentUpdates value of the default update group. However, Mirantis recommends changing this value directly in the UpdateGroup object.

Update group for controller nodes¶

Available since MCC 2.28.0 (17.3.0 and 16.3.0) TechPreview

The update group for controller nodes is automatically generated during initial cluster creation with the following settings:

name: <cluster-name>-control
index: 1
concurrentUpdates: 1
rebootIfUpdateRequires: false

Caution

During a distribution upgrade, machines are always rebooted, overriding rebootIfUpdateRequires: false.

All control plane machines are automatically assigned to the update group for controller nodes with no possibility to change it.

Note

On existing clusters created before Container Cloud 2.28.0 (Cluster releases 17.2.0, 16.2.0, or earlier), the update group for controller nodes is created after Container Cloud upgrade to 2.28.0 (Cluster release 16.3.0) on the management cluster.

Caution

The index and concurrentUpdates parameters of the update group for controller nodes are hardcoded and cannot be changed.

Example of the update group for controller nodes:

apiVersion: kaas.mirantis.com/v1alpha1
kind: UpdateGroup
metadata:
  name: example-cluster-control
  namespace: example-ns
  labels:
    cluster.sigs.k8s.io/cluster-name: example-cluster
spec:
  index: 1
  concurrentUpdates: 1
  rebootIfUpdateRequires: false

Default update group¶

The default update group is automatically created during initial cluster creation with the following settings:

name: <cluster-name>-default
index: 1
rebootIfUpdateRequires: false
concurrentUpdates: inherited from the maxWorkerUpgradeCount parameter set in the Cluster object

Caution

During a distribution upgrade, machines are always rebooted, overriding rebootIfUpdateRequires: false.

Note

On existing clusters created before Container Cloud 2.27.0 (Cluster releases 17.1.0, 16.1.0, or earlier), the default update group is created after Container Cloud upgrade to 2.27.0 (Cluster release 16.2.0) on the management cluster.

Example of the default update group:

apiVersion: kaas.mirantis.com/v1alpha1
kind: UpdateGroup
metadata:
  name: example-cluster-default
  namespace: example-ns
  labels:
    cluster.sigs.k8s.io/cluster-name: example-cluster
spec:
  index: 1
  concurrentUpdates: 1
  rebootIfUpdateRequires: false

If you require custom update settings for worker machines, create one or several custom UpdateGroup objects as described below.

Assign a machine to an update group using CLI¶

Note

All worker machines that are not assigned to any update group are automatically assigned to the default update group.

Create an UpdateGroup object with the required specification. For description of the object fields, see Container Cloud API Reference: UpdateGroup resource.
Label the machines to associate them with the newly created UpdateGroup object:
```
kubectl label machine <machineName> kaas.mirantis.com/update-group=<UpdateGroupObjectName>
```
To change the update group of a machine, update the kaas.mirantis.com/update-group label of the machine with the new update group name. Removing this label from a machine automatically assigns such machine to the default update group.

Note

After creation of a custom UpdateGroup object, if you plan to add a new machine that requires a non-default update group, manually add the corresponding label to the machine as described above. Otherwise, the default update group is applied to such machine.

Note

Before removing the UpdateGroup object, reassign all machines to another update group.