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Adding an upgrades and version support section to troubleshooting (#765)

Adds Version Support section to troubleshooting doc.
Includes info on license support.
Includes information on aligning versions across operator, minio, and mc
products.

Closes #762
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Daryl White
2023-03-27 14:08:11 -05:00
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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MinIO users have two options for support.
#. Community support from the `public Slack channel <https://slack.min.io>`_.
Community support is best-effort only and has no :abbr:`SLA (Service Level Agreement)` or :abbr:`SLO (Service Level Objective)`.
#. The MinIO Subscription Network, |subnet-short|, provides either 24 hour or 1 hour :abbr:`SLA (Service Level Agreement)` depending on subscription level.
#. The MinIO Subscription Network, |subnet-short|, provides either 48 hour or 1 hour :abbr:`SLA (Service Level Agreement)` depending on subscription level.
For current licensing levels and pricing, refer to the |SUBNET| page.
@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ MinIO users have two options for support.
SUBNET
------
SUBNET delivers 24/7/365 Direct-to-engineer support through a MinIO-built portal that blends the best of Slack and Zendesk.
SUBNET delivers 24/7/365 Direct-to-engineer support through a MinIO-built portal that blends the chat features of common communication tools with the support features of standard support platforms.
Features of SUBNET include:
- Security and architecture reviews (depending on :abbr:`SLA (Service Level Agreement)`)
- Access to Panic Button (depending on :abbr:`SLA (Service Level Agreement)`)
- Access to Panic Button, which provides immediate response to critical issues (depending on :abbr:`SLA (Service Level Agreement)`)
- Secure communication channel to exchange logs and software binaries
- Unlimited seats for your team
- Unlimited issues
@ -185,6 +185,68 @@ You can disable upload at any time using :mc-cmd:`mc support callhome disable`.
Use :mc:`mc admin logs` command to display logs from the command line.
The command supports type and quantity filters for further limiting logs output.
Upgrades and Version Support
----------------------------
MinIO regularly releases updates to introduce features, improve performance, address security concerns, or fix bugs.
These releases can occur very frequently, and vary by product.
Always test software releases in a development environment before upgrading on a production deployment.
Active Support Periods
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Version support varies by the `license <https://min.io/pricing?ref=docs>`_ used for the deployment.
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
:widths: 30 70
:width: 100%
* - License
- Support length
* - AGPLv3
- Most recent release
* - MinIO Standard
- 1 year long term support of any release
* - MinIO Enterprise
- 5 year long term support of any release, SUBNET support for upgrade guidance and recommendations
Recommended Upgrade Schedule
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MinIO recommends always installing the most recent release to obtain the latest features, security enhancements, and performance improvements.
We recognize that such a frequent release schedule may make this impractical for some organizations.
In such cases, we recommend using MinIO and our related product releases that are no older than six months.
Version Alignment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As the various MinIO products release separately on their own schedules, we recommend the following version alignment practices:
MinIO
Update to the latest release or a release no older than six months.
MinIO Client
Update to the `mc` release that occurs immediately after the MinIO release, within one or two weeks.
MinIO Operator
Use a MinIO version no earlier than the latest at the time of the Operator release.
The MinIO version latest at time of release can be found in the quay.io link in the example tenant kustomization yaml file for the Operator release.
- 4.5.5: MinIO RELEASE.2022-12-07T00-56-37Z or later
- 4.5.6: MinIO RELEASE.2023-01-02T09-40-09Z or later
- 4.5.7: MinIO RELEASE.2023-01-12T02-06-16Z or later
- 4.5.8: MinIO RELEASE.2023-01-12T02-06-16Z or later
When creating a new tenant, the Operator uses either the latest available MinIO release image or the image you specify when creating the tenant.
:ref:`Upgrading the Operator <minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-operator>` does **not** automatically upgrade existing tenants.
:ref:`Upgrade existing tenant <minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-tenant>` MinIO versions separately.
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