docs/source/operations/install-deploy-manage/upgrade-minio-operator.rst

Upgrade MinIO Operator

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You can upgrade the MinIO Operator at any time without impacting your managed MinIO Tenants.

As part of the upgrade process, the Operator may update and restart Tenants to support changes to the MinIO Custom Resource Definition (CRD). These changes require no action on the part of any operator or administrator, and do not impact Tenant operations.

The following table lists the upgrade paths from previous versions of the MinIO Operator:

Current Version	Supported Upgrade Target
4.2.3 and Later
4.0.0 through 4.2.2	4.2.3
3.X.X	4.2.2

Upgrade MinIO Operator 4.2.3 and Later to

Prerequisites

This procedure requires the following:

• You have an existing MinIO Operator deployment running 4.2.3 or later
• Your Kubernetes cluster runs 1.19.0 or later
• Your local host has kubectl installed and configured with access to the Kubernetes cluster

This procedure upgrades the MinIO Operator from any 4.2.3 or later release to .

1. (Optional) Update each MinIO Tenant to the latest stable MinIO Version.

   Upgrading MinIO regularly ensures your Tenants have the latest features and performance improvements.

   Test upgrades in a lower environment such as a Dev or QA Tenant, before applying to your production Tenants.

   See minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-tenant for a procedure on upgrading MinIO Tenants.

2. Verify the existing Operator installation.

   Use kubectl get all -n minio-operator to verify the health and status of all Operator pods and services.

   If you installed the Operator to a custom namespace, specify that namespace as -n <NAMESPACE>.

   You can verify the currently installed Operator version by retrieving the object specification for an operator pod in the namespace. The following example uses the jq tool to filter the necessary information from kubectl:

   kubectl get pod -l 'name=minio-operator' -n minio-operator -o json | jq '.items[0].spec.containers'

   The output resembles the following:

   {
      "env": [
         {
            "name": "CLUSTER_DOMAIN",
            "value": "cluster.local"
         }
      ],
      "image": "minio/operator:v4.5.1",
      "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
      "name": "minio-operator"
   }

3. Download the Latest Stable Version of the MinIO Kubernetes Plugin

4. Run the initialization command to upgrade the Operator

   Use the kubectl minio init command to upgrade the existing MinIO Operator installation

   kubectl minio init

5. Validate the Operator upgrade

   You can check the Operator version by reviewing the object specification for an Operator Pod using a previous step.

Upgrade MinIO Operator 4.0.0 through 4.2.2 to 4.2.3

Prerequisites

This procedure assumes that:

• You have an existing MinIO Operator deployment running any release from 4.0.0 through 4.2.2
• Your Kubernetes cluster runs 1.19.0 or later
• Your local host has kubectl installed and configured with access to the Kubernetes cluster

This procedure covers the necessary steps to upgrade a MinIO Operator deployment running any release from 4.0.0 through 4.2.2 to 4.2.3. You can then perform minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-operator-procedure to complete the upgrade to .

There is no direct upgrade path for 4.0.0 - 4.2.2 installations to .

1. (Optional) Update each MinIO Tenant to the latest stable MinIO Version.

   Upgrading MinIO regularly ensures your Tenants have the latest features and performance improvements.

   Test upgrades in a lower environment such as a Dev or QA Tenant, before applying to your production Tenants.

   See minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-tenant for a procedure on upgrading MinIO Tenants.

2. Check the Security Context for each Tenant Pool

   Use the following command to validate the specification for each managed MinIO Tenant:

   kubectl get tenants <TENANT-NAME> -n <TENANT-NAMESPACE> -o yaml

   If the spec.pools.securityContext field does not exist for a Tenant, the tenant pods likely run as root.

   As part of the 4.2.3 and later series, pods run with a limited permission set enforced as part of the Operator upgrade. However, Tenants running pods as root may fail to start due to the security context mismatch. You can set an explicit Security Context that allows pods to run as root for those Tenants:

   securityContext:
     runAsUser: 0
     runAsGroup: 0
     runAsNonRoot: false
     fsGroup: 0

   You can use the following command to edit the tenant and apply the changes:

   kubectl edit tenants <TENANT-NAME> -n <TENANT-NAMESPACE>
   # Modify the securityContext as needed

   See Pod Security Standards <concepts/security/pod-security-standards/> for more information on Kubernetes Security Contexts.

3. Upgrade to Operator 4.2.3

   Download the MinIO Kubernetes Plugin 4.2.3 and use it to upgrade the Operator. Open https://github.com/minio/operator/releases/tag/v4.2.3 in a browser and download the binary that corresponds to your local host OS. For example, Linux hosts running an Intel or AMD processor can run the following commands:

   wget https://github.com/minio/operator/releases/download/v4.2.3/kubectl-minio_4.2.3_linux_amd64 -o kubectl-minio_4.2.3
   chmod +x kubectl-minio_4.2.3
   
   ./kubectl-minio_4.2.3 init

4. Validate all Tenants and Operator pods

   Check the Operator and MinIO Tenant namespaces to ensure all pods and services started successfully.

   For example:

   kubectl get all -n minio-operator
   
   kubectl get pods -l "v1.min.io/tenant" --all-namespaces

5. Upgrade to

   Follow the minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-operator-procedure procedure to upgrade to the latest stable Operator version.

Upgrade MinIO Operator 3.0.0 through 3.0.29 to 4.2.2

Prerequisites

This procedure assumes that:

• You have an existing MinIO Operator deployment running 3.X.X
• Your Kubernetes cluster runs 1.19.0 or later
• Your local host has kubectl installed and configured with access to the Kubernetes cluster

This procedure covers the necessary steps to upgrade a MinIO Operator deployment running any release from 3.0.0 through 3.2.9 to 4.2.2. You can then perform minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-operator-4.2.2-procedure, followed by minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-operator-procedure.

There is no direct upgrade path from a 3.X.X series installation to .

1. (Optional) Update each MinIO Tenant to the latest stable MinIO Version.

   Upgrading MinIO regularly ensures your Tenants have the latest features and performance improvements.

   Test upgrades in a lower environment such as a Dev or QA Tenant, before applying to your production Tenants.

   See minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-tenant for a procedure on upgrading MinIO Tenants.

2. Validate the Tenant tenant.spec.zones values

   Use the following command to validate the specification for each managed MinIO Tenant:

   kubectl get tenants <TENANT-NAME> -n <TENANT-NAMESPACE> -o yaml

   • Ensure each tenant.spec.zones element has a name field set to the name for that zone. Each zone must have a unique name for that Tenant, such as zone-0 and zone-1 for the first and second zones respectively.
   • Ensure each tenant.spec.zones has an explicit securityContext describing the permission set with which pods run in the cluster.

   The following example tenant YAML fragment sets the specified fields:

   image: "minio/minio:$(LATEST-VERSION)"
   ...
   zones:
   - servers: 4
     name: "zone-0"
     volumesPerServer: 4
     volumeClaimTemplate:
        metadata:
        name: data
        spec:
        accessModes:
           - ReadWriteOnce
        resources:
           requests:
              storage: 1Ti
     securityContext:
        runAsUser: 0
        runAsGroup: 0
        runAsNonRoot: false
        fsGroup: 0
   - servers: 4
     name: "zone-1"
     volumesPerServer: 4
     volumeClaimTemplate:
        metadata:
        name: data
        spec:
        accessModes:
           - ReadWriteOnce
        resources:
           requests:
              storage: 1Ti
     securityContext:
        runAsUser: 0
        runAsGroup: 0
        runAsNonRoot: false
        fsGroup: 0

   You can use the following command to edit the tenant and apply the changes:

   kubectl edit tenants <TENANT-NAME> -n <TENANT-NAMESPACE>

3. Upgrade to Operator 4.2.2

   Download the MinIO Kubernetes Plugin 4.2.2 and use it to upgrade the Operator. Open https://github.com/minio/operator/releases/tag/v4.2.2 in a browser and download the binary that corresponds to your local host OS. For example, Linux hosts running an Intel or AMD processor can run the following commands:

   wget https://github.com/minio/operator/releases/download/v4.2.3/kubectl-minio_4.2.2_linux_amd64 -o kubectl-minio_4.2.2
   chmod +x kubectl-minio_4.2.2
   
   ./kubectl-minio_4.2.2 init

4. Validate all Tenants and Operator pods

   Check the Operator and MinIO Tenant namespaces to ensure all pods and services started successfully.

   For example:

   kubectl get all -n minio-operator
   
   kubectl get pods -l "v1.min.io/tenant" --all-namespaces

5. Upgrade to 4.2.3

   Follow the minio-k8s-upgrade-minio-operator-4.2.2-procedure procedure to upgrade to Operator 4.2.3. You can then upgrade to .