diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm-airgap/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm-airgap/_index.md index d16b051d8bd..ded643a68e5 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm-airgap/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm-airgap/_index.md @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ The following instructions will guide you through upgrading a high-availability >**Note:** [Let's Encrypt will be blocking cert-manager instances older than 0.8.0 starting November 1st 2019.](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/blocking-old-cert-manager-versions/98753) Upgrade cert-manager to the latest version by following [these instructions.]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/upgrade-cert-manager-airgap) +> **Note:** If you are upgrading from from Rancher v2.0.13 or earlier, or v2.1.8 or earlier, and your cluster's certificates have expired, you will need to perform [additional steps]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/certificate-rotation/#rotating-expired-certificates-after-upgrading-older-rancher-versions) to rotate the certificates. + ## Prerequisites - **Populate Images** diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm/_index.md index e690536ff65..bd1938b145e 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/ha-server-upgrade-helm/_index.md @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ The following instructions will guide you through upgrading a high-availability >**Note:** [Let's Encrypt will be blocking cert-manager instances older than 0.8.0 starting November 1st 2019.](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/blocking-old-cert-manager-versions/98753) Upgrade cert-manager to the latest version by following [these instructions.]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/upgrade-cert-manager) +> **Note:** If you are upgrading from from Rancher v2.0.13 or earlier, or v2.1.8 or earlier, and your cluster's certificates have expired, you will need to perform [additional steps]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/certificate-rotation/#rotating-expired-certificates-after-upgrading-older-rancher-versions) to rotate the certificates. + ## Prerequisites diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/migrating-from-rke-add-on/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/migrating-from-rke-add-on/_index.md index d8065508c90..72b9d6a74d3 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/migrating-from-rke-add-on/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/migrating-from-rke-add-on/_index.md @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ You will need the to have [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/insta > **Note:** This guide assumes a standard Rancher install. If you have modified any of the object names or namespaces, please adjust accordingly. +> **Note:** If you are upgrading from from Rancher v2.0.13 or earlier, or v2.1.8 or earlier, and your cluster's certificates have expired, you will need to perform [additional steps]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/certificate-rotation/#rotating-expired-certificates-after-upgrading-older-rancher-versions) to rotate the certificates. + ### Point kubectl at your Rancher Cluster Make sure `kubectl` is using the correct kubeconfig YAML file. Set the `KUBECONFIG` environmental variable to point to `kube_config_rancher-cluster.yml`: diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/namespace-migration/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/namespace-migration/_index.md index ad7b5398ec6..d22060ca163 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/namespace-migration/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/namespace-migration/_index.md @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ During upgrades from Rancher v2.0.6- to Rancher v2.0.7+, all system namespaces a - To prevent this issue from occurring before the upgrade, see [Preventing Cluster Networking Issues](#preventing-cluster-networking-issues). - To fix this issue following upgrade, see [Restoring Cluster Networking](#restoring-cluster-networking). +> **Note:** If you are upgrading from from Rancher v2.0.13 or earlier, or v2.1.8 or earlier, and your cluster's certificates have expired, you will need to perform [additional steps]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/certificate-rotation/#rotating-expired-certificates-after-upgrading-older-rancher-versions) to rotate the certificates. + ## Preventing Cluster Networking Issues You can prevent cluster networking issues from occurring during your upgrade to v2.0.7+ by unassigning system namespaces from all of your Rancher projects. Complete this task if you've assigned any of a cluster's system namespaces into a Rancher project. diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-air-gap-upgrade/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-air-gap-upgrade/_index.md index 56a210ad6e1..b97b966519e 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-air-gap-upgrade/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-air-gap-upgrade/_index.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ aliases: --- To upgrade an air gapped Rancher Server, update your private registry with the latest Docker images, and then run the upgrade command. +> **Note:** If you are upgrading from from Rancher v2.0.13 or earlier, or v2.1.8 or earlier, and your cluster's certificates have expired, you will need to perform [additional steps]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/certificate-rotation/#rotating-expired-certificates-after-upgrading-older-rancher-versions) to rotate the certificates. + ## Prerequisites **Upgrades to v2.0.7+ only:** Starting in v2.0.7, Rancher introduced the `system` project, which is a project that's automatically created to store important namespaces that Kubernetes needs to operate. During upgrade to v2.0.7+, Rancher expects these namespaces to be unassigned from all projects. Before beginning upgrade, check your system namespaces to make sure that they're unassigned to [prevent cluster networking issues]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/namespace-migration/#preventing-cluster-networking-issues). diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md index a9a9f1d1226..3bba237ec1a 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ aliases: --- To upgrade Rancher Server 2.x when a new version is released, create a data container for your current Rancher deployment, pull the latest image of Rancher, and then start a new Rancher container using your data container. +> **Note:** If you are upgrading from from Rancher v2.0.13 or earlier, or v2.1.8 or earlier, and your cluster's certificates have expired, you will need to perform [additional steps]({{}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-admin/certificate-rotation/#rotating-expired-certificates-after-upgrading-older-rancher-versions) to rotate the certificates. + ## Before You Start During upgrade, you'll enter a series of commands, filling placeholders with data from your environment. These placeholders are denoted with angled brackets and all capital letters (``). Here's an example of a command with a placeholder: