Upgrading the AppViewX Cloud Connector Version

AppViewX provides a seamless CI/CD pipeline to capture the AppViewX Cloud Connector versioning and upgrades on the release portal. If a new version of the AppViewX Cloud Connector component is available, you will receive a notification with the name of the cloud connector that is ready for upgrade and the button will be displayed for that AppViewX Cloud Connector.

  1. Navigate to the AppViewX Cloud Connector inventory.
  2. Select the checkbox for the AppViewX Cloud Connector you want to upgrade.
  3. Click .
  4. From the menu displayed, select Upgrade.
    The Confirmation message dialog box is displayed. It shows the current version as well as the upgraded version number, and the checksum of the binaries that will be uploaded.
  5. (Optional) To view the checksum of the binaries that will be uploaded as part of the cloud connector’s version upgrade, click Checksum of the binaries uploaded.
  6. (Optional) Validate the binaries.
  7. ClickUpgrade.
    The following warnings will be displayed:
    • When the upgrade starts, the Upgrade in progress status is displayed and a notification informing that the upgrade is in progress is received.
    • If the AppViewX Cloud Connector version is upgraded successfully:
      • The symbol is prefixed to the version number.
      • You will receive an upgrade successful notification.
    • If the upgrade fails:
      • If the certificate is found to be expired, the pop-up with message is displayed as shown below. The system will provide an option to automatically renew the certificate using the Avxctl utility which needs to be executed in a CC machine. Additionally, the kubeconfig file will be updated alongside the certificate renewal to prevent authentication issues when executing Kubernetes commands.
      • If the free memory is less than 512MB, the pop-up with message is displayed as shown below. Users can however proceed to upgrade even if the checks fail.
      • If the disk space is less than 3GB, the pop-up with message is displayed as shown below. Users can however proceed to upgrade even if the checks fail.
    • When the upgrade starts, the Upgrade in progress status is displayed and a notification informing that the upgrade is in progress is received.
    • If the AppViewX Cloud Connector version is upgraded successfully:
      • The symbol is prefixed to the version number.
      • You will receive an upgrade successful notification.
    • If the upgrade fails:
      • You will receive an upgrade failure notification.
      • The Upgrade button is displayed again.
        • When an upgrade fails, internally, AppViewX attempts to rollback to the previous successful version of the AppViewX Cloud Connector. When the rollback is successful, the Upgrade button is displayed again so that you can retry the version upgrade.

        OR

      • The status is updated to Upgrade failed.
        • The upgrade is marked as failed if the rollback is unsuccessful. In this case, please reach out to [email protected] for further assistance.
    Note: Based on the internet bandwidth and the number of cloud connectors being installed, the downloading of the cloud connector may vary between 5 to 15 minutes.