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Upgrade

Before Upgrade

Before proceeding with the upgrade, it's crucial to apply the specific prerequisites associated with your current version of NVIDIA Run:ai and every version in between up to the version you are upgrading to.

To ensure a smooth and supported upgrade process:

  • Align control plane and cluster versions - For best results, upgrade the control plane and cluster components to the same NVIDIA Run:ai version during the same maintenance window. Keeping versions aligned helps avoid unexpected behavior caused by version mismatches and ensures full compatibility across platform components.

  • Upgrade order - When performing an upgrade:

    • Upgrade the control plane Helm chart first

    • Upgrade the cluster Helm chart only after the control plane upgrade completes successfully

Helm

NVIDIA Run:ai requires Helm 3.14 or later. Before you continue, validate your installed helm client version. To install or upgrade Helm, see Installing Helm. If you are installing an air-gapped version of NVIDIA Run:ai, the NVIDIA Run:ai tar file contains the helm binary.

Note

Helm 4 defaults to server-side apply when installing a new chart release, which can conflict with resources managed by the NVIDIA Run:ai operator. Append --server-side=false to your helm upgrade command. NVIDIA Run:ai clusters originally installed with Helm 3.x are unaffected.

Software Files

Run the following commands to add the NVIDIA Run:ai Helm repository and browse the available versions:

helm repo add runai-backend https://runai.jfrog.io/artifactory/cp-charts-prod
helm repo update
helm search repo -l runai-backend

Upgrade Control Plane

System and Network Requirements

Before upgrading the NVIDIA Run:ai control plane, validate that the latest system requirements and network requirements are met, as they can change from time to time.

Upgrade

Note

To upgrade to a specific version, modify the --version flag by specifying the desired <VERSION>. You can find all available versions by using the helm search repo runai-backend/control-plane --versions command.

Upgrading from Version 2.16

You must perform a two-step upgrade:

  1. Upgrade to version 2.18:

  1. Then upgrade to the required version:

Upgrading from Version 2.17 or Later

If your current version is 2.17 or higher, you can upgrade directly to the required version:

Upgrade Cluster

System and Network Requirements

Before upgrading the NVIDIA Run:ai cluster, validate that the latest system requirements and network requirements are met, as they can change from time to time.

Note

It is highly recommended to upgrade the Kubernetes version together with the NVIDIA Run:ai cluster version, to ensure compatibility with latest supported version of your Kubernetes distribution.

Getting Installation Instructions

Follow the setup and installation instructions below to get the installation instructions to upgrade the NVIDIA Run:ai cluster.

Note

To upgrade to a specific version, modify the --version flag by specifying the desired <VERSION>. You can find all available versions by using the helm search repo runai/runai-cluster --versions command.

Setup

  1. In the NVIDIA Run:ai UI, go to Clusters

  2. Select the cluster you want to upgrade

  3. Click INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

  4. Optional: Select the NVIDIA Run:ai cluster version (latest, by default)

  5. Click CONTINUE

Installation Instructions

  1. Follow the installation instructions. Run the Helm commands provided on your Kubernetes cluster. See the below if installation fails.

  2. Click DONE

  3. Once installation is complete, validate the cluster is Connected and listed with the new cluster version (see the cluster troubleshooting scenarios). Once you have done this, the cluster is upgraded to the latest version.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter an issue with the cluster upgrade, use the troubleshooting scenarios below.

Installation Fails

If the NVIDIA Run:ai cluster installation failed, check the installation logs to identify the issue. Run the following script to print the installation logs:

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Cluster Status

If the NVIDIA Run:ai cluster upgrade completes, but the cluster status does not show as Connected, refer to Troubleshooting scenarios.

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