Apply Update to the OpenStack Application¶

StarlingX OpenStack is managed using the StarlingX Application Package Manager.

About this task

Note

Ensure that you take an application backup before updating the application in case the update fails. For backup details, see Back up OpenStack.

Use the StarlingX Application Package Manager application-update command to perform an update.

~(keystone_admin)$ system application-update [-n | --app-name] <app_name>
[-v | --app-version] <version> <tar_file>

where the following are optional arguments:

<app_name>

The name of the application to update.

You can look up the name of an application using the application-list command:

~(keystone_admin)$ system application-list
+--------------------------+-----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+----------+-----------+
| application              | version   | manifest name                 | manifest file             | status   | progress  |
+--------------------------+-----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+----------+-----------+
| cert-manager             | 20.06-5   | cert-manager-manifest         | certmanager-manifest.yaml | applied  | completed |
| nginx-ingress-controller | 20.06-0   | nginx-ingress-controller-     | nginx_ingress_controller  | applied  | completed |
|                          |           | -manifest                     | _manifest.yaml            |          |           |
| oidc-auth-apps           | 20.06-28  | oidc-auth-manifest            | manifest.yaml             | uploaded | completed |
| platform-integ-apps      | 20.06-11  | platform-integration-manifest | manifest.yaml             | applied  | completed |
| stx-openstack            | 21.07-0-  | stx-openstack-fluxcd-manifests| stx-openstack.yaml        | applied  | completed |
|                          | centos-   |                               |                           |          |           |
|                          | stable-   |                               |                           |          |           |
|                          | versioned |                               |                           |          |           |
+--------------------------+-----------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+----------+-----------+

The output indicates that the currently installed version of
stx-openstack is 21.07-0.

<version>

The version to update the application to.

and the following is a positional argument which must come last:

<tar_file>: The tar file containing the application manifest, Helm charts and configuration file.

Note

If the application cannot be updated due to application-update failure, you can restore the application from the backup. For restore details, see Restore OpenStack from a Backup.

Procedure

Retrieve the latest StarlingX OpenStack application tarball, stx-openstack-<major>.<minor>-patch.tgz, from a StarlingX mirror.

Note

The major-minor version is based on the current product release version. The patch version will change within the release based on incremental updates.

Source the environment.

$ source /etc/platform/openrc
~(keystone_admin)$

Update the application.

This will upload the software version and automatically apply it to the system.

For example:
```
~(keystone_admin)$ system application-update stx-openstack-21.07-0.tgz
```

Monitor the status of the application-apply operation until it has completed successfully.

~(keystone_admin)$ system application-show stx-openstack
+---------------+----------------------------------+
| Property      | Value                            |
+---------------+----------------------------------+
| active        | True                             |
| app_version   | 21.07-0                          |
| created_at    | 2020-05-02T17:11:48.718963+00:00 |
| manifest_file | stx-openstack.yaml               |
| manifest_name | stx-openstack-fluxcd-manifests   |
| name          | stx-openstack                    |
| progress      | completed                        |
| status        | applied                          |
| updated_at    | 2020-05-02T17:44:40.152201+00:00 |
+---------------+----------------------------------+