Upgrade AWX with MicroK8s cluster on Ubuntu Server

1. Prerequisites

• Set up MicroK8S cluster: https://bgx4k3p.github.io/blog/kubernetes-microk8s-ubuntu
• Install AWX: https://bgx4k3p.github.io/blog/linux-awx-microk8s-ubuntu

2. Pull the Latest Helm chart

• Find the latest version of AWX: https://github.com/ansible/awx
• Find the latest version of AWX Operator: https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases
• Find the latest version of Helm chart:https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/awx-operator/awx-operator

# Update helm repos
ansible@kube:~$ microk8s helm repo update

Hang tight while we grab the latest from your chart repositories...
...Successfully got an update from the "awx-operator" chart repository
Update Complete. ⎈Happy Helming!⎈

# Check current installed version
ansible@kube:~$ microk8s helm list -A

NAME NAMESPACE REVISION UPDATED                                 STATUS   CHART              APP VERSION
awx  awx       1        2023-04-04 01:50:49.715016633 +0000 UTC deployed awx-operator-1.4.0 1.4.0   

# Check latest version in repo
ansible@kube:~$ microk8s helm search repo awx-operator

NAME                      CHART VERSION APP VERSION DESCRIPTION                      
awx-operator/awx-operator 2.0.0         2.0.0       A Helm chart for the AWX Operator

3. Upgrade AWX Operator

Helm charts make the install and upgrade very easy.

# Switch to the AWX namespace
ansible@kube:~$ kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=awx

# Upgrade with Helm
ansible@kube:~$ microk8s helm upgrade -n awx --create-namespace awx awx-operator/awx-operator

Release "awx" has been upgraded. Happy Helming!
NAME: awx
LAST DEPLOYED: Sat Apr  8 14:06:05 2023
NAMESPACE: awx
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 2
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
AWX Operator installed with Helm Chart version 2.0.0

# Check installed version
ansible@kube:~$ microk8s helm list -A

NAME NAMESPACE REVISION UPDATED                                 STATUS   CHART              APP VERSION
awx  awx       2        2023-04-08 14:06:05.528617359 +0000 UTC deployed awx-operator-2.0.0 2.0.0      

4. Check AWX

AWX Operator will upgrade AWX Tower automatically. It is important to have enough CPU and Memory for the upgrade to work. Recommended 16Gb RAM and 6 CPU cores. The AWX data will be migrate automatically and the old pods will be terminated. Check the version under Help-About and it should show the latest.

ansible@kube:~$ kubectl get pods -n awx

NAME                                               READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awx-postgres-13-0                                  1/1     Running   0          5d13h
awx-operator-controller-manager-77c67f9445-p65nq   2/2     Running   0          4m2s
awx-task-674967f876-njq2m                          4/4     Running   0          2m44s
awx-web-6bb95678b6-d2wmh                           3/3     Running   0          2m18s

Optional: Open another terminal to monitor the install live

ansible@kube:~$ kubectl logs -f deployments/awx-operator-controller-manager -c awx-manager