How to upgrade Sitecore Managed Cloud Containers solutions to AKS 1.28


Description

The end of life of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) 1.27 is July 2024. Sitecore Managed Cloud Containers solutions based on AKS 1.27 must be updated to a newer version that uses AKS_1.28. For more details on the end of life and consequences of deprecation of AKS refer to Microsoft FAQ.

This article contains upgrade instructions for the Sitecore Managed Cloud Containers solution to the version that uses AKS 1.28.

Breaking Changes

Upgrading from AKS version 1.27 to 1.28 introduces no breaking changes to a standard installation of Sitecore Managed Cloud.

Note: For Sitecore 10.1–10.3, downtime might occur during the upgrade process.

Upgrade Instructions

Follow the below steps to upgrade the Sitecore Managed Cloud Containers solution to the version that uses AKS 1.28:

  1. Download an upgrade package for the required topology and version from the storage. Here is the list of the available upgrade packages:
    • Sitecore 10.1.0:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.1.0-r.0.1.383975.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.1.0-r.0.1.383975.nupkg
    • Sitecore 10.1.1:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.1.1-r.0.1.383976.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.1.1-r.0.1.383976.nupkg
    • Sitecore 10.1.2:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.1.2-r.0.1.383977.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.1.2-r.0.1.383977.nupkg
    • Sitecore 10.1.3:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.1.3-r.0.1.383978.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.1.3-r.0.1.383978.nupkg
    • Sitecore 10.2.0:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.2.0-r.0.1.383980.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.2.0-r.0.1.383980.nupkg
    • Sitecore 10.2.1:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.2.1-r.0.1.383981.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.2.1-r.0.1.383981.nupkg
    • Sitecore 10.3.0:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.3.0-r.0.1.383982.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.3.0-r.0.1.383982.nupkg
    • Sitecore 10.3.1:
      • mcc.xp.upgrade.10.3.1-r.0.1.383983.nupkg
      • mcc.xm.upgrade.10.3.1-r.0.1.383983.nupkg
  2. Install the upgrade package to your solution (follow the guidelines for Sitecore 10.1, Sitecore 10.2, or Sitecore 10.3).
  3.  After merging changes to Infrastructure repo, run the Infrastructure pipeline.
  4.  After merging changes to Application repo, run the Application pipeline.
  5.  Run the check cluster upgrades pipeline.
  6. Run the cluster version upgrade pipeline (Kubernetes_version 1.28.5 - select the latest available patch version received from the pipeline in the previous step). 
  7.  If the environment uses DR Managed Hot:
    • Run the dr cluster version upgrade pipeline (Kubernetes_version 1.28.5 - select the latest available patch version received from the pipeline in step 4).