SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy Upgrade

Before running the upgrade command, it is required to update the host operating system. Updating the host operating system will also result in the update of the SUSE Multi-Linux Manager tooling such as the mgrpxy tool.

Procedure: Upgrading Proxy

  1. Refresh software repositories with zypper:

    zypper ref

  2. Depending on the host operating system, proceed with these steps:

    For a transactional system such as SL Micro:

    1. Apply available updates with transactional-update:

      transactional-update

    2. If updates were applied, reboot.

    For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

    Update installed software with zypper:

    zypper up

  3. The SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy containers running on podman can be updated using the following command:

    mgrpxy upgrade podman

    Or, those running on a Kubernetes cluster can update using:

    mgrpxy upgrade kubernetes

  4. On podman, clean up the unused container images to free disk space:

    podman image prune -a

On Kubernetes the image cleanup is handled automatically, or it depends on the Kubernetes distribution.

If you do not specify the tag parameter when upgrading to specific version, it will default to upgrading to the most recent version. To upgrade to a specific version, provide the tag parameter with the desired image tag.

While there is an option to upgrade a specific container using its specific tag, this feature is intended for applying PTFs only.

We highly recommend using the same tag for all proxy containers to ensure consistency under normal circumstances.

For air-gapped installations, first upgrade the container RPM packages, then run the mgrpxy upgrade podman command.