From 8781aceb62fb511baa2db6dbbb60f3577617703e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jordan Liggitt Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:05:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that nodes must be drained before minor version kubelet upgrades --- content/en/docs/setup/release/version-skew-policy.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/release/version-skew-policy.md b/content/en/docs/setup/release/version-skew-policy.md index 0cd1ab597d..68ea7aef8a 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/setup/release/version-skew-policy.md +++ b/content/en/docs/setup/release/version-skew-policy.md @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ Pre-requisites: Optionally upgrade `kubelet` instances to **{{< skew latestVersion >}}** (or they can be left at **{{< skew prevMinorVersion >}}** or **{{< skew oldestMinorVersion >}}**) +{{< note >}} +Before performing a minor version `kubelet` upgrade, [drain](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/safely-drain-node/) pods from that node. +In-place minor version `kubelet` upgrades are not supported. +{{}} + {{< warning >}} Running a cluster with `kubelet` instances that are persistently two minor versions behind `kube-apiserver` is not recommended: