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Upgrading the Cluster

Upgrading the Cluster

Learn to upgrade the value of the cluster that we created earlier.

Current Kubernetes version

Changing any aspect of the resources we created is easy and straightforward. All we have to do is modify Terraform definitions and apply the changes. We can add resources, remove them, or change them in any way we want. To illustrate that, we’ll upgrade the Kubernetes version.

But before we do that, let’s see which version we’re running right now.

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kubectl version --output yaml

The output, limited to the relevant parts, is as follows.

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serverVersion:
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gitVersion: v1.15.11-eks-f459c0
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Updating Kubernetes version environment variables

We’re currently running Kubernetes version v1.15.11-eks-f459c0.

Note: Yours might be different depending on what you have installed.

To upgrade the version, we need to find what newer versions are available.

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