You can enable manual upgrade for new Edge sites or change existing sites to manual upgrade mode. This mode allows you to control when, and to which version, you upgrade your Edge sites to. You can also review the Software Bill of Materials, which outlines what is included in the upgrade, before upgrading your Edge sites.
Prerequisites
- You have a global role with the Install Edge sites and the User Administration global permission, for example Edge site administrator.
- You created an Edge site.
New Edge sites
When you create a new Edge site, select Manual under the Upgrade Mode before you click the Create button.
Existing Edge sites
You can change the upgrade method to manual for existing Edge sites by following the steps below:
- Open a site.
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On the main toolbar, click
→
Settings.
The Settings page opens. -
In the tab pane, click Edge.
The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of your sites. - In the site overview, click the name of a site.
The site page appears.
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On the main toolbar, click
- In the top right corner, click Site Actions → Change Upgrade Mode.
The Upgrade Mode dialog box appears. - Select Manual.
- Click Save.
Your Edge site will no longer automatically upgrade to the newest available version.
- Learn how to manually upgrade your when a new version becomes available.
- Review the Compatibility between s and to know when you need to either reinstall your Edge site for an upgraded version of k3 or upgrade to the latest Edge supported version of your managed Kubernetes.
- Optionally, set up a private docker registry to easily incorporate Edge into your existing security procedures and perform your own security scans before upgrading to a new version of Edge site.