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Prerequisites

• Velero v1.1 or v1.0 installed.

Note: if you're upgrading from v1.0, follow the upgrading to v1.1 instructions first.

Instructions

1. Install the Velero v1.2 command-line interface (CLI) by following the instructions here.

   Verify that you've properly installed it by running:

   velero version --client-only
   

   You should see the following output:

   Client:
       Version: v1.2.0
       Git commit: <git SHA>
   

2. Scale down the existing Velero deployment:

   kubectl scale deployment/velero \
       --namespace velero \
       --replicas 0
   

3. Update the container image used by the Velero deployment and, optionally, the restic daemon set:

   kubectl set image deployment/velero \
       velero=velero/velero:v1.2.0 \
       --namespace velero
   
   # optional, if using the restic daemon set
   kubectl set image daemonset/restic \
       restic=velero/velero:v1.2.0 \
       --namespace velero
   

4. If using AWS, Azure, or GCP, add the respective plugin to your Velero deployment:

   For AWS:

   velero plugin add velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.0.0
   

   For Azure:

   velero plugin add velero/velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure:v1.0.0
   

   For GCP:

   velero plugin add velero/velero-plugin-for-gcp:v1.0.0
   

5. Update the Velero custom resource definitions (CRDs) to include the structural schemas:

   velero install --crds-only --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
   

6. Scale back up the existing Velero deployment:

   kubectl scale deployment/velero \
       --namespace velero \
       --replicas 1
   

7. Confirm that the deployment is up and running with the correct version by running:

   velero version
   

   You should see the following output:

   Client:
       Version: v1.2.0
       Git commit: <git SHA>
   
   Server:
       Version: v1.2.0