Chapter 7. Upgrading Dev Spaces This chapter describes how to upgrade from CodeReady Workspaces 3.1 to OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.16. 7.1. Upgrading the chectl management tool This section describes how to upgrade the dsc management tool. Procedure Section 1.2, "Installing the dsc management tool" . 7.2. Specifying the update approval strategy The Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces Operator supports two upgrade strategies: Automatic The Operator installs new updates when they become available. Manual New updates need to be manually approved before installation begins. You can specify the update approval strategy for the Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces Operator by using the OpenShift web console. Prerequisites An OpenShift web console session by a cluster administrator. See Accessing the web console . An instance of OpenShift Dev Spaces that was installed by using Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. Procedure In the OpenShift web console, navigate to Operators Installed Operators . Click Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces in the list of installed Operators. Navigate to the Subscription tab. Configure the Update approval strategy to Automatic or Manual . Additional resources Changing the update channel for an Operator 7.3. Upgrading Dev Spaces using the OpenShift web console You can manually approve an upgrade from an earlier minor version using the Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces Operator from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog in the OpenShift web console. Prerequisites An OpenShift web console session by a cluster administrator. See Accessing the web console . An instance of OpenShift Dev Spaces that was installed by using the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. The approval strategy in the subscription is Manual . See Section 7.2, "Specifying the update approval strategy" . Procedure Manually approve the pending Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces Operator upgrade. See Manually approving a pending Operator upgrade . Verification steps Navigate to the OpenShift Dev Spaces instance. The 3.16 version number is visible at the bottom of the page. Additional resources Manually approving a pending Operator upgrade 7.4. Upgrading Dev Spaces using the CLI management tool This section describes how to upgrade from the minor version using the CLI management tool. Prerequisites An administrative account on OpenShift. A running instance of a minor version of CodeReady Workspaces, installed using the CLI management tool on the same instance of OpenShift, in the openshift-devspaces OpenShift project. dsc for OpenShift Dev Spaces version 3.16. See: Section 1.2, "Installing the dsc management tool" . Procedure Save and push changes back to the Git repositories for all running CodeReady Workspaces 3.1 workspaces. Shut down all workspaces in the CodeReady Workspaces 3.1 instance. Upgrade OpenShift Dev Spaces: Note For slow systems or internet connections, add the --k8spodwaittimeout=1800000 flag option to extend the Pod timeout period to 1800000 ms or longer. Verification steps Navigate to the OpenShift Dev Spaces instance. The 3.16 version number is visible at the bottom of the page. 7.5. Upgrading Dev Spaces in a restricted environment This section describes how to upgrade Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces and perform minor version updates by using the CLI management tool in a restricted environment. Prerequisites The OpenShift Dev Spaces instance was installed on OpenShift using the dsc --installer operator method in the openshift-devspaces project. See Section 2.1.4, "Installing Dev Spaces in a restricted environment" . The OpenShift cluster has at least 64 GB of disk space. The OpenShift cluster is ready to operate on a restricted network. See About disconnected installation mirroring and Using Operator Lifecycle Manager on restricted networks . An active oc session with administrative permissions to the OpenShift cluster. See Getting started with the OpenShift CLI . An active oc registry session to the registry.redhat.io Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. See: Red Hat Container Registry authentication . opm . See Installing the opm CLI . jq . See Downloading jq . podman . See Podman Installation Instructions . skopeo version 1.6 or higher. See Installing Skopeo . An active skopeo session with administrative access to the private Docker registry. Authenticating to a registry , and Mirroring images for a disconnected installation . dsc for OpenShift Dev Spaces version 3.16. See Section 1.2, "Installing the dsc management tool" . Procedure Download and execute the mirroring script to install a custom Operator catalog and mirror the related images: prepare-restricted-environment.sh . 1 The private Docker registry where the images will be mirrored In all running workspaces in the CodeReady Workspaces 3.1 instance, save and push changes back to the Git repositories. Stop all workspaces in the CodeReady Workspaces 3.1 instance. Run the following command: Verification steps Navigate to the OpenShift Dev Spaces instance. The 3.16 version number is visible at the bottom of the page. Additional resources Red Hat-provided Operator catalogs Managing custom catalogs 7.6. Repairing the Dev Workspace Operator on OpenShift Under certain conditions, such as OLM restart or cluster upgrade, the Dev Spaces Operator for OpenShift Dev Spaces might automatically install the Dev Workspace Operator even when it is already present on the cluster. In that case, you can repair the Dev Workspace Operator on OpenShift as follows: Prerequisites An active oc session as a cluster administrator to the destination OpenShift cluster. See Getting started with the CLI . On the Installed Operators page of the OpenShift web console, you see multiple entries for the Dev Workspace Operator or one entry that is stuck in a loop of Replacing and Pending . Procedure Delete the devworkspace-controller namespace that contains the failing pod. Update DevWorkspace and DevWorkspaceTemplate Custom Resource Definitions (CRD) by setting the conversion strategy to None and removing the entire webhook section: spec: ... conversion: strategy: None status: ... Tip You can find and edit the DevWorkspace and DevWorkspaceTemplate CRDs in the Administrator perspective of the OpenShift web console by searching for DevWorkspace in Administration CustomResourceDefinitions . Note The DevWorkspaceOperatorConfig and DevWorkspaceRouting CRDs have the conversion strategy set to None by default. Remove the Dev Workspace Operator subscription: 1 openshift-operators or an OpenShift project where the Dev Workspace Operator is installed. Get the Dev Workspace Operator CSVs in the <devworkspace_operator.vX.Y.Z> format: Remove each Dev Workspace Operator CSV: 1 openshift-operators or an OpenShift project where the Dev Workspace Operator is installed. Re-create the Dev Workspace Operator subscription: 1 Automatic or Manual . Important For installPlanApproval: Manual , in the Administrator perspective of the OpenShift web console, go to Operators Installed Operators and select the following for the Dev Workspace Operator : Upgrade available Preview InstallPlan Approve . In the Administrator perspective of the OpenShift web console, go to Operators Installed Operators and verify the Succeeded status of the Dev Workspace Operator .

Commands:
dsc server:update -n openshift-devspaces
bash prepare-restricted-environment.sh --devworkspace_operator_index registry.redhat.io/redhat/redhat-operator-index:v4.16 --devworkspace_operator_version "v0.30.0" --prod_operator_index "registry.redhat.io/redhat/redhat-operator-index:v4.16" --prod_operator_package_name "devspaces" --prod_operator_bundle_name "devspacesoperator" --prod_operator_version "v3.16.0" --my_registry " <my_registry> " 1
dsc server:update --che-operator-image="USDTAG" -n openshift-devspaces --k8spodwaittimeout=1800000
spec: conversion: strategy: None status:
oc delete sub devworkspace-operator -n openshift-operators 1
oc get csv | grep devworkspace
oc delete csv <devworkspace_operator.vX.Y.Z> -n openshift-operators 1
cat <<EOF | oc apply -f - apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1 kind: Subscription metadata: name: devworkspace-operator namespace: openshift-operators spec: channel: fast name: devworkspace-operator source: redhat-operators sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace installPlanApproval: Automatic 1 startingCSV: devworkspace-operator.v0.30.0 EOF