Upgrading the IBM Events Operator for watsonx Assistant or watsonx Orchestrate (Upgrading from Version 5.3 to Version 5.4)

If the instance of IBM® Software Hub that you want to upgrade includes watsonx Assistant or watsonx Orchestrate you must upgrade the instance of the IBM Events Operator that is associated with the instance.

Upgrade phase
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  • You are not here. Upgrading prerequisite software
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Who needs to complete this task?

Cluster administrator A cluster administrator must complete this task.

When do you need to complete this task?
Complete this task only if one of the following services is installed in this instance of IBM Software Hub:
  • watsonx Assistant
  • watsonx Orchestrate
    • Required only if you plan to use agentic_assistant mode.
    • Not required if you plan to use agentic mode.

Repeat as needed If you plan to upgrade multiple instances of IBM Software Hub, repeat this task for each instance that you plan to upgrade where one of the preceding services are installed.

Before you begin

You must complete Upgrading Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Knative Eventing (Upgrading from Version 5.3 to Version 5.4) before you can upgrade the IBM Events Operator for the instance.

Best practice: You can run the commands in this task exactly as written if you use your installation environment variables script.

Ensure that you source the environment variables before you run the commands in this task.

About this task

Use the cpd-cli manage deploy-events-operator command to upgrade the IBM Events Operator that is associated with this instance of IBM Software Hub.

Procedure

  1. Log the cpd-cli in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster: 
    ${CPDM_OC_LOGIN}
    Remember: CPDM_OC_LOGIN is an alias for the cpd-cli manage login-to-ocp command.
  2. Run the following command to upgrade the IBM Events Operator: 
    cpd-cli manage deploy-events-operator \
--release=${VERSION} \
--events_operator_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERATORS} \
--events_operand_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS}

What to do next

Now that you've upgraded the IBM Events Operator, you're ready to complete Reauthorizing an instance administrator with the minimum RBAC to upgrade components (Upgrading from Version 5.3 to Version 5.4)