Planned Maintenace for AKS

Question

Hi Guys.

I learned that AKS support planned maintenance for auto upgrade.

I took a quick look at the docs and there are two questions I didn't find an answer to.

1. what happens if the aks auto-upgrade is not completed within the maintenance window？
2. When choose the stable or rapid auto-upgrade channel, if there are problems such as API group version updates, will there be a prompt?

Answer 1

@Qifeng Hou ,
In Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), planned maintenance is performed during the maintenance window that you specify when you enable auto upgrades. If the maintenance is not completed within the specified maintenance window, it will be rescheduled for the next maintenance window.

If you have chosen the stable auto-upgrade channel, the upgrade process will be slower and more cautious. It will only include updates that have been thoroughly tested and are considered stable. If you have chosen the rapid auto-upgrade channel, the upgrade process will be faster and may consist of more frequent updates, including updates to API group versions.

Regardless of which auto-upgrade channel you have chosen, if there are problems during the upgrade process, such as API group version updates, you will receive notifications through the Azure portal and email. You can also monitor the upgrade process by checking the upgrade logs in the AKS cluster resource.

I hope I have answered your question.

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