Upgrade on AWS (Terraform)

Disambiguation

To upgrade to v26.0 using Materialize-provided Terraforms, upgrade your Terraform version to v0.6.1 or higher, AWS Terraform v0.6.1 Upgrade Notes.
To upgrade to v26.0 if not using a Materialize-provided Terraforms, you must prepare your nodes by adding the required labels. For detailed instructions, see Prepare for swap and upgrade to v26.0.

To upgrade your Materialize instances, first choose a new operator version and upgrade the Materialize operator. Then, upgrade your Materialize instances to the same version. The following tutorial upgrades your Materialize deployment running on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).

The tutorial assumes you have installed Materialize on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) using the instructions on Install on AWS (either from the examples/simple directory or the root).

Version compatibility

! Important: When performing major version upgrades, you can upgrade only one major version at a time. For example, upgrades from v26.1.0 to v27.2.0 is permitted but v26.1.0 to v28.0.0 is not. Skipping major versions or downgrading is not supported. To upgrade from v25.2 to v26.0, you must upgrade first to v25.2.15+.

When upgrading, you may need or want to update your fork of the Terraform module to upgrade.

Terraform version	Notable changes
v0.6.4	Released as part of v26.0.0. Uses `terraform-helm-materialize` version `v0.1.35`.

Prerequisites

! Important: The following procedure performs a rolling upgrade, where both the old and new Materialize instances are running before the the old instance are removed. When performing a rolling upgrade, ensure you have enough resources to support having both the old and new Materialize instances running.

Terraform

If you don’t have Terraform installed, install Terraform.

AWS CLI

If you do not have the AWS CLI installed, install. For details, see the AWS documentation.

kubectl

If you do not have kubectl, install. See the Amazon EKS: install kubectl documentation for details.

Helm 3.2.0+

If you do not have Helm 3.2.0+, install. For details, see the Helm documentation.

License key

Starting in v26.0, Materialize requires a license key. If your existing deployment does not have a license key configured, contact Materialize support.

Procedure

Open a Terminal window.
Configure AWS CLI with your AWS credentials. For details, see the AWS documentation.
Go to the Terraform directory for your Materialize deployment. For example, if you deployed from the examples/simple directory:
```
cd terraform-aws-materialize/examples/simple
```
Optional. You may need to update your fork of the Terraform module to upgrade.

💡 Tip:
If upgrading from a deployment that was set up using an earlier version of the Terraform modules, additional considerations may apply when using an updated Terraform modules to your existing deployments.

See Materialize on AWS releases for notable changes.
Configure kubectl to connect to your EKS cluster, replacing:
- <your-eks-cluster-name> with the name of your EKS cluster. Your cluster name has the form {namespace}-{environment}-eks; e.g., my-demo-dev-eks.
- <your-region> with the region of your EKS cluster. The simple example uses us-east-1.
```
aws eks update-kubeconfig --name <your-eks-cluster-name> --region <your-region>
```
To verify that you have configured correctly, run the following command:
```
kubectl get nodes
```
For help with kubectl commands, see kubectl Quick reference.

Back up your terraform.tfvars file.

cp terraform.tfvars original_terraform.tfvars

Update the terraform.tfvars to set the Materialize Operator version:

Variable	Description
`operator_version`	New Materialize Operator version. If the variable does not exist, add the variable and set to the new version. If the variable exists, update the value to the new version.

##... Existing content not shown for brevity
##... Leave the existing variables unchanged
operator_version="v26.0.0"  # Set to the desired operator version

Initialize the terraform directory.
```
terraform init
```
Run terraform plan with both the terraform.tfvars and your mz_instances.tfvars files and review the changes to be made.
```
terraform plan -var-file=terraform.tfvars -var-file=mz_instances.tfvars
```
The plan should show the changes to be made for the materialize_operator.
If you are satisfied with the changes, apply.
```
terraform apply -var-file=terraform.tfvars -var-file=mz_instances.tfvars
```
To approve the changes and apply, enter yes.

Upon successful completion, you should see output with a summary of changes.
Verify that the operator is running:
```
kubectl -n materialize get all
```
Verify the operator upgrade by checking its events:
```
kubectl -n materialize describe pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=materialize-operator
```
- The Containers section should show the --helm-chart-version argument set to the new version.
- The Events section should list that the new version of the orchestratord have been pulled.

Back up your mz_instances.tfvars file.

cp mz_instances.tfvars original_mz_instances.tfvars

Update the mz_instances.tfvars to specify the upgrade variables for each instance:

Variable	Description
`create_database`	Set to `false`.
`environmentd_version`	New Materialize instance version. This should be the same as the operator version: `v26.0.0`.
`request_rollout` or `force_rollout`	A new UUID string. Can be generated with `uuidgen`. `request_rollout` triggers a rollout only if changes exist. `force_rollout` triggers a rollout even if no changes exist.
`inPlaceRollout`	Set to `false` to perform a rolling upgrade. For rolling upgrades, ensure you have enough resources to support having both the old and new Materialize instances running during the upgrade.
`license_key`	Required. Set to the value of your license key. If your existing deployment does not have a license key, contact Materialize support. If you have a license key, substitute your license key for `<ENTER YOUR LICENSE KEY HERE>`.

For example, the following instance specifies:

a create_database of false,
an inPlaceRollout of false,
an environmentd_version of "v26.0.0",
a request_rollout of "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222", and
a license_key (substituting your license key for <ENTER YOUR LICENSE KEY HERE>).

materialize_instances = [
    {
      name           = "demo"
      namespace      = "materialize-environment"
      database_name  = "demo_db"
      cpu_request    = "1"
      memory_request = "2Gi"
      memory_limit   = "2Gi"
      create_database = false
      license_key    = "<ENTER YOUR LICENSE KEY HERE>"        # Required.
      environmentd_version = "v26.0.0"
      inPlaceRollout: false                                   # When false, performs a rolling upgrade rather than in-place
      requestRollout: 22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222    # Enter a new UUID
    }
]

WARNING! Please consult the Materialize team before setting inPlaceRollout to true and performing an in-place rollout. In almost all cases a rolling upgrade is preferred.

Run terraform plan with both the terraform.tfvars and your mz_instances.tfvars files and review the changes to be made.
```
terraform plan -var-file=terraform.tfvars -var-file=mz_instances.tfvars
```
The plan should show the changes to be made for the Materialize instance.
If you are satisfied with the changes, apply.
```
terraform apply -var-file=terraform.tfvars -var-file=mz_instances.tfvars
```
To approve the changes and apply, enter yes.

Upon successful completion, you should see output with a summary of changes.
Verify that the components are running after the upgrade:
```
kubectl -n materialize-environment get all
```
Verify upgrade by checking the balancerd events:
```
kubectl -n materialize-environment describe pod -l app=balancerd
```
The Events section should list that the new version of the balancerd have been pulled.

Verify the upgrade by checking the environmentd events:
```
kubectl -n materialize-environment describe pod -l app=environmentd
```
The Events section should list that the new version of the environmentd have been pulled.
Open the Materialize Console. The Console should display the new version.