Upgrading SBC SWe N:1 HA Nodes on OpenStack using Heat Templates

This section describes the upgrade process for SBC instances in an N:1 redundancy group orchestrated in an OpenStack environment using Heat templates. N represents the number of active instances and can be up to 4, so a full 4:1 deployment has 5 total SBC instances. If the deployment you are upgrading includes OAM nodes, the OAM nodes should be upgraded before you upgrade the SBC nodes. 

The following procedure describes the upgrade procedure for a full 4:1 SBC deployment that includes OAM nodes. Your implementation could include fewer instances and therefore require fewer steps.

Prerequisites

Perform the following activities prior to upgrading the SBC instances within the deployment.

Upgrade the Insight EMS

Upgrade the EMS in your deployment before upgrading the OAM nodes or the SBC nodes. Refer to EMS SWe on OpenStack. 

Download the Software Image

Download the required .QCOW2 and .sha256 files from the Customer Portal.

Upload the Software Image to OpenStack

To upload the .QCOW2 file to OpenStack, navigate to Project > Compute > Images. For more information, refer to Creating a Glance Image.

Update the Heat Templates with Mandatory Login Information

Beginning with release 7.1, you must include SSH keys or passwords for the admin and linuxadmin accounts in the userdata you provide during orchestration of an SBC instance. Therefore during upgrade from a pre-7.1 release, an updated Heat template that contains the mandatory keys or passwords must be applied.

Prior to upgrade, you must update the template used to deploy the instance to include the mandatory SSH key or password userdata. The example templates Ribbon provides include information on how to include this data in a template. Because they are more secure, SSH key fields are mandatory in the example Heat templates. Passwords are optional fields.The password input is not plain text, it is a hash of the password. Refer to Metadata and Userdata Format on OpenStack for more information on generating and including the login userdata that must be provided. 

Check the Status of the Instances

Ensure all the SBC instances (five, in a 4:1 redundancy group), the OAM nodes, and the EMS are up and running.

To check the instance status in the Instances window, navigate to Project > Compute > Instances in the Horizon GUI.

Upgrade the OAM and SBC Nodes

1. For deployments that include existing OAM nodes, upgrade the OAM nodes before upgrading the SBC nodes in the deployment. Upgrade the nodes in the order given in these procedures (EMS, followed by OAM nodes, followed by SBC nodes) to ensure that the existing SBC configuration data is preserved and upgraded to the current format.
   
   

   Note

   The Upgrade procedure of OAM deployment is service impacting as it involves stack deletion and recreation. Therefore, before starting the upgrade, divert the traffic from the OAM cluster you are upgrading.

2. In OpenStack, use either the Horizon dashboard or the CLI to shut down the instance (Shut off Instance option in Horizon).
   Use the templates: In OpenStack, use either the Horizon dashboard or the CLI (stack delete command) to remove the OAM and SBCs.
3. With the templates used initially to spawn the instances in the base build, bring up the OAM first (ensure the OAM has config present, as it will download from the existing cluster on the EMS), and then the SBCs in the same order. Ensure that the image is of the build in which you are upgrading the deployment.

Post-Upgrade Monitoring

To verify if the instances are up and running with the upgraded software image:

1. Log on to CLI of any of the SBC instances as an admin user.

2. Execute the following command and check the appVersion field for each of the instances. Check the syncStatus field in the rgStatus output to ensure that all the currently active instances are in the syncCompleted state. The standby instance displays syncStatus as unprotectedRunningStandby.

   > show status system rgStatus
   rgStatus vsbc1-192.168.2.3 {
       actualCeName    vsbc1;
       assignedRole    active;
       currentRole     active;
       nodeId          1;
       serviceId       0;
       syncStatus      syncCompleted;
       usingMetavarsOf vsbc1-192.168.2.3;
       appVersion      V08.01.00;
   }
   rgStatus vsbc1-192.168.2.4 {
       actualCeName    vsbc1;
       assignedRole    standby;
       currentRole     standby;
       nodeId          2;
       serviceId       1;
       syncStatus      unprotectedRunningStandby;
       usingMetavarsOf vsbc1-192.168.2.4;
       appVersion      V08.01.00;
   }
   rgStatus vsbc1-192.168.2.5 {
       actualCeName    vsbc1;
       assignedRole    active;
       currentRole     active;
       nodeId          3;
       serviceId       2;
       syncStatus      syncCompleted;
       usingMetavarsOf vsbc1-192.168.2.5;
       appVersion      V08.01.00;
   }
   rgStatus vsbc1-192.168.2.6 {
       actualCeName    vsbc1;
       assignedRole    active;
       currentRole     active;
       nodeId          4;
       serviceId       3;
       syncStatus      syncCompleted;
       usingMetavarsOf vsbc1-192.168.2.6;
       appVersion      V08.01.00;
   }
   rgStatus vsbc1-192.168.2.7 {
       actualCeName    vsbc1;
       assignedRole    active;
       currentRole     active;
       nodeId          5;
       serviceId       4;
       syncStatus      syncCompleted;
       usingMetavarsOf vsbc1-192.168.2.7;
       appVersion      V08.01.00;
   }