Known issues

Known issues

This 6.3.0 release of Foglight for Container Management includes the following known issues at the time of this release.

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Upgrade and compatibility 

Upgrade and compatibility 

TThis 6.1.x release of Foglight for Container Management accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 6.1.x and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.

Upgrade Process

To upgrade the Foglight for Container Management to the latest version:

1. Foglight for Container Management will be upgraded if Foglight Evolve is upgraded.
2. Then deploy the new agent cartridge to the FglAM that holds your Container agents, including Kubernetes agents and Docker Swarm agents.
3. When upgrading the cartridge from version prior to 3.0.0 or if you are still using Heapster in version 3.0.0, then after upgrading, metrics collector related columns might be displayed in Container > Kubernetes > Administration Tab > Agents Table with type Heapster displayed. It is recommended to migrate Heapster metric collector to Prometheus metric collector.  To migrate to Prometheus, click the Migrate button for each agent. Then A Migrate wizard will be launched. For detailed information, refer to the Administration section in Foglight for Container Management User and Administration Guide.

Note: Kubernetes Agents migrated from Heapster to Prometheus will fail to collect metrics when using Prometheus configured to use Authentication other than Kubernetes Authentication.

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Upgrade Process

Upgrade and compatibility 

TThis 6.1.x release of Foglight for Container Management accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 6.1.x and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.

To upgrade the Foglight for Container Management to the latest version:

1. Foglight for Container Management will be upgraded if Foglight Evolve is upgraded.
2. Then deploy the new agent cartridge to the FglAM that holds your Container agents, including Kubernetes agents and Docker Swarm agents.
3. When upgrading the cartridge from version prior to 3.0.0 or if you are still using Heapster in version 3.0.0, then after upgrading, metrics collector related columns might be displayed in Container > Kubernetes > Administration Tab > Agents Table with type Heapster displayed. It is recommended to migrate Heapster metric collector to Prometheus metric collector.  To migrate to Prometheus, click the Migrate button for each agent. Then A Migrate wizard will be launched. For detailed information, refer to the Administration section in Foglight for Container Management User and Administration Guide.

Note: Kubernetes Agents migrated from Heapster to Prometheus will fail to collect metrics when using Prometheus configured to use Authentication other than Kubernetes Authentication.

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System requirements 

System requirements 

For information about system requirements for this release, see the corresponding Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.

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