kubeadm Cheat Sheet/Apply control-plane upgrade

Upgrade the control plane to a target version.

Section: Phases, Reset, and Upgrade

Apply control-plane upgrade

bash
bash
kubeadm upgrade apply v1.35.2
Explanation

Upgrade the control plane to a target version.

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