Automic Automation Helm Plugin

As a system administrator, you use the Helm plugin to monitor the progress of an installation or update.

Note: This Helm Plugin works with Linux and can be used from a Linux CLI. If you use a Windows CLI, you might not be able to run all upgrade commands from it and might have to run them directly in Linux.

Installing the Helm Plugin

You have to install the Automic Automation Helm plugin to manage and monitor the update process. You can also use during the first installation. The Automic Automation Helm plugin requires the Helm Kubernetes Packagemanager.

Use the following commands to install the Helm plugin:

tar zxvf automic-automation-plugin-<version>.tgz

helm plugin install automic-automation-plugin-<version>

The following commands allow you to check the status of the update:

  • update updated the instance in the current namespace
  • status show the status of the instance in the current namespace
  • logs show the logs of the operator

Example

To monitor the installation use the plugin with the following command:

$ helm automic-automation status

Once the installation is complete the status is provisioned, the target and current versions should match the desired version. If this is not the case, check the Troubleshooting section of README.md file found in the Helm chart.

Using the Helm Plugin

There are different Helm commands that allow you to check the progress of your installation and/or update.

For example:

  • Get the status of the instance in the current namespace (including information about the expected manual actions)

    helm automic-automation status

  • Continue with the update

    helm automic-automation update --continue

  • Abort the current update

    helm automic-automation update --abort

  • Retry the current update

    helm automic-automation update --retry

  • Get help with the plugin commands available

    helm automic-automation help

  • Get help with a specific command

    helm automic-automation <command> help

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