Prerequisites

  • New Nodes must have any of the following OS:
    • RHEL 8.5-8.8, 9.2, or 9.3
    • Ubuntu 20.04
  • To list the nodes in the cluster, execute the command below and save the outputs for further reference
    kubectl get nodes --show-labels
    Note: If custom labels are detected add them to the custom_changes.yaml file. Refer to the chapter Adding Custom Pod Configuration of the section Monitoring and Maintaining AppViewX in the Install, Upgrade, and Maintenance Guide.
  • To get the status of HPA, execute command below and save the outputs for further reference
    kubectl get hpa
  • Keep a backup of the iControl jar files available at location -/home/appviewx/appviewx/appviewx_dependencies/external_libs/iControl-13.1.0.jar for iControl to be done after the migration.
  • Check for any other custom changes that may have been done specifically for the customer
  • Check the enabled plugins in appviewx.conf file of the old installer (previous setup), in case there are plugins that are not present but are required to be installed in the new setup, please add them, example
    • avx_pkiaas_cert_ocsp_generator
    • avx_pkiaas_cert_ocsp_server, avx_pkiaas_cert_ocsp_server
    • avx_platform_hsm