To achieve a zero‑downtime VPC OVN upgrade, upgrade the services in this order: vpc-ovn-node ovn-controller, ovn-central, then vpc-ovn-controller.
Assuming the deployment of all the DPF VPC OVN componenets are done based on the following guide. VPC OVN Deployment
0. Required variables
Use $TARGET_TAG as your desired version.
## The TARGET_TAG is the desired version of the DPF VPC OVN components which will be upgraded.
export TARGET_TAG=v25.10.1
1. Upgrade vpc-ovn-node service
Patch the DPUServiceTemplate of the vpc-ovn-node service with the upgraded chart version.
kubectl patch dpuservicetemplate vpc-ovn-node -n dpf-operator-system --type=json --patch="[{\"op\": \"replace\", \"path\": \"/spec/helmChart/source/version\", \"value\": \"$TARGET_TAG\"}]"
Ensure the DPUDeployment is Ready.
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready --namespace dpf-operator-system dpudeployment vpc-ovn
2. Upgrade ovn-controller service
Patch the DPUServiceTemplate of the ovn-controller service with the upgraded chart version.
kubectl patch dpuservicetemplate ovn-controller -n dpf-operator-system --type=json --patch="[{\"op\": \"replace\", \"path\": \"/spec/helmChart/source/version\", \"value\": \"$TARGET_TAG\"}]"
Ensure the DPUDeployment is Ready.
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready --namespace dpf-operator-system dpudeployment vpc-ovn
3. Upgrade ovn-central service
Patch the DPUServiceTemplate of the ovn-central service with the upgraded chart version.
kubectl patch dpuservicetemplate ovn-central -n dpf-operator-system --type=json --patch="[{\"op\": \"replace\", \"path\": \"/spec/helmChart/source/version\", \"value\": \"$TARGET_TAG\"}]"
Ensure the DPUDeployment is Ready.
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready --namespace dpf-operator-system dpudeployment vpc-ovn
4. Upgrade vpc-ovn-controller service
Patch the DPUServiceTemplate of the vpc-ovn-controller service with the upgraded chart version.
kubectl patch dpuservicetemplate vpc-ovn-controller -n dpf-operator-system --type=json --patch="[{\"op\": \"replace\", \"path\": \"/spec/helmChart/source/version\", \"value\": \"$TARGET_TAG\"}]"
Ensure the DPUDeployment is Ready.
kubectl wait --for=condition=ready --namespace dpf-operator-system dpudeployment vpc-ovn
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