Upgrade Juju for a new database revision
This guide contains instructions to perform a patch or major/minor Juju upgrade to a controller and model containing a database charm.
For more background about Juju upgrades in the context of database charms, check Explanation > Juju > Juju upgrades.
Summary
Patch version upgrade
A PATCH Juju upgrade (e.g. Juju3.1.5 → 3.1.8) can be easily applied in-place.
sudo snap refresh juju
juju upgrade-controller
# wait until complete
juju upgrade-model
# wait until complete
Once the model has finished upgrading, you can proceed with the charm upgrade.
Major/minor version upgrade
The easiest way to perform a MAJOR/MINOR Juju version upgrade (e.g. Juju3.1.8 → 3.5.1), is to update the controller and model to the new version, then migrate the model.
Commands summary
The following is a summary of commands that upgrade Juju to3.5/stable:
sudo snap refresh juju --channel 3.5/stable
juju bootstrap lxd lxd_3.5.1 # --agent-version 3.5.1
juju migrate lxd_3.1.8:mydatabase lxd_3.5.1
juju upgrade-model -m lxd_3.5.1:mydatabase
# wait until complete
Once the model has finished upgrading, you can proceed with the charm upgrade.
Example
This section goes over the commands listed in the summary above with more details and sample outputs.In this example scenario, we have mysql deployed in model mydatabase on the Juju controller lxd_3.1.8.
juju status
Model Controller Cloud/Region Version SLA Timestamp
mydatabase lxd_3.1.8 localhost/localhost 3.1.8 unsupported 22:54:48+02:00
App Version Status Scale Charm Channel Rev Exposed Message
mysql 8.0.34-0ubun... active 3 mysql 8.0/stable 196 no
Unit Workload Agent Machine Public address Ports Message
mysql/0* active idle 0 10.217.68.104 3306,33060/tcp Primary
mysql/1 active idle 1 10.217.68.118 3306,33060/tcp
mysql/2 active idle 2 10.217.68.144 3306,33060/tcp
Machine State Address Inst id Base AZ Message
0 started 10.217.68.104 juju-a4598a-0 ubuntu@22.04 Running
1 started 10.217.68.118 juju-a4598a-1 ubuntu@22.04 Running
2 started 10.217.68.144 juju-a4598a-2 ubuntu@22.04 Running
To upgrade Juju to v.3.5.1, we go through the following steps:
1. Update the Juju CLI
Check the current version with the command:
juju --version
Perform the upgrade:
sudo snap refresh juju --channel 3.5/stable
Optionally rerun the juju --version command to confirm the upgrade.
2. Bootstrap the new controller
Use the juju bootstrap command to create a new controller. In this example, we specify a particular version (and name the controller accordingly):
juju bootstrap lxd lxd_3.5.1 --agent-version 3.5.1
This will produce output describing progress and the steps taken, similar to:
Creating Juju controller "lxd_3.5.1" on lxd/localhost
Looking for packaged Juju agent version 3.5.1 for amd64
Located Juju agent version 3.5.1-ubuntu-amd64 at https://streams.canonical.com/juju/tools/agent/3.5.1/juju-3.5.1-linux-amd64.tgz
To configure your system to better support LXD containers, please see: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/en/latest/explanation/performance_tuning/
Launching controller instance(s) on localhost/localhost...
- juju-374723-0 (arch=amd64)
Installing Juju agent on bootstrap instance
Waiting for address
Attempting to connect to 10.217.68.44:22
Connected to 10.217.68.44
Running machine configuration script...
Bootstrap agent now started
Contacting Juju controller at 10.217.68.44 to verify accessibility...
Bootstrap complete, controller "lxd_3.5.1" is now available
Controller machines are in the "controller" model
...
3. Migrate the entire model mydatabase to the new controller (no database outage here)
~$ juju controllers
Controller Model User Access Cloud/Region Models Nodes HA Version
lxd_3.1.8* mydatabase admin superuser localhost/localhost 2 1 none 3.1.8
lxd_3.5.1 - admin superuser localhost/localhost 1 1 none 3.5.1
~$ juju models -c lxd_3.1.8
Controller: lxd_3.1.8
Model Cloud/Region Type Status Machines Units Access Last connection
controller localhost/localhost lxd available 1 1 admin just now
mydatabase* localhost/localhost lxd available 3 3 admin 36 seconds ago
~$ juju models -c lxd_3.5.1
Controller: lxd_3.5.1
Model Cloud/Region Type Status Machines Units Access Last connection
controller localhost/localhost lxd available 1 1 admin just now
~$ juju migrate lxd_3.1.8:mydatabase lxd_3.5.1
Migration started with ID "5f227519-3cdb-4538-871c-1c4589a4598a:0"
4. Use juju models to check the migration process has started ( model status=busy). At the end of the process, the model is no longer available on the old controller as it has been moved to new controller
~$ juju models --controller lxd_3.1.8
...
mydatabase* localhost/localhost lxd busy 3 3 admin 1 minute ago
~$ juju models --controller lxd_3.1.8
Controller: lxd_3.1.8
Model Cloud/Region Type Status Machines Units Access Last connection
controller localhost/localhost lxd available 1 1 admin just now
~$ juju models --controller lxd_3.5.1
Controller: lxd_3.5.1
Model Cloud/Region Type Status Machines Units Access Last connection
controller localhost/localhost lxd available 1 1 admin just now
mydatabase localhost/localhost lxd available 3 3 admin 1 minute ago
5. Upgrade the model version itself (no database outage here)
> juju status -m lxd_3.5.1:mydatabase
Model Controller Cloud/Region Version SLA Timestamp
mydatabase lxd_3.5.1 localhost/localhost 3.1.8 unsupported 22:58:10+02:00
...
> juju upgrade-model -m lxd_3.5.1:mydatabase
best version:
3.5.1
started upgrade to 3.5.1
> juju status -m lxd_3.5.1:mydatabase
Model Controller Cloud/Region Version SLA Timestamp
mydatabase lxd_3.5.1 localhost/localhost 3.5.1 unsupported 22:59:01+02:00
...
At this stage, the application continues running under the supervision of the new controller version and is ready to be refreshed to the new charm revision.
You can now proceed with the charm upgrade.