vcluster upgrade - vCluster

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What Gets Upgraded
Upgrading Virtual Clusters
Manual Upgrade
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Synopsis

Upgrades the vCluster CLI to the latest version.

vcluster upgrade [flags]

Description

The upgrade command downloads and installs the latest version of the vCluster CLI.

This command only upgrades the CLI tool itself, not virtual clusters. To upgrade a running vCluster, use vcluster create --upgrade.

Examples

# Upgrade to latest version
vcluster upgrade

# Check current version first
vcluster --version

What Gets Upgraded

vCluster CLI binary - The vcluster command-line tool
Not upgraded:
- Running virtual clusters (must be upgraded separately)
- Helm charts
- vCluster Platform components

Upgrading Virtual Clusters

To upgrade a running virtual cluster:

# Upgrade an existing vCluster to latest chart version
vcluster create my-vcluster -n team-x --upgrade

# Upgrade to specific version
vcluster create my-vcluster -n team-x --upgrade --chart-version 0.30.0

Manual Upgrade

If the automatic upgrade fails, you can upgrade manually:

Homebrew
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Windows

brew upgrade loft-sh/tap/vcluster

curl -L -o vcluster "https://github.com/loft-sh/vcluster/releases/latest/download/vcluster-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/')" && \
sudo install -c -m 0755 vcluster /usr/local/bin && \
rm -f vcluster

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​Synopsis

​Description

​Examples

​What Gets Upgraded

​Upgrading Virtual Clusters

​Manual Upgrade

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Synopsis

Description

Examples

What Gets Upgraded

Upgrading Virtual Clusters

Manual Upgrade

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