When attempting to deploy components via Fleet Management, the KIND cluster installation fails. This failure can be observed in the Tasks pane located under Fleet Management > Lifecycle > VCF Management > Tasks.

Products

• VCF Automation

Issue/Introduction

The failure occurs because the environment is attempting to pull an incompatible KIND image version (v1.32.8). The system currently requires KIND version v1.32.0 to deploy the cluster successfully.

Environment

VCF Automation 9.0.1

Cause

The failure occurs because the environment is attempting to pull an incompatible KIND image version (v1.32.8). The system currently requires KIND version v1.32.0 to deploy the cluster successfully.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, you must manually edit the local versions script on the fleet management appliance to point to the correct KIND version, and then retry the failed task.

Step 1: Verify the current KIND version. Login to the fleet management appliance as root and output the contents of the versions.local.sh script to confirm the incorrect version is set.

Command: 

cat /data/vmsp/scripts/versions.local.sh 

Note: You are looking for the line export KIND_IMAGE_VERSION="v1.32.8".

Step 2: Edit the script to downgrade the version. Open the file using a text editor such as vi:

Command

vi /data/vmsp/scripts/versions.local.sh  

Change 

export KIND_IMAGE_VERSION="v1.32.8"  

To 
export KIND_IMAGE_VERSION="v1.32.0"

Modify the KIND_IMAGE_VERSION variable from v1.32.8 to v1.32.0. Ensure the file matches the output below:

Step 3: To verify your changes run the cat command again to ensure your edits were saved properly.

cat /data/vmsp/scripts/versions.local.sh 

Verify that export KIND_IMAGE_VERSION="v1.32.0" is present.

Step 4: Restart the failed request in the UI

• Log in to the management interface.

• Navigate to Fleet Management > Lifecycle > VCF Management > Tasks.

• Locate the failed task request.
  
  
• Click Restart (or Retry).
  
  

Expected Outcome

The KIND cluster should now install successfully, followed directly by the component deployment.

Step 5: Revert the KIND version 

Open the file using a text editor such as vi:

Command

vi /data/vmsp/scripts/versions.local.sh 

Change 
export KIND_IMAGE_VERSION="v1.32.0" 

To
export KIND_IMAGE_VERSION="v1.32.8" 

Modify the KIND_IMAGE_VERSION variable from v1.32.0 to v1.32.8

Step 6: Verify your changes run the cat command again to ensure your edits were saved properly:

cat /data/vmsp/scripts/versions.local.sh

Verify that export KIND_IMAGE_VERSION="v1.32.8" is present.