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Upgrading NKP 2.18 → 2.19 in practicePart 1: the preparation
Assessment, workload cluster creation, downloads and backup: the four phases I went through before running the first Nutanix Kubernetes Platform upgrade command.
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Upgrading NKP 2.18 → 2.19 in practice
In October 2026 I took both lab clusters, the management cluster and a workload cluster, from NKP 2.18 to 2.19. The series follows the project phases: what I did before the first command, the window itself, and what I checked and tested afterwards.
- Part 1
- Part 2
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Upgrading NKP 2.18 → 2.19 in practicePart 2: the upgrade
The Nutanix Kubernetes Platform upgrade window: Kommander and the management cluster with the CLI, the workload cluster through the new 2.19 UI, the timing of each step and the two incidents along the way.
- Part 3
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Upgrading NKP 2.18 → 2.19 in practicePart 3: post-upgrade
After the window: health check and backup on 2.19, cleaning up the leftovers and a test drive of what's new. The AI Navigator went from 0 to 2 correct answers out of 3 with a single catalog app, and Headlamp made me take seriously a warning I had dismissed.