Upgrades

The OpenTelemetry Collector format continues to evolve. The operator makes a best-effort attempt to upgrade all managed OpenTelemetryCollector resources.

In certain scenarios, it may be desirable to prevent the operator from upgrading certain OpenTelemetryCollector resources. For example, when a resource is configured with a custom .Spec.Image, end users may wish to manage configuration themselves as opposed to having the operator upgrade it. This can be configured on a resource by resource basis with the exposed property .Spec.UpgradeStrategy.

By configuring a resource's .Spec.UpgradeStrategy to none, the operator will skip the given instance during the upgrade routine.

The default and only other acceptable value for .Spec.UpgradeStrategy is automatic.