How to upgrade Kubernetes version in a Rancher 2 managed cluster

Each program requires a certain number of the other program(s). Additionally the OS needs to be checked for compatibility, too. This all results in a table like this (taken from official node requirements):

Or compatible Kubernetes versions (taken from GitHub release information):

Sometimes this information must be collected from different sources.

Upgrade Rancher first!

Before upgrading Kubernetes itself, make sure Rancher itself runs with a version which will support the Kubernetes version you want to use. Click here to see how to upgrade the Rancher 2 management using helm.

Kubernetes version upgrade on a Rancher managed cluster

Upgrading a "child" (or "tenant") cluster, created from within Rancher management, does not involve complexity. In the Rancher UI simply click on "Clusters" in the Global view. Then click on the vertical three buttons (more) of the cluster you want to upgrade and click on Edit.

Inside the "Cluster Options" a list of compatible Kubernetes versions is available.

Select the Kubernetes version you want to use (upgrade) and click on Save at the bottom of the page.

The cluster will now upgrade Kubernetes on all the cluster nodes. The status can be followed on the UI. This will take a couple of minutes, until the cluster runs with the new Kubernetes version.

Kubernetes version upgrade on the local cluster

Unfortunately the "local" cluster, meaning the cluster running Rancher itself, cannot be upgraded that easy. Here the rke command needs to be used; same command which was used at the very beginning to create the Rancher 2 cluster. When the cluster was first created using rke, a yaml configuration file was used. This yaml file contains some basic information of the Rancher cluster, mainly about the nodes involved. It can grow large and complex if one wants to overwrite certain default settings, but a basic example looks like this:

$ cat 3-node-rancher-teststage.yml
nodes:
  - address: 192.168.10.15
    user: ansible
    role: [controlplane,etcd,worker]
    ssh_key_path: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  - address: 192.168.10.16
    user: ansible
    role: [controlplane,etcd,worker]
    ssh_key_path: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  - address: 192.168.10.17
    user: ansible
    role: [controlplane,etcd,worker]
    ssh_key_path: ~/.ssh/id_rsa

services:
  etcd:
    snapshot: true
    creation: 6h
    retention: 24h

According to the documentation, the yaml file can be adjusted to contain the wanted Kubernetes version using the rancher/hyperkube image, using the kubernetes_version value and a specific version tag:

$ cat 3-node-rancher-teststage.yml
nodes:
  - address: 192.168.10.15
    user: ansible
    role: [controlplane,etcd,worker]
    ssh_key_path: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  - address: 192.168.10.16
    user: ansible
    role: [controlplane,etcd,worker]
    ssh_key_path: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  - address: 192.168.10.17
    user: ansible
    role: [controlplane,etcd,worker]
    ssh_key_path: ~/.ssh/id_rsa

kubernetes_version: "v1.15.12-rancher2-2"

services:
  etcd:
    snapshot: true
    creation: 6h
    retention: 24h

The list of Rancher hyperkube releases shows which versions are available. Not all rke versions support all Kubernetes/hyperkube releases. rke itself should alert if this is the case:

$ ./rke_linux-amd64-1.1.2 up --config 3-node-rancher-test.yml
INFO[0000] Running RKE version: v1.1.2
INFO[0000] Initiating Kubernetes cluster
FATA[0000] Failed to validate cluster: v1.15.12-rancher1-2 is an unsupported Kubernetes version and system images are not populated: etcd image is not populated

However it is also possible to simply use the latest released version of rke to upgrade Kubernetes to the "current default version".

To find out which Kubernetes version is set to default on which rke version, read the rke release page.

In the following example the local cluster is upgraded from Kubernetes 1.11.3 to 1.14.6 (using the rke default) using rke 0.2.8:

$ wget https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/download/v0.2.8/rke_linux-amd64
$ chmod 755 rke_linux-amd64; mv rke_linux-amd64{,-0.2.8}

Then rke is launched with the yaml file which was used to create the cluster:

$ ./rke_linux-amd64-0.2.8 up --config 3-node-rancher-teststage.yml
INFO[0000] Initiating Kubernetes cluster               
INFO[0000] [state] Possible legacy cluster detected, trying to upgrade
INFO[0000] [reconcile] Rebuilding and updating local kube config
INFO[0000] Successfully Deployed local admin kubeconfig at [kube_config_3-node-rancher-teststage.yml]
INFO[0000] [reconcile] host [192.168.10.15] is active master on the cluster
INFO[0000] [state] Fetching cluster state from Kubernetes
INFO[0000] [state] Successfully Fetched cluster state to Kubernetes ConfigMap: cluster-state
INFO[0000] [certificates] Getting Cluster certificates from Kubernetes
INFO[0000] [certificates] Creating service account token key
INFO[0000] [certificates] Successfully fetched Cluster certificates from Kubernetes
INFO[0000] Successfully Deployed state file at [3-node-rancher-teststage.rkestate]
INFO[0000] [certificates] Generating admin certificates and kubeconfig
INFO[0000] Successfully Deployed state file at [3-node-rancher-teststage.rkestate]
INFO[0000] Building Kubernetes cluster                 
INFO[0000] [dialer] Setup tunnel for host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0000] [dialer] Setup tunnel for host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0000] [dialer] Setup tunnel for host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0001] [network] No hosts added existing cluster, skipping port check
INFO[0001] [certificates] kube-apiserver certificate changed, force deploying certs
INFO[0001] [certificates] Deploying kubernetes certificates to Cluster nodes
INFO[0001] [certificates] Pulling image [rancher/rke-tools:v0.1.42] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0001] [certificates] Pulling image [rancher/rke-tools:v0.1.42] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0001] [certificates] Pulling image [rancher/rke-tools:v0.1.42] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0006] [certificates] Successfully pulled image [rancher/rke-tools:v0.1.42] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0006] [certificates] Successfully pulled image [rancher/rke-tools:v0.1.42] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0006] [certificates] Successfully pulled image [rancher/rke-tools:v0.1.42] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0012] [reconcile] Rebuilding and updating local kube config
INFO[0012] Successfully Deployed local admin kubeconfig at [kube_config_3-node-rancher-teststage.yml]
INFO[0012] [reconcile] host [192.168.10.15] is active master on the cluster
INFO[0012] [certificates] Successfully deployed kubernetes certificates to Cluster nodes
INFO[0012] [reconcile] Reconciling cluster state       
INFO[0012] [reconcile] Check etcd hosts to be deleted  
INFO[0012] [reconcile] Check etcd hosts to be added    
INFO[0012] [reconcile] Rebuilding and updating local kube config
INFO[0012] Successfully Deployed local admin kubeconfig at [kube_config_3-node-rancher-teststage.yml]
INFO[0012] [reconcile] host [192.168.10.15] is active master on the cluster
INFO[0012] [reconcile] Reconciled cluster state successfully
INFO[0012] Pre-pulling kubernetes images               
INFO[0012] [pre-deploy] Pulling image [rancher/hyperkube:v1.14.6-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0012] [pre-deploy] Pulling image [rancher/hyperkube:v1.14.6-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0012] [pre-deploy] Pulling image [rancher/hyperkube:v1.14.6-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0033] [pre-deploy] Successfully pulled image [rancher/hyperkube:v1.14.6-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0033] [pre-deploy] Successfully pulled image [rancher/hyperkube:v1.14.6-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0033] [pre-deploy] Successfully pulled image [rancher/hyperkube:v1.14.6-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0033] Kubernetes images pulled successfully       
INFO[0033] [etcd] Building up etcd plane..             
INFO[0033] [etcd] Pulling image [rancher/coreos-etcd:v3.3.10-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0036] [etcd] Successfully pulled image [rancher/coreos-etcd:v3.3.10-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0041] Waiting for [etcd] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0042] [etcd] Successfully updated [etcd] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0042] [etcd] Saving snapshot [etcd-rolling-snapshots] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0042] [remove/etcd-rolling-snapshots] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0042] [etcd] Successfully started [etcd-rolling-snapshots] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0048] [certificates] Successfully started [rke-bundle-cert] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0048] Waiting for [rke-bundle-cert] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0048] Container [rke-bundle-cert] is still running on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0049] Waiting for [rke-bundle-cert] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0049] [certificates] successfully saved certificate bundle [/opt/rke/etcd-snapshots//pki.bundle.tar.gz] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0049] [etcd] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0049] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0049] [etcd] Pulling image [rancher/coreos-etcd:v3.3.10-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0052] [etcd] Successfully pulled image [rancher/coreos-etcd:v3.3.10-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0058] Waiting for [etcd] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0058] [etcd] Successfully updated [etcd] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0058] [etcd] Saving snapshot [etcd-rolling-snapshots] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0058] [remove/etcd-rolling-snapshots] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0059] [etcd] Successfully started [etcd-rolling-snapshots] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0064] [certificates] Successfully started [rke-bundle-cert] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0064] Waiting for [rke-bundle-cert] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0064] Container [rke-bundle-cert] is still running on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0065] Waiting for [rke-bundle-cert] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0065] [certificates] successfully saved certificate bundle [/opt/rke/etcd-snapshots//pki.bundle.tar.gz] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0066] [etcd] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0066] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0066] [etcd] Pulling image [rancher/coreos-etcd:v3.3.10-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0069] [etcd] Successfully pulled image [rancher/coreos-etcd:v3.3.10-rancher1] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0074] Waiting for [etcd] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0074] [etcd] Successfully updated [etcd] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0074] [etcd] Saving snapshot [etcd-rolling-snapshots] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0075] [remove/etcd-rolling-snapshots] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0075] [etcd] Successfully started [etcd-rolling-snapshots] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0080] [certificates] Successfully started [rke-bundle-cert] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0080] Waiting for [rke-bundle-cert] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0080] Container [rke-bundle-cert] is still running on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0081] Waiting for [rke-bundle-cert] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0081] [certificates] successfully saved certificate bundle [/opt/rke/etcd-snapshots//pki.bundle.tar.gz] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0082] [etcd] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0082] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0082] [etcd] Successfully started etcd plane.. Checking etcd cluster health
INFO[0083] [controlplane] Building up Controller Plane..
INFO[0083] [remove/service-sidekick] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0083] [remove/service-sidekick] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0083] [remove/service-sidekick] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0083] Waiting for [kube-apiserver] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0084] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-apiserver] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0084] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-apiserver] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0084] Waiting for [kube-apiserver] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0084] Waiting for [kube-apiserver] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0085] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-apiserver] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0085] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-apiserver] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0085] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-apiserver] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0085] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-apiserver] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0102] [healthcheck] service [kube-apiserver] on host [192.168.10.17] is healthy
INFO[0102] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0102] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0102] [healthcheck] service [kube-apiserver] on host [192.168.10.15] is healthy
INFO[0103] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0103] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0106] [healthcheck] service [kube-apiserver] on host [192.168.10.16] is healthy
INFO[0107] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0107] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0107] Waiting for [kube-controller-manager] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0108] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-controller-manager] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0108] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-controller-manager] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0108] Waiting for [kube-controller-manager] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0108] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-controller-manager] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0108] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-controller-manager] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0112] Waiting for [kube-controller-manager] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0112] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-controller-manager] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0112] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-controller-manager] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0113] [healthcheck] service [kube-controller-manager] on host [192.168.10.17] is healthy
INFO[0114] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0114] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0114] [healthcheck] service [kube-controller-manager] on host [192.168.10.15] is healthy
INFO[0114] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0115] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0118] [healthcheck] service [kube-controller-manager] on host [192.168.10.16] is healthy
INFO[0118] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0118] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0119] Waiting for [kube-scheduler] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0119] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-scheduler] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0119] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-scheduler] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0120] Waiting for [kube-scheduler] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0120] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-scheduler] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0120] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-scheduler] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0124] Waiting for [kube-scheduler] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0124] [controlplane] Successfully updated [kube-scheduler] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0124] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-scheduler] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0125] [healthcheck] service [kube-scheduler] on host [192.168.10.17] is healthy
INFO[0125] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0125] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0126] [healthcheck] service [kube-scheduler] on host [192.168.10.15] is healthy
INFO[0126] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0126] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0129] [healthcheck] service [kube-scheduler] on host [192.168.10.16] is healthy
INFO[0130] [controlplane] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0130] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0130] [controlplane] Successfully started Controller Plane..
INFO[0130] [authz] Creating rke-job-deployer ServiceAccount
INFO[0130] [authz] rke-job-deployer ServiceAccount created successfully
INFO[0130] [authz] Creating system:node ClusterRoleBinding
INFO[0130] [authz] system:node ClusterRoleBinding created successfully
INFO[0130] [authz] Creating kube-apiserver proxy ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding
INFO[0130] [authz] kube-apiserver proxy ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding created successfully
INFO[0130] Successfully Deployed state file at [3-node-rancher-teststage.rkestate]
INFO[0130] [state] Saving full cluster state to Kubernetes
INFO[0130] [state] Successfully Saved full cluster state to Kubernetes ConfigMap: cluster-state
INFO[0130] [worker] Building up Worker Plane..         
INFO[0130] [sidekick] Sidekick container already created on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0130] [sidekick] Sidekick container already created on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0130] [sidekick] Sidekick container already created on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0130] Waiting for [kubelet] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0130] Waiting for [kubelet] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0130] Waiting for [kubelet] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0130] [worker] Successfully updated [kubelet] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0131] [worker] Successfully updated [kubelet] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0131] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kubelet] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0131] [worker] Successfully updated [kubelet] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0131] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kubelet] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0131] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kubelet] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0136] [healthcheck] service [kubelet] on host [192.168.10.15] is healthy
INFO[0139] [worker] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0139] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0141] [healthcheck] service [kubelet] on host [192.168.10.16] is healthy
INFO[0142] [healthcheck] service [kubelet] on host [192.168.10.17] is healthy
INFO[0142] [worker] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0142] [worker] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0143] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0143] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0144] Waiting for [kube-proxy] container to exit on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0145] [worker] Successfully updated [kube-proxy] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0145] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-proxy] on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0148] Waiting for [kube-proxy] container to exit on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0148] Waiting for [kube-proxy] container to exit on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0148] [worker] Successfully updated [kube-proxy] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0148] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-proxy] on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0148] [worker] Successfully updated [kube-proxy] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0149] [healthcheck] Start Healthcheck on service [kube-proxy] on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0151] [healthcheck] service [kube-proxy] on host [192.168.10.15] is healthy
INFO[0151] [worker] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0151] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0154] [healthcheck] service [kube-proxy] on host [192.168.10.16] is healthy
INFO[0154] [healthcheck] service [kube-proxy] on host [192.168.10.17] is healthy
INFO[0155] [worker] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0155] [worker] Successfully started [rke-log-linker] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0155] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0156] [remove/rke-log-linker] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0156] [worker] Successfully started Worker Plane..
INFO[0156] [cleanup] Successfully started [rke-log-cleaner] container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0156] [cleanup] Successfully started [rke-log-cleaner] container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0156] [cleanup] Successfully started [rke-log-cleaner] container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0156] [remove/rke-log-cleaner] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.15]
INFO[0156] [remove/rke-log-cleaner] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.17]
INFO[0156] [remove/rke-log-cleaner] Successfully removed container on host [192.168.10.16]
INFO[0156] [sync] Syncing nodes Labels and Taints      
INFO[0156] [sync] Successfully synced nodes Labels and Taints
INFO[0156] [network] Setting up network plugin: canal  
INFO[0156] [addons] Saving ConfigMap for addon rke-network-plugin to Kubernetes
INFO[0156] [addons] Successfully saved ConfigMap for addon rke-network-plugin to Kubernetes
INFO[0156] [addons] Executing deploy job rke-network-plugin
INFO[0167] [addons] Setting up coredns                 
INFO[0167] [addons] Saving ConfigMap for addon rke-coredns-addon to Kubernetes
INFO[0167] [addons] Successfully saved ConfigMap for addon rke-coredns-addon to Kubernetes
INFO[0167] [addons] Executing deploy job rke-coredns-addon
INFO[0172] [addons] CoreDNS deployed successfully..    
INFO[0172] [dns] DNS provider coredns deployed successfully
INFO[0172] [addons] Setting up Metrics Server          
INFO[0172] [addons] Saving ConfigMap for addon rke-metrics-addon to Kubernetes
INFO[0172] [addons] Successfully saved ConfigMap for addon rke-metrics-addon to Kubernetes
INFO[0172] [addons] Executing deploy job rke-metrics-addon
INFO[0182] [addons] Metrics Server deployed successfully
INFO[0182] [ingress] Setting up nginx ingress controller
INFO[0182] [addons] Saving ConfigMap for addon rke-ingress-controller to Kubernetes
INFO[0182] [addons] Successfully saved ConfigMap for addon rke-ingress-controller to Kubernetes
INFO[0182] [addons] Executing deploy job rke-ingress-controller
INFO[0192] [ingress] ingress controller nginx deployed successfully
INFO[0192] [addons] Setting up user addons             
INFO[0192] [addons] no user addons defined             
INFO[0192] Finished building Kubernetes cluster successfully

After a successful run of rke, the local cluster now shows with the new Kubernetes version in the UI: