From 7f87b56bb73edd450fbee1b114843941a5b980f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abhi Vaidyanatha Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:02:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about orphaned Airbyte configs preventing automatic upgrades (#4709) * Add note about removing orphaned Airbyte configs * Remove excess baggage * Add a resetting section to make this more clear. Co-authored-by: Abhi Vaidyanatha --- docs/operator-guides/upgrading-airbyte.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/operator-guides/upgrading-airbyte.md b/docs/operator-guides/upgrading-airbyte.md index 098911316b6c..a9fd0310e6eb 100644 --- a/docs/operator-guides/upgrading-airbyte.md +++ b/docs/operator-guides/upgrading-airbyte.md @@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ If you are running [Airbyte on Kubernetes](../deploying-airbyte/on-kubernetes.md docker-compose up ``` +### Resetting your Configuration + +If you did not start Airbyte from the root of the Airbyte monorepo, you may run into issues where existing orphaned Airbyte configurations will prevent you from upgrading with the automatic process. To fix this, we will need to globally remove these lost Airbyte configurations. You can do this with `docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q | grep airbyte)`. + +{% hint style="danger" %} +This will completely reset your Airbyte instance back to scratch and you will lose all data. +{% endhint %} + ## Upgrading on K8s (0.27.0-alpha and above) If you are upgrading from (i.e. your current version of Airbyte is) Airbyte version **0.27.0-alpha or above** on Kubernetes :