Upgrading Razor

If you used Razor in a previous Puppet Enterprise environment, upgrade Razor to keep your Puppet Enterprise and Razor versions synched.

After a Puppet Enterprise upgrade, the pe_razor class continues to operate normally, but we recommend upgrading Razor as soon as possible to avoid unintended effects.

Note: If nodes are actively provisioning during upgrade, provisioning might fail. You can resume provisioning after pe-razor-server restarts.

Upgrade Razor from Puppet Enterprise 2015.2.x or later

Upgrading from 2015.2.x or later is a mostly automated process that replaces the software repository, installs software packages, and migrates the Razor database. Upgrading to 2016.2 or later requires manual migration of any custom configuration from your config.yaml file to parameters in the pe_razor class.

Before you begin

If you’re upgrading to Puppet Enterprise 2016.2 or later and you’ve modified your config.yaml file – for example, by changing protect_new_nodes or customizing tasks, brokers, or hooks – make a note of the modified settings.

For instructions on upgrading Razor from Puppet Enterprise 3.8, see earlier versions of the Razor documentation. 
  1. Upgrade the master.
  2. Upgrade the agent on the Razor server node.

    The pe-razor-server service automatically restarts.

  3. (Optional) If you’re upgrading to 2016.2 or later, transfer any customized configurations to parameters in the pe_razor class.
    Note: To prevent accidentally overwriting machines during upgrade, the default for protect_new_nodes was changed to true in Puppet Enterprise 2016.2 and later. If your environment and workflows rely on provisioning all new nodes, you must manually change protect_new_nodes to false after upgrade, then run puppet and restart the pe-razor-server service.
Result:
Tip: You can run razor --version to verify that the upgrade was successful.