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Upgrade a cluster's Kubernetes version

POST
/api/v1/organizations/{orgID}/clusters/{clusterID}/upgrade
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.aetherplatform.cloud/api/v1/organizations/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/clusters/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/upgrade \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "target_version": "example" }'

Initiates a Kubernetes version upgrade across the control plane and worker node pools. Upgrades must be incremental: a patch bump on the same minor or a step to exactly the next minor. The cluster must be running. target_version accepts the same two forms as cluster creation. A bare minor resolves to the latest patch Aether has verified for it; a full MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH is accepted only when its minor is offered by GET /api/v1/k8s-versions and its patch is one this platform has resolved (at or below that minor’s current patch) — otherwise 422 validation_error. When no version is offered at all (upstream release data has never been reachable) the endpoint answers 503.

orgID
required
string format: uuid

Organization UUID.

clusterID
required
string format: uuid

Cluster UUID.

Media typeapplication/json
object
target_version
required

The target Kubernetes version as MAJOR.MINOR (e.g. “1.37”) or full MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. Bare minors resolve to the latest available patch; a full version is accepted only when its minor is offered by GET /api/v1/k8s-versions and its patch is one this platform has resolved (at or below that minor’s current patch) — otherwise 422 validation_error. Must also be an incremental step from the cluster’s current version: a patch bump on the same minor, or a step to exactly the next minor.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"target_version": "example"
}

Upgrade accepted.

Media typeapplication/json

The updated cluster plus worker-rollout counters. When worker patching partially fails, additional fields (workers_pending, workers_error) are present.

object
cluster
object
id
required
string format: uuid
org_id
required
string format: uuid
name
required
string
region
required
string
k8s_version
required
string
status
required
string
Allowed values: provisioning running upgrading degraded deleting failed
status_message
string | null
endpoint

The apiserver URL aether-operator reports for the cluster: the private control-plane proxy address, or the public hostname when public_endpoint is true (which it is on every supported cluster — a cluster without the mandatory public endpoint is an implementation gap, tracked internally as I-14, see public_endpoint). Observed, not derived — null (and omitted from the response) until the cluster has been provisioned far enough for the operator to report one.

string | null
observed_kubernetes_version

The version aether-operator reports once a rollout settles.

string | null
capi_cluster_name

Read-only. The Cluster API object name for this cluster, which is also the name of its TenantCluster and the kubeconfig context name. For clusters created after the random suffix was introduced it is <organization slug>-<name>-<6 lowercase alphanumerics>; older clusters keep <organization slug>-<name>. It is stored once at create time and never recomputed, so it does not change if the organization slug later differs.

string | null
keycloak_realm
string | null
harbor_project
string | null
ceph_pool
string | null
lb_subnet
string | null
worker_subnet

The per-cluster worker /24 (read-only; allocated at create time).

string | null
public_endpoint

Whether this cluster’s apiserver is exposed on a public IPv4 and DNS name in addition to the private control-plane proxy path. Every cluster is required to have one: the public API endpoint is mandatory, billed at the published monthly rate for public_ip (€4 at the time of writing; the current rate is shown in the portal and, once published, on the pricing page) as a flat month with no proration, locked the first time the billing sampler observes the address — one line per cluster per month, see SubscriptionLine.kind public_ip. Set at create time and immutable afterwards; sending a different value to updateCluster is rejected with 422 public_endpoint/immutable. A cluster reading false is an implementation gap (tracked internally as I-14), not a supported configuration: the API still accepts public_endpoint: false at create time, and the resulting cluster has no public address, no endpoint charge and no supported access path. Its apiserver answers only on the cluster’s private network — its own workers and the platform — and in production there is no supported way to reach it from a laptop or a CI pipeline; the kubectl proxy through the platform API (proxy-kubeconfig, not exposed in this reference) is a preview that is switched off in production and, where enabled, reaches private and public clusters alike. Private-network connectivity, which would make the public endpoint optional, is a future capability.

boolean
plan_slug

The package this cluster is billed from, as chosen at create time: one of the package slugs in the catalogue (currently dev, starter, growth, scale; a retired slug can still appear on an existing cluster). null (and omitted from the response) means the cluster is billed per resource (“custom”). Immutable — no endpoint changes it.

string | null
created_at
required
string format: date-time
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
workers_patched
integer
workers_skipped
integer
workers_pending
boolean
workers_error
string
Example
{
"cluster": {
"status": "provisioning"
}
}

Missing or invalid credentials.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable, machine-readable error code.

string
message
required
string
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
code
required
string
message
required
string
status_url

The platform status page (https://status.aetherplatform.cloud). Present on 5xx answers written by the API’s error writer and on no other; absent, not null, on 4xx.

string format: uri
decline_code

The payment provider’s decline code. Present only on 402 payment_declined; it is its own field and is never folded into message.

string
invoice_id

Present on exactly these errors of the invoice pay and pay/confirm endpoints: 402 payment_declined, 402 payment_method_required, 409 invoice_already_paid, 409 invoice_not_issued, 409 invoice_below_minimum, 409 payment_not_in_flight, and 409 invoice_void when the void invoice was replaced. It is the id of the live invoice, which after a re-issue is the replacement and not the id in the request URL (on 409 invoice_void from pay/confirm it is the replacement’s id). Absent on every other error — 400 (including discount_code_invalid), 403, 404, the discount_* 409s, 409 invoice_void with no replacement (nothing live to name), every 5xx and 503 code — and never null.

string format: uuid
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": [
{
"field": "example",
"code": "example",
"message": "example"
}
],
"status_url": "https://example.com",
"decline_code": "example",
"invoice_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"
}
}

Refused by the organization role policy (see Authorization in the API description). error.code is forbidden when the caller is not a member of the organization (or the API token belongs to another organization), insufficient_role when the caller’s organization role is below the operation’s minimum role, and token_not_permitted when the request was authenticated with an API token on an operation API tokens may not use (the API Tokens operations; the handler-gated operations named in the API description: deleting the organization, changing a member’s role or payment_mode, paying an invoice including its confirm step, and discounts; and for a cluster-pinned machine token every operation except the loadbalancer-ips and loadbalancer-vms operations). email_unverified when a portal user’s e-mail address is not verified (see Authentication).

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable, machine-readable error code.

string
message
required
string
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
code
required
string
message
required
string
status_url

The platform status page (https://status.aetherplatform.cloud). Present on 5xx answers written by the API’s error writer and on no other; absent, not null, on 4xx.

string format: uri
decline_code

The payment provider’s decline code. Present only on 402 payment_declined; it is its own field and is never folded into message.

string
invoice_id

Present on exactly these errors of the invoice pay and pay/confirm endpoints: 402 payment_declined, 402 payment_method_required, 409 invoice_already_paid, 409 invoice_not_issued, 409 invoice_below_minimum, 409 payment_not_in_flight, and 409 invoice_void when the void invoice was replaced. It is the id of the live invoice, which after a re-issue is the replacement and not the id in the request URL (on 409 invoice_void from pay/confirm it is the replacement’s id). Absent on every other error — 400 (including discount_code_invalid), 403, 404, the discount_* 409s, 409 invoice_void with no replacement (nothing live to name), every 5xx and 503 code — and never null.

string format: uuid
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": [
{
"field": "example",
"code": "example",
"message": "example"
}
],
"status_url": "https://example.com",
"decline_code": "example",
"invoice_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"
}
}

The requested resource was not found.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable, machine-readable error code.

string
message
required
string
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
code
required
string
message
required
string
status_url

The platform status page (https://status.aetherplatform.cloud). Present on 5xx answers written by the API’s error writer and on no other; absent, not null, on 4xx.

string format: uri
decline_code

The payment provider’s decline code. Present only on 402 payment_declined; it is its own field and is never folded into message.

string
invoice_id

Present on exactly these errors of the invoice pay and pay/confirm endpoints: 402 payment_declined, 402 payment_method_required, 409 invoice_already_paid, 409 invoice_not_issued, 409 invoice_below_minimum, 409 payment_not_in_flight, and 409 invoice_void when the void invoice was replaced. It is the id of the live invoice, which after a re-issue is the replacement and not the id in the request URL (on 409 invoice_void from pay/confirm it is the replacement’s id). Absent on every other error — 400 (including discount_code_invalid), 403, 404, the discount_* 409s, 409 invoice_void with no replacement (nothing live to name), every 5xx and 503 code — and never null.

string format: uuid
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": [
{
"field": "example",
"code": "example",
"message": "example"
}
],
"status_url": "https://example.com",
"decline_code": "example",
"invoice_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"
}
}

The cluster is not in a state that permits upgrade.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable, machine-readable error code.

string
message
required
string
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
code
required
string
message
required
string
status_url

The platform status page (https://status.aetherplatform.cloud). Present on 5xx answers written by the API’s error writer and on no other; absent, not null, on 4xx.

string format: uri
decline_code

The payment provider’s decline code. Present only on 402 payment_declined; it is its own field and is never folded into message.

string
invoice_id

Present on exactly these errors of the invoice pay and pay/confirm endpoints: 402 payment_declined, 402 payment_method_required, 409 invoice_already_paid, 409 invoice_not_issued, 409 invoice_below_minimum, 409 payment_not_in_flight, and 409 invoice_void when the void invoice was replaced. It is the id of the live invoice, which after a re-issue is the replacement and not the id in the request URL (on 409 invoice_void from pay/confirm it is the replacement’s id). Absent on every other error — 400 (including discount_code_invalid), 403, 404, the discount_* 409s, 409 invoice_void with no replacement (nothing live to name), every 5xx and 503 code — and never null.

string format: uuid
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": [
{
"field": "example",
"code": "example",
"message": "example"
}
],
"status_url": "https://example.com",
"decline_code": "example",
"invoice_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"
}
}

Request validation failed.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable, machine-readable error code.

string
message
required
string
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
code
required
string
message
required
string
status_url

The platform status page (https://status.aetherplatform.cloud). Present on 5xx answers written by the API’s error writer and on no other; absent, not null, on 4xx.

string format: uri
decline_code

The payment provider’s decline code. Present only on 402 payment_declined; it is its own field and is never folded into message.

string
invoice_id

Present on exactly these errors of the invoice pay and pay/confirm endpoints: 402 payment_declined, 402 payment_method_required, 409 invoice_already_paid, 409 invoice_not_issued, 409 invoice_below_minimum, 409 payment_not_in_flight, and 409 invoice_void when the void invoice was replaced. It is the id of the live invoice, which after a re-issue is the replacement and not the id in the request URL (on 409 invoice_void from pay/confirm it is the replacement’s id). Absent on every other error — 400 (including discount_code_invalid), 403, 404, the discount_* 409s, 409 invoice_void with no replacement (nothing live to name), every 5xx and 503 code — and never null.

string format: uuid
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": [
{
"field": "example",
"code": "example",
"message": "example"
}
],
"status_url": "https://example.com",
"decline_code": "example",
"invoice_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"
}
}

A required backend dependency is unavailable.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable, machine-readable error code.

string
message
required
string
details
Array<object>
object
field
required
string
code
required
string
message
required
string
status_url

The platform status page (https://status.aetherplatform.cloud). Present on 5xx answers written by the API’s error writer and on no other; absent, not null, on 4xx.

string format: uri
decline_code

The payment provider’s decline code. Present only on 402 payment_declined; it is its own field and is never folded into message.

string
invoice_id

Present on exactly these errors of the invoice pay and pay/confirm endpoints: 402 payment_declined, 402 payment_method_required, 409 invoice_already_paid, 409 invoice_not_issued, 409 invoice_below_minimum, 409 payment_not_in_flight, and 409 invoice_void when the void invoice was replaced. It is the id of the live invoice, which after a re-issue is the replacement and not the id in the request URL (on 409 invoice_void from pay/confirm it is the replacement’s id). Absent on every other error — 400 (including discount_code_invalid), 403, 404, the discount_* 409s, 409 invoice_void with no replacement (nothing live to name), every 5xx and 503 code — and never null.

string format: uuid
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": [
{
"field": "example",
"code": "example",
"message": "example"
}
],
"status_url": "https://example.com",
"decline_code": "example",
"invoice_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0"
}
}