From 363509c5b7c214bd869aaddf71bc7806cb8db44f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gottschling Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 13:52:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add an intro paragraph with a recommendation Urge users to enroll their agents in automatic upgrades per feedback from bernardjkim. --- docs/pages/upgrading/automatic-agent-updates.mdx | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/pages/upgrading/automatic-agent-updates.mdx b/docs/pages/upgrading/automatic-agent-updates.mdx index 68471bfb3cfa0..da55137594fe3 100644 --- a/docs/pages/upgrading/automatic-agent-updates.mdx +++ b/docs/pages/upgrading/automatic-agent-updates.mdx @@ -3,12 +3,23 @@ title: Set up Automatic Agent Updates description: Describes how to set up automatic agent updates. --- +We strongly recommend that Teleport users set up automatic agent updates to +ensure that the version of Teleport running on agents remains compatible with +the version running on the Auth Service and Proxy Service. If an agent does not +maintain [version compatibility](./overview.mdx) with your Teleport cluster, +connections to those agents will become degraded or lost. + +Cloud-hosted Teleport clusters are updated on a weekly basis. Major version +updates are performed every 4 months. You can monitor and subscribe to the +[Teleport Status](https://status.teleport.sh/) page to be notified of scheduled +updates. + Teleport supports automatic agent updates for systemd-based Linux distributions using `apt`, `yum`, and `zypper` package managers, as well as Kubernetes clusters. This guide explains how to enable automatic updates for Teleport agents on -cloud-hosted Teleport Enterprise clusters. +cloud-hosted Teleport Enterprise clusters. ## How it works