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Upgrade a specific GKE node pool to a newer Kubernetes version

command

gcloud container clusters upgrade prod-cluster --node-pool=default-pool --cluster-version=1.28 --zone=us-central1-a

Command breakdown

Part of the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) — GKE category.

gcloudcontainerclustersupgradeprod-cluster--node-pool=default-pool--cluster-version=1.28--zone=us-central1-a

Flag	Purpose
`--node-pool`	Set to: default-pool
`--cluster-version`	Set to: 1.28
`--zone`	Set to: us-central1-a

More GKE commands

Create a new Google Kubernetes Engine cluster with specified node countgcloud container clusters create CLUSTER_NAME --zone ZONE --num-nodes NUM_NODES
List all GKE clusters in the current project across all zonesgcloud container clusters list
Delete a GKE cluster and all its associated resourcesgcloud container clusters delete CLUSTER_NAME --zone ZONE
Fetch kubeconfig credentials to enable kubectl access to a GKE clustergcloud container clusters get-credentials CLUSTER_NAME --zone ZONE
Resize the number of nodes in a GKE cluster node poolgcloud container clusters resize CLUSTER_NAME --num-nodes NUM_NODES --zone ZONE
Add a new node pool to an existing GKE clustergcloud container node-pools create POOL_NAME --cluster CLUSTER_NAME --zone ZONE
List all node pools belonging to a specific GKE clustergcloud container node-pools list --cluster CLUSTER_NAME --zone ZONE
Update a GKE cluster configuration such as enabling node autoscalinggcloud container clusters update CLUSTER_NAME --zone ZONE --enable-autoscaling --min-nodes MIN --max-nodes MAX

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