Updating a connector in Google Cloud

Learn how to update a connector through the Helm CLI

Periodically, you may need to update your Google Cloud connector to help maintain functionality, performance, and security.

This article explains how to update a connector through the Helm CLI.

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Prerequisites

Item	Description
Apono Token	Account-specific Apono authentication value Use the following steps to obtain your token: On the Connectors page, click Install Connector. The Install Connector page appears. Click GCP > Install and Connect GCP Project > CLI (GKE). Copy the token in step listed on the page in step 1.
Helm Command Line Interface (Helm CLI)	Command-line interface used to manage Kubernetes applications
Owner Role	Google Cloud role that provides full access to most Google Cloud resources
Project ID	Identifier for the Google project

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Update a connector

To update an Apono connector for Google Cloud, follow these steps in the shell environment:

1. Set the APONO_CONNECTOR_ID environment variable to your chosen connector ID value.

   export APONO_CONNECTOR_ID=apono-google-integration

2. Set the APONO_TOKEN environment variable to your account token.

   export APONO_TOKEN=abcd1234-e5f6-7g8h-90123i45678

3. Set the PROJECT_ID environment variable to the Google Project ID.

   export PROJECT_ID=my-project-12345

4. Set the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL environment variable.

   export GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=apono-connector-iam-sa@$PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com

5. Set the NAMESPACE to the namespace where the connector is installed.

6. Run the following helm upgrade command to pull the most recent connector version.

   helm upgrade apono-connector apono-connector --repo https://apono-io.github.io/apono-helm-charts \
       --set-string apono.token=$APONO_TOKEN \
       --set-string apono.connectorId=$APONO_CONNECTOR_ID \
       --set-string serviceAccount.gcpServiceAccountEmail=$GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL \
       --namespace $NAMESPACE \
       --create-namespace

7. On the Connectors page, verify that the connector has been updated.