Updating a connector in Google Cloud

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.

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

Update a connector

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

Set the APONO_CONNECTOR_ID environment variable to your chosen connector ID value.
```
export APONO_CONNECTOR_ID=apono-google-integration
```
Set the APONO_TOKEN environment variable to your account token.
```
export APONO_TOKEN=abcd1234-e5f6-7g8h-90123i45678
```
Set the PROJECT_ID environment variable to the Google Project ID.
```
export PROJECT_ID=my-project-12345
```

Set the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL environment variable.

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

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

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