Cannot enabe autoRestart property on KafkaConnector

[raduone]

The connector helm config is based on the following template I created:

apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
kind: KafkaConnector
metadata:
  name: {{ required "value 'global.sinkConnectorName' is required" .Values.global.sinkConnectorName }}
  labels:
    strimzi.io/cluster: {{ required "value 'connectClusterName' is required" .Values.global.connectClusterName }}
spec:
  autoRestart:
    enabled: {{ .Values.autoRestart | default true }}
  class: io.confluent.connect.jdbc.JdbcSinkConnector
  tasksMax: {{ .Values.tasksMax | default 1 }}
  config:
.....

The strimzi operator:

apiVersion: v2
name: strimzi
version: 0.36.1
dependencies:
  - name: strimzi-kafka-operator
    version: 0.36.1
    repository: https://strimzi.io/charts

All worked until I added the autoRestart property.
With the autoRestart I keep getting, whenever I try to upgrade:

Error: UPGRADE FAILED: error validating "": error validating 
data: ValidationError(KafkaConnector.spec): unknown field "autoRestart" in io.strimzi.kafka.v1beta2.KafkaConnector.spec  

From all the documentation I could find, it looks like I added the configuration correctly,
though I am not sure why it's not working.

[scholzj]

You are likely using some outdated CRDs? If you are using Helm, Helm does not update any CRDs. So you have to do it manually after every Helm upgrade.

[raduone]

Would you mind telling how to check for this and update if needed ?

[scholzj]

You can find the YAMl with the CRDs in the GitHub release page for the corresponding Strimzi release: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/releases. It is also inside the Helm Chart itself. The only way how to check it is I think to get the current CRDs from your Kubernetes cluster and diff them against the ones matching your Strimzi version.

[raduone]

Thank you for the information 👍

[imrohankataria]

I always keep my CRDs folder empty or there is nothing avaialble.
Is there a command to update them similar to helm upgrade?

[scholzj]

I'm not sure if Helm has any command to update them - I do not use Helm myself, I just now the outdated CRDs are a common issue among Helm users. Aside of Helm, you can for example do this:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/releases/download/0.37.0/strimzi-crds-0.37.0.yaml

(Replace 0.37.0 with your version)