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# Upgrade Your Kustomize Version

### Introduction <a href="#introduction" id="introduction"></a>

It may become necessary to update the Kustomize binary in Rosco to a newer version. Below are steps for how to go through the upgrade process

### Prerequisites <a href="#prerequisites" id="prerequisites"></a>

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### Instructions <a href="#instructions" id="instructions"></a>

To change the Kustomize binary used by Rosco, mount a volume and use an `initContainer` to replace the original binary.Perform the following steps:

* Create the file following file if it does not already exist: `~/.hal/default/service-settings/rosco.yml`Add the following volume information to the file: kubernetes: volumes:
  * id: shared-volume type: emptyDir mountPath: /packer/kustomize​

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* This example uses an ```_emptyDir_``` type for the volume type.* The ```mounthPath``` is the directory where the existing Kustomize binary is located.
In the ```~/.hal/config``` file, add an ```initContainer```:

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initContainers: rosco: - name: kustomize-binary image: tutum/curl:latest command: \["/bin/sh", "-c"] args: \["curl -s -L <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize%2Fv3.5.4/kustomize\\_v3.5.4\\_linux\\_amd64.tar.gz> | tar xvz -C /tmp"] volumeMounts: - name: shared-volume mountPath: /tmp

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* Replace the URL in the **args** attribute with the URL for the Kustomize version that you want to use. In the example, the URL points to version ```3.5.4```.* Set the ```name``` for the ```volumeMounts``` to the same value as the volume’s ID in the ```rosco.yml``` file from step 2.
* Apply the changes: ```hal deploy apply```* Enter into the Rosco pod: ```kubectl exec -it  bash```.* ``````Go to the Kustomize directory: ```cd /packer/kustomize```. If you enter the ```ls``` command, you should see the new binary.Check the Kustomize version: ```./kustomize version```.The command returns information similar to the following:
```{Version:kustomize/v3.5.4 GitCommit:3af514fa9f85430f0c1557c4a0291e62112ab026 BuildDate:2020-01-11T03:12:59Z GoOs:linux GoArch:amd64}```


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