From 27396e8a3c8b754b84194b69dc5a85dde9adffec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Schurter Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 16:03:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: mention some cli backward incompatibility --- website/source/docs/upgrade/upgrade-specific.html.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/upgrade/upgrade-specific.html.md b/website/source/docs/upgrade/upgrade-specific.html.md index 971c96848..857d3e14d 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/upgrade/upgrade-specific.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/upgrade/upgrade-specific.html.md @@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ In Nomad 0.7 would be exposed to the task as `registry_consul_addr=127.0.0.1:8500`. In Nomad 0.8 it will now appear exactly as specified: `registry.consul.addr=127.0.0.1:8500`. +### Client APIs Unavailable on Older Nodes + +Because Nomad 0.8 uses a new RPC mechanism to route node-specific APIs like +[`nomad alloc fs`](/docs/commands/alloc/fs.html) through servers to the node, +0.8 CLIs are incompatible using these commands on clients older than 0.8. + +To access these commands on older clients either continue to use a pre-0.8 +version of the CLI, or upgrade all clients to 0.8. + ## Nomad 0.6.0 ### Default `advertise` address changes