Intelligent upgrade workflow for a container orchestration system

A computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media having computer readable program code collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the computer readable program code being executed by one or more processors of a computer system to cause the computer system to perform at least the following operations:
• identifying and analyzing state information about containerized applications in one or more clusters in a container orchestration system;
• based on the state information, determining an upgrade path for an upgrade of the containerized applications;
• using an artificial intelligence (AI) based container orchestration platform upgrade engine that employs continuous learning for upgrading data and algorithmic models to upgrade containers, generating a recommendation that the upgrade of the containerized applications be a full upgrade or a partial upgrade;
• receiving from a user a confirmation of the full upgrade or the partial upgrade;
• creating components for the full upgrade or the partial upgrade;
• and
• using the upgrade path and based on the full upgrade or the partial upgrade, performing the upgrade of the containerized applications.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying and analyzing, by one or more processors, state information about containerized applications in one or more clusters in a container orchestration system;
• based on the state information, determining, by the one or more processors, an upgrade path for an upgrade of the containerized applications;
• using an artificial intelligence (AI) based container orchestration platform upgrade engine that employs continuous learning for upgrading data and algorithmic models to upgrade containers, generating, by the one or more processors, a recommendation that the upgrade of the containerized applications be a full upgrade or a partial upgrade;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, a confirmation from a user of the full upgrade or the partial upgrade;
• creating, by the one or more processors, components for the full upgrade or the partial upgrade;
• and
• using the upgrade path and based on the full upgrade or the partial upgrade, performing, by the one or more processors, the upgrade of the containerized applications.