Chapter 1. Checking which version you have installed

Procedure

• Run the following command to check the version information:

  $ microshift version

  Example output

  MicroShift Version: 4.21-0.microshift-e6980e25
  Base OCP Version: 4.21

Procedure

• To get the version number using the OpenShift CLI (oc), view the kube-public/microshift-version config map by running the following command:

  $ oc get configmap -n kube-public microshift-version -o yaml

  Example output

  apiVersion: v1
  data:
    major: "4"
    minor: "20"
    version: 4.20.0-0.microshift-fa441af87431
  kind: ConfigMap
  metadata:
    creationTimestamp: "2025-11-03T21:06:11Z"
    name: microshift-version
    namespace: kube-public

Procedure

• To display the base database version information, run the following command:

  $ microshift-etcd version

  Example output

  microshift-etcd Version: 4.20.0
  Base etcd Version: 3.5.13

• To display the full database version information, run the following command:

  $ microshift-etcd version -o json

  Example output

  {
    "major": "4",
    "minor": "20",
    "gitVersion": "4.20.0",
    "gitCommit": "140777711962eb4e0b765c39dfd325fb0abb3622",
    "gitTreeState": "clean",
    "buildDate": "2025-11-03T16:37:53Z",
    "goVersion": "go1.21.9"
    "compiler": "gc",
    "platform": "linux/amd64",
    "patch": "",
    "etcdVersion": "3.5.13"
  }