kURL Release Notes
This topic contains release notes for the Replicated kURL installer. The release notes list new features, improvements, bug fixes, known issues, and breaking changes.
v2025.02.14-0
Released on February 14, 2025
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes versions 1.32.2, 1.31.6, 1.30.10, and 1.29.14.
- Adds Metrics Server add-on version 0.7.2.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.15.2.
- Adds Cert Manager add-on version 1.17.1.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes Containerd add-on version 1.7.25 to install the correct version on RHEL 8, CentOS 8, and Oracle Linux 8.
v2025.02.12-0
Released on February 12, 2025
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes versions 1.31.5, 1.30.9, and 1.29.13.
- Adds Containerd add-on version 1.7.25.
- Adds Flannel add-on versions 0.26.3 and 0.26.4.
- Adds OpenEBS add-on versions 4.1.2 and 4.2.0.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.80.0-69.2.0.
v2024.12.31-0
Released on December 31, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version 1.31.4, 1.30.8 and 1.29.12.
- Updates Containerd add-on to include runc v1.2.3.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.26.2.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.79.2-67.5.0.
v2024.12.04-0
Released on December 4, 2024
New Features
- Adds support for RHEL 9.5 and Rocky Linux 9.5.
- Adds Kubernetes versions 1.31.3, 1.30.7, 1.29.11, and 1.28.15.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.26.1.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.78.2-66.2.2.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-11-07T00-52-20Z.
v2024.11.08-0
Released on November 8, 2024
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where the public-address flag provided to the install script is ignored and not included in the api server cert sans.
v2024.11.07-0
Released on November 7, 2024
New Features
- Adds support for discovering the EC2 instance public IP address using AWS IMDSv2.
- Updates Containerd add-on to include runc v1.2.1.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.26.0.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-10-29T16-01-48Z.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.77.2-65.8.0.
v2024.10.24-0
Released on October 24, 2024
New Features
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.25.7.
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.31.2 1.30.6 1.29.10 1.28.15 1.27.16.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that could cause the Velero add-on to fail to install on Ubuntu 22.04.
v2024.09.26-0
Released on September 26, 2024
New Features
- Adds Sonobuoy add-on version 0.57.2.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.76.1-62.6.0.
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.31.1 1.30.5 1.29.9 1.28.14 1.27.16.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes master CIS benchmark checks 1.1.13 and 1.1.14 for /etc/kubernetes/super-admin.conf file permissions.
v2024.09.06-0
Released on September 6, 2024
Improvements
- Improves preflight checks for Amazon Linux 2023 and Ubuntu 24.04.
v2024.09.03-0
Released on September 3, 2024
New Features
- Adds support for Amazon Linux 2023 and Ubuntu 24.04.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.76.0-62.3.0.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.25.6.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-08-26T15-33-07Z.
v2024.08.26-0
Released on August 26, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes versions 1.27.16, 1.28.13, 1.29.8, 1.30.4, and 1.31.0.
- Adds support for CentOS Stream 9.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-08-17T01-24-54Z.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where Flannel versions older than 0.24.2 failed to install on instances with VMware NICs.
v2024.08.12-0
Released on August 12, 2024
New Features
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-08-03T04-33-23Z.
- Updates included kustomize binary to v5.4.3.
v2024.08.07-0
Released on August 7, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes versions 1.30.3, 1.29.7, 1.28.12, and 1.27.16.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.25.5.
- Adds Containerd add-on version 1.6.33.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.14.0.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.75.2-61.6.0.
- Adds OpenEBS add-on version 4.1.0.
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.30.0.
- Updates crictl in Kubernetes to version 1.30.2.
Removals
- Removes all Docker add-on versions. Use the Containerd add-on instead. The Docker add-on was previously deprecated in March 2023.
- Removes OpenEBS add-on versions 1.6.0, 1.12.0, 2.6.0, and 2.12.9.
- Removes Prometheus add-on versions 0.33.0, 0.44.1, 0.46.0, 0.46.0-14.9.0, 0.47.0-15.2.0, 0.47.0-15.2.1, 0.47.0-16.0.1, 0.48.0-16.1.2, 0.48.0-16.10.0, 0.48.0-16.12.1, 0.49.0-17.0.0, 0.49.0-17.1.1, and 0.49.0-17.1.3.
v2024.07.02-0
Released on July 2, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.30.2 1.29.6 1.28.11 1.27.15.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.25.4.
- Remove
/var/lib/containerd
and/var/lib/docker
as part oftasks.sh reset
.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes cluster subnets being changed on upgrade in some instances.
v2024.06.12-0
Released on June 12, 2024
New Features
- Updates EKCO add-on version 0.28.7 to use haproxy:2.9.7-alpine3.20.
- Adds Containerd add-on version 1.6.32.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.74.0-59.0.0.
- Adds Flannel add-on versions 0.25.2 and 0.25.3.
- Adds support for RHEL 8.10 and 9.4.
- Adds support for Oracle Linux 8.10.
- Adds support for Rocky Linux 9.4.
v2024.05.17-0
Released on May 17, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.30.1 1.28.10 1.29.5 1.27.14.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.73.2-58.5.2.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-05-10T01-41-38Z.
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.29.0.
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.28.7.
- Updates Velero add-on version 1.13.2 to use local-volume-provider:v0.6.4.
v2024.05.03-0
Released on May 3, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version 1.30.0.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes list of host package dependencies for RHEL-9.
- Stop using default yum repos if all dependencies are already installed on RHEL 9.
- Stop installing sub-dependencies on RHEL-9 systems.
v2024.04.19-0
Released on April 19, 2024
New Features
- Adds Containerd add-on version 1.6.31.
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.29.4 1.28.9 1.27.13 1.26.15.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.13.2.
v2024.04.16-0
Released on April 16, 2024
New Features
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.28.6.
- Adds Goldpinger add-on version 3.10.0-6.2.0.
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.28.3.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.25.1.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-04-06T05-26-02Z.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.73.1-58.1.1.
v2024.04.11-0
Released on April 11, 2024
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where dependencies for the 'fio' package caused Amazon Linux 2 to become CentOS 7.
v2024.04.03-1
Released on April 3, 2024
New Features
- Adds OpenEBS add-on version 4.0.0.
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.28.2.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.13.1.
v2024.04.03-0
Released on April 3, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.29.3 1.28.8 1.27.12 1.26.15.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.24.4.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-03-26T22-10-45Z.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.72.0-57.2.0.
- Updates EKCO add-on version 0.28.4 to use haproxy:2.9.6.
v2024.02.23-0
Released on February 23, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.29.2 1.28.7 1.27.11 1.26.14.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-02-17T01-15-57Z.
- Updates EKCO add-on version 0.28.4 to use haproxy 2.9.5.
v2024.02.05-0
Released on February 5, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.29.1 1.28.6 1.27.10 1.26.13.
- Adds Flannel add-on versions 0.24.1 and 0.24.2.
- Adds Containerd add-on versions 1.6.27 and 1.6.28.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.12.3.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.71.2-56.6.0.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-02-04T22-36-13Z.
- Updates EKCO add-on version 0.28.4 to use haproxy 2.9.4.
- Users of VMWare clusters using the VMXNET3 NIC driver will see a new systemd .service file included that disables tcp checksum offloading on the flannel interface. This fixes an issue we have seen with dropped packets under certain combinations of VMWare NIC and cluster configurations.
Improvements
- Install an openebs support bundle spec whenever openebs addon is added to a kURL spec.
- Install a velero support bundle spec whenever velero addon is added to a kURL spec.
v2024.01.09-0
Released on January 9, 2024
New Features
- Updates Containerd add-on to use runc v1.1.11.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2024-01-01T16-36-33Z.
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.28.4.
v2024.01.02-0
Released on January 2, 2024
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.29.0 1.28.5 1.28.4 1.27.9 1.27.8 1.26.12 1.26.11.
- Updates EKCO add-on version 0.28.3 to use HAProxy 2.9.1.
- Adds OpenEBS add-on version 3.10.0.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.24.0.
- Adds Goldpinger add-on version 3.9.0-6.1.2.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where the 'minimum-node-count' parameter for Rook storage would require port 31880 to be opened between the node joining the cluster and a primary node.
- Adds a preflight to Kubernetes 1.29.x+ to prevent installing KOTS versions prior to 1.96.2 due to version incompatibilities.
v2023.12.14-0
Released on December 14, 2023
New Features
- Adds support for RHEL 9.3 and Rocky Linux 9.3.
- Adds Containerd add-on versions 1.6.25 and 1.6.26.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.12.2.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.70.0-55.0.0.
- Adds MinIO add-on versions RELEASE.2023-12-02T10-51-33Z and RELEASE.2023-12-09T18-17-51Z.
- Updates EKCO add-on version 0.28.3 to use HAProxy 2.9.0.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where Kubernetes 1.27 or later could prune the pause image being used, causing pods to fail.
v2023.11.20-0
Released on November 20, 2023
New Features
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.12.8.
- Updates EKCO add-on version 0.28.3 to use HAProxy 2.8.4.
- Adds support for RHEL and Oracle Linux 8.9.
Bug Fixes
- Improve error reporting capabilities during weave to flannel migration.
v2023.11.17-0
Released on November 17, 2023
New Features
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-11-15T20-43-25Z.
- Adds Sonobuoy add-on version 0.57.1.
v2023.11.16-0
Released on November 16, 2023
New Features
- Add Cert Manager add-on version 1.13.2.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.69.1-53.0.0.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-11-11T08-14-41Z.
- Updates Containerd add-on to use runc v1.1.10.
v2023.11.02-0
Released on November 2, 2023
New Features
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.12.7.
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.27.0.
- Updates Velero add-on version 1.12.1 to use local-volume-provider v0.5.5.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.23.0.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-11-01T18-37-25Z.
v2023.10.26-0
Released on October 26, 2023
New Features
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.26.1.
- Adds Sonobuoy add-on version 0.57.0.
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.12.6.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-10-16T04-13-43Z.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.12.1.
Bug Fixes
- Improves the reliability of the reset task by adding directory removal retry logic.
- If the
fio
host package cannot be installed, installation will continue without host filesystem performance metrics.
v2023.10.19-0
Released on October 19, 2023
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug where having multiple volumes attached to the same pod would cause some volumes not to be created on the correct node when migrating to OpenEBS
v2023.10.12-0
Released on October 12, 2023
New Features
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.12.0.
- Updates Contour add-on version 1.26.0 to use Envoy v1.27.1.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-10-07T15-07-38Z.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes a bug introduced in v2023.10.11-0 that prevented migrating from Longhorn to OpenEBS or Rook-Ceph storage when Prometheus was installed.
- Fixes a race condition that could prevent Prometheus from being upgraded from very old versions.
v2023.10.11-0
Released on October 11, 2023
New Features
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.12.5.
Improvements
-
The filesystem performance preflight check uses the
fio
package instead of an internal implementation. To support the filesystem performance preflight check, thefio
package is installed as part of the installation script.noteThe
fio
is not automatically installed on Ubuntu 18.04 operating systems. This means that the filesystem performance preflight check does not run on Ubuntu 18.04 unlessfio
has been installed through other means.
Bug Fixes
- When migrating from Longhorn to OpenEBS storage, PVCs remain on the node where the pod that uses the PVC was previously running.
v2023.10.09-0
Released on October 9, 2023
Bug Fixes
- Files in
/var/lib/kurl
are now properly owned by root:root and not the uid1001
- The kurl reset script now removes
/var/lib/cni
files
v2023.10.04-0
Released on October 4, 2023
New Features
- Adds Registry add-on version 2.8.3.
v2023.10.03-0
Released on October 3, 2023
New Features
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.26.0.
- Adds OpenEBS add-on version 3.9.0.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-09-30T07-02-29Z.
v2023.09.26-0
Released on September 26, 2023
New Features
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.12.4.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.22.3.
- Adds Containerd add-on version 1.6.24.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-09-23T03-47-50Z.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where the weave-to-flannel migration would provide prompts for remote nodes that incorrectly included the 'airgap' flag on non-airgap systems and the reverse.
v2023.09.15-0
Released on September 15, 2023
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.28.2 1.27.6 1.26.9 1.25.14.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.68.0-51.0.0.
v2023.09.12-0
Released on September 12, 2023
Bug Fixes
- Docker 20.10.x will properly use RHEL 8 packages when installing on RHEL 8 based operating systems. This is still considered an unsupported configuration.
v2023.09.07-0
Released on September 7, 2023
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.24.17.
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.12.3.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.67.1-50.3.1.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-09-04T19-57-37Z.
Bug Fixes
- Velero 1.11.1 and later properly removes the 'restic' daemonset when upgrading. This is replaced by a new daemonset named 'node-agent'.
- Velero 1.11.1 and later running with OpenEBS with no object storage creates no default backup location instead of a broken one.
- Fixes an issue when merging an Installer patch file containing HostPreflights definitions.
v2023.08.28-0
Released on August 28, 2023
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.28.1 1.27.5 1.26.8 1.25.13.
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.12.2.
- Adds Velero add-on version 1.11.1.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-08-23T10-07-06Z.
v2023.08.23-0
Released on August 23, 2023
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version 1.28.0.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.22.2.
- Adds Containerd add-on version 1.6.22. As this package has not been published for Ubuntu 18.04, 1.6.21 will be installed there when 1.6.22 is selected.
Improvements
- When PVC storage migrations from Rook or Longhorn to OpenEBS 3.7.0+ are required, the migrations will be performed before upgrading Kubernetes.
- When object storage migrations from Rook to MinIO 2023-08-04T17-40-21Z+ are required, the migrations will be performed before upgrading Kubernetes.
v2023.08.15-0
Released on August 15, 2023
New Features
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.28.3.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where EKCO-created Rook-Ceph clusters would not mount volumes on RHEL 7 based operating systems.
v2023.08.10-0
Released on August 10, 2023
New Features
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-08-04T17-40-21Z.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.66.0-48.3.1.
- Adds OpenEBS add-on version 3.8.0.
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.22.1.
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.28.2.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where the control plane would not get upgraded on remote primary nodes due to a missing file
/etc/kubernetes/audit.yaml
. - Fixes an error
failed to pull image registry.k8s.io/coredns:v1.8.6
when upgrading from Kubernetes version 1.23.15 to 1.24.4.
v2023.08.07-0
Released on August 7, 2023
New Features
- Adds Rook add-on versions 1.12.0, 1.12.1
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where storage could not be moved from Longhorn to OpenEBS at the same time as Kubernetes was upgraded to 1.25 or later.
v2023.07.31-0
Released on July 31, 2023
New Features
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.66.0-48.1.2.
- Adds Metrics Server add-on version 0.6.4.
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.28.2.
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.25.2.
Bug Fixes
- Resolves an issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature that caused a delay in storage availability when using the feature on new installations. See Known Issues in v2023.07.06-0.
v2023.07.21-0
Released on July 21, 2023
kURL v2023.07.21-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.27.4 1.26.7 1.25.12 1.24.16.
- Updates Kubernetes 1.27.3 to use crictl v1.27.1.
- Updates Containerd add-on with runc v1.1.8.
Known Issues
kURL v2023.07.21-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
v2023.07.11-0
Released on July 11, 2023
kURL v2023.07.11-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes support for RHEL 9.2
- Fixes adding the Registry add-on to multi-node clusters using Containerd.
Known Issues
kURL v2023.07.11-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature that causes a delay in storage availability when using the feature on new installations. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
v2023.07.10-0
Released on July 10, 2023
kURL v2023.07.10-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
Improvements
- Clarifies error message when installing on RHEL 9 variants without containerd.
Bug Fixes
- Improves messaging when a subnet cannot be automatically discovered.
Known Issues
kURL v2023.07.10-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature that causes a delay in storage availability when using the feature on new installations. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
v2023.07.06-0
Released on July 6, 2023
kURL v2023.07.06-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
New Features
- Adds MinIO add-on versions RELEASE.2023-06-23T20-26-00Z and RELEASE.2023-06-29T05-12-28Z.
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.27.3.
- Adds the ability to start a cluster with OpenEBS and MinIO, and then migrate data to Rook-Ceph after three or more nodes are ready. For more information, see Migrating CSI in the kURL documentation.
Known Issues
kURL v2023.07.10-0 has a known issue for the OpenEBS to Rook storage migration feature that causes a delay in storage availability when using the feature on new installations. This issue is resolved in v2023.07.31-0.
v2023.06.27-0
Released on June 27, 2023
New Features
- Adds Kubernetes version(s) 1.27.3 1.26.6 1.25.11 1.24.15.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-06-19T19-52-50Z.
- Adds support for RHEL 8.8.
- Adds a preflight check to require an object store or storage provider when using the Registry add-on.
- Updates the Velero add-on version 1.11.0 with new replicated/local-volume-provider image version v0.5.4.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue that prevented migrating away from Rook-Ceph when the
dashboard
orprometheus
modules were unhealthy. - Fixes an issue preventing Velero deployment rollout when using kURL version
v2023.06.20-0
.
v2023.06.20-0
Released on June 20, 2023
Versions earlier than v2023.06.20-0 contain a known issue that might put the system in a critical state when migrating from Weave to Flannel. Use v2023.06.20-0 or later when migrating from Weave to Flannel.
New Features
- Adds Flannel add-on version 0.22.0.
- Adds Rook add-on verison 1.11.8.
- Adds Contour add-on version 1.25.0.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.65.2-46.8.0.
- Adds MinIO add-on version RELEASE.2023-06-09T07-32-12Z.
- Adds Sonobuoy add-on version 0.56.17.
Improvements
- Enhances the migration from Weave to Flannel to preserve custom IP Tables rules.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes all previous Flannel versions by backporting the fixes introduced in the latest release v2023.06.09-0 to solve the problems faced when migrating from Weave to Flannel.
- Fixes MinIO PVC resizing race condition for versions equals to or greater than
2023-06-09T07-32-12Z
. - Fixes the migration from Weave to Flannel to allow the installer to retry the migration when an error is faced.
v2023.06.09-0
Released on June 9, 2023
New Features
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.65.1-46.5.0.
- Adds EKCO add-on version 0.27.1.
- Adds Rook add-on version 1.11.7.
- Adds OpenEBS add-on version 3.7.0.
- Adds Prometheus add-on version 0.65.1-46.6.0.
Improvements
- Enhance proxy installations by enabling the use of HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables during the configuration of the container runtime.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes issue where Pods got stuck when migrating from Weave to Flannel. This fix also ensures that Weave is properly removed during the migration. This bug fix applies to Flannel versions 0.21.5 and later.
- Fixes an issue that could cause Rook upgrades from version 1.0.4 to 1.7.x to fail with
error rook-ceph-migrator pod not found
.
v2023.05.30-0
Released on May 30, 2023