Highlights for the week ending 2024-12-12

Observability

  • Grafana App v2.18.0

    • Improved security by blocking default access to certain endpoints (/swagger, /metrics, and /api/health).
    • Upgraded Grafana for a better user experience and new features (now at version 8.6.0).
  • Prometheus Rules v4.30.0

    • New alert added to help identify issues with KubeadmConfig configurations.
    • Reduced unnecessary alerts during tests by ignoring certain HelmReleases.
    • Added new alerts to quickly detect and resolve karpenter issues.
    • Expanded alert timing for PromtailRequestsErrors to reduce false positives (now 25 minutes).
  • Observability Operator v0.10.0

    • Integrated Mimir, Alertmanager for enhanced alerting.
    • Enhanced multi-tenant support within Grafana organizations.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Grafana from starting by ensuring config persistence.

Fleet Management

  • Kube Downscaler App v0.4.0
    • Introduced a new Cilium network policy template for improved network management.

Security

  • Kyverno Policies v0.21.1

    • Enhanced visibility with the addition of the application.giantswarm.io/team label.
  • Event Exporter App v2.0.0

    • Transitioned to a new, supported image source for better stability and support.