Changes and Releases

Updates on Giant Swarm workload cluster releases, apps, UI improvements and documentation changes.

  • Changed

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  • Changed

    • Adjust columns for kubectl gs get releases.
  • Changes compared to v28.0.0

    Components

    Apps

    • cert-exporter from v2.9.1 to v2.9.2
    • coredns from v1.21.0 to v1.22.0
    • node-exporter from v1.19.0 to v1.20.0
    • observability-bundle from v1.5.3 to v1.6.2
    • security-bundle from v1.8.0 to v1.8.2
    • teleport-kube-agent from v0.9.2 to v0.10.3
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler from v5.2.4 to v5.3.0
    • vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd from v3.1.0 to v3.1.1

    cert-exporter v2.9.1…v2.9.2

    Added

    • Chart: Add VPA and resources configuration for deployment and daemonset. (#382)

    coredns v1.21.0…v1.22.0

    Changed

    • Update coredns image to 1.11.3.

    Removed

    • Removed legacy Giant Swarm monitoring labels as coredns is monitored through a prometheus-operator generated servicemonitor.

    node-exporter v1.19.0…v1.20.0

    Changed

    • Synced with upstream chart v4.38.0 (node-exporter 1.8.2).

    observability-bundle v1.5.3…v1.6.2

    Added

    • Add alloy v0.4.0 as alloyMetrics.

    Changed

    • Fixed alloyMetrics catalog
    • Disable usage reporting to GrafanaLabs by:
    • Bumping alloyLogs and alloyMetrics to v0.4.1.
    • Bumping grafanaAgent to v0.4.6.

    security-bundle v1.8.0…v1.8.2

    Changed

    • Update cloudnative-pg (app) to v0.0.6.
    • Update trivy-operator (app) to v0.10.0.
    • Update kyverno-policy-operator (app) to v0.0.8.
    • Update kyverno (app) to v0.17.16.

    teleport-kube-agent v0.9.2…v0.10.3

    Changed

    • Disable JAMF components on chart templates
    • Fix issues with templates
    • Change ownership to Team Shield
    • Added small fix on podSecurityContext for seccompProfile.
    • Upgraded to Teleport version 16

    vertical-pod-autoscaler v5.2.4…v5.3.0

    Changed

    • Chart: Update Helm release vertical-pod-autoscaler to v9.9.0. (#314)
    • Chart: Consume global.imageRegistry. (#315)

    Removed

    • Chart: Do not override crds.image.tag. (#316)

    vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd v3.1.0…v3.1.1

    Changed

    • Chart: Improve Chart.yaml. (#110)
    • Repository: Some chores. (#111)
  • Changed

    • Update coredns image to 1.11.4.
    • Explicitly expose liveness and readiness probe ports in deployments.

    Removed

    • Remove PodSecurityPolicy and associated Resources and values.
  • Added

    • Repository: Some chores. (#166)
      • Deployment: Make probes configurable.
      • Values: Add docs.

    Changed

    • Repository: Some chores. (#166)
      • CircleCI: Rework config.yml.
      • PDB: Reorder selector.
      • ServiceMonitor: Reorder and use correct labels.
      • Chart: Update README.md.

    Removed

    • Repository: Some chores. (#166)
      • Ingress: Remove compatibility checks.
      • Values: Remove global.podSecurityStandards.enforced.
  • Changes compared to v29.3.0

    Components

    • cluster-aws from v2.2.0 to v2.4.0
    • Flatcar from v3975.2.1 to v3975.2.2
    • Kubernetes from v1.29.9 to v1.29.10

    cluster-aws v2.2.0…v2.4.0

    Added

    • Add global.providerSpecific.additionalNodeTags. Field used to specify tags applied to nodes only.
    • Expose the maxHealthyPercentage property to allow setting the maximum percentage of healthy machines in the Auto Scaling Group during upgrades.

    Changed

    • Only try to render subnet tags if they are defined by the user.

    Apps

    • cert-exporter from v2.9.2 to v2.9.3
    • observability-bundle from v1.6.2 to v1.8.0

    cert-exporter v2.9.2…v2.9.3

    Changed

    • Chart: Enable global.podSecurityStandards.enforced. (#420)

    observability-bundle v1.6.2…v1.8.0

    Changed

    • Upgrade prometheus-agent from v0.6.9 to v0.7.0.
      • Adds extraArgs to be able to use nice features like wal truncation
    • upgrade kube-prometheus-stack from 61.0.0 to 65.1.1
      • prometheus-operator CRDs from 0.73.0 to 0.75.0
      • prometheus-operator from 0.75.0 to 0.77.1
      • prometheus upgraded from 2.53.0 to 2.54.1
      • grafana from 8.2.0 to 8.5.0
      • thanos ruler upgraded from 0.35.1 to 0.36.1
      • prometheus-node-exporter upgraded from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2
    • Add missing depends on annotation on alloy-metrics and alloy-logs to make sure they are deployed after the prometheus-operator-crds.
    • Upgrade alloyLogs to v0.6.1
      • Allow passing PodLogs via helm chart values
      • Upgrade to Alloy v1.4.2 which fixes a bug with component reload/evaluation and keeping Alloy up-to-date
      • Fixes an issue with CiliumNetworkPolicy preventing Alloy to run in clustering mode
  • Changes compared to v29.2.0

    Components

    • cluster-azure from v1.3.0 to v1.4.0
    • Flatcar from v3975.2.1 to v3975.2.2
    • Kubernetes from v1.29.9 to v1.29.10

    cluster-azure v1.3.0…v1.4.0

    Changed

    • Make external-dns-private app depend on the prometheus-operator-crd app, because it uses ServiceMonitors.

    Apps

    • cert-exporter from v2.9.2 to v2.9.3
    • observability-bundle from v1.6.2 to v1.8.0

    cert-exporter v2.9.2…v2.9.3

    Changed

    • Chart: Enable global.podSecurityStandards.enforced. (#420)

    observability-bundle v1.6.2…v1.8.0

    Changed

    • Upgrade prometheus-agent from v0.6.9 to v0.7.0.
      • Adds extraArgs to be able to use nice features like wal truncation
    • upgrade kube-prometheus-stack from 61.0.0 to 65.1.1
      • prometheus-operator CRDs from 0.73.0 to 0.75.0
      • prometheus-operator from 0.75.0 to 0.77.1
      • prometheus upgraded from 2.53.0 to 2.54.1
      • grafana from 8.2.0 to 8.5.0
      • thanos ruler upgraded from 0.35.1 to 0.36.1
      • prometheus-node-exporter upgraded from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2
    • Add missing depends on annotation on alloy-metrics and alloy-logs to make sure they are deployed after the prometheus-operator-crds.
    • Upgrade alloyLogs to v0.6.1
      • Allow passing PodLogs via helm chart values
      • Upgrade to Alloy v1.4.2 which fixes a bug with component reload/evaluation and keeping Alloy up-to-date
      • Fixes an issue with CiliumNetworkPolicy preventing Alloy to run in clustering mode
  • Changes compared to v27.0.0

    Components

    • Kubernetes from v1.27.16 to v1.28.15
  • Changes compared to v29.0.0

    Components

    • cluster-vsphere from v0.65.2 to v0.66.0

    cluster-vsphere v0.65.2…v0.66.0

    Changed

    • Use Renovate to update kube-vip static pod manifest.
    • Updated giantswarm/cluster to v1.6.0.
    • Update kubectl image used by IPAM job to 1.29.9.
    • Use init-container to prepare /etc/hosts file for kube-vip.

    Apps

    • cert-exporter from v2.9.2 to v2.9.3
    • observability-bundle from v1.6.2 to v1.8.0

    cert-exporter v2.9.2…v2.9.3

    Changed

    • Chart: Enable global.podSecurityStandards.enforced. (#420)

    observability-bundle v1.6.2…v1.8.0

    Changed

    • Upgrade prometheus-agent from v0.6.9 to v0.7.0.
      • Adds extraArgs to be able to use nice features like wal truncation
    • upgrade kube-prometheus-stack from 61.0.0 to 65.1.1
      • prometheus-operator CRDs from 0.73.0 to 0.75.0
      • prometheus-operator from 0.75.0 to 0.77.1
      • prometheus upgraded from 2.53.0 to 2.54.1
      • grafana from 8.2.0 to 8.5.0
      • thanos ruler upgraded from 0.35.1 to 0.36.1
      • prometheus-node-exporter upgraded from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2
    • Add missing depends on annotation on alloy-metrics and alloy-logs to make sure they are deployed after the prometheus-operator-crds.
    • Upgrade alloyLogs to v0.6.1
      • Allow passing PodLogs via helm chart values
      • Upgrade to Alloy v1.4.2 which fixes a bug with component reload/evaluation and keeping Alloy up-to-date
      • Fixes an issue with CiliumNetworkPolicy preventing Alloy to run in clustering mode

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