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Release notes

Release notes

  • November 2024

    • 21 November 2024

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in updates.
    • 20 November 2024

      • Ubuntu 24 is now the default operating system for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service versions 1.29 and 1.30.

      • Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch updates.

    • 19 November 2024

      • CLI version 1.0.674 is available.
    • 18 November 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs are available.
    • 14 November 2024

      • Secure by default networking can now be enabled on VPC clusters that were created before 1.30.

      • CLI version 1.0.673 is available.

    • 13 November 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master fix packs.
    • 07 November 2024

      • New! A new tutorial is available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service that covers how to migrate from a private service endpoint allowlist (PSE) to context based restrictions (CBR).
    • 05 November 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs are available.
  • October 2024

    • 31 October 2024

      • ALB OAuth Proxy cluster add-on patch updates.

      • Version 1.31 is now the default version for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

    • 30 October 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master fix packs.
    • 21 October 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs are available.
    • 17 October 2024

      • Ingress ALB cluster add-on patch updates.
    • 11 October 2024

      • Istio add-on patch update 1.22.5 has been reverted.
    • 10 October 2024

      • Istio add-on patch updates.
    • 09 October 2024

      • Ubuntu 20 for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service clusters is deprecated and support ends on 1 April 2025.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.

    • 07 October 2024

      • New! The gx3d.160x1792.8h100 worker node flavor with H100 GPU support is available for VPC clusters.
    • 03 October 2024

      • Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch updates.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch updates.

      • Storage Operator cluster add-on patch update.

      • Static route add-on version patch update.

    • 01 October 2024

      • New! The IBM Cloud Object Storage cluster add-on is available in Beta for allowlisted accounts.
  • September 2024

    • 26 September 2024

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in updates.
    • 25 September 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master fix packs.
    • 24 September 2024

      • Ubuntu 24 is now available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service clusters.

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in updates.

    • 23 September 2024

      • Ingress ALB cluster add-on patch updates.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.

    • 20 September 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.31 Kubernetes certification

      • Istio add-on version 1.23.1 is available.

    • 18 September 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI plug-in version 1.0.665 is available.

      • New! IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.31.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.28 is deprecated.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.27 is unsupported.

      • Istio add-on version 1.22.4 is available.

    • 16 September 2024

      • New! The IBM Cloud® and Compliance Center Workload Protection integration is available for VPC clusters in the UI.
    • 12 September 2024

      • Ingress ALB patch updates.
    • 10 September 2024

      • CLI version 1.0.657 is available.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.

  • August 2024

    • 29 August 2024

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in updates.
    • 28 August 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master fix packs.
    • 27 August 2024

      • Ingress ALB cluster add-on patch updates.
    • 26 August 2024

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch updates.

      • Storage Operator cluster add-on patch update.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.

    • 23 August 2024

      • CLI version 1.0.652 is available.
    • 22 August 2024

      • New audit events for cluster operations
    • 20 August 2024

      • Istio add-on versions 1.22.3, 1.21.5, and 1.20.8 are available.
  • July 2024

    • 31 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master fix packs.

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in updates.

    • 29 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.
    • 17 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in updates.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.640 is available.

    • 15 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.

      • Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch updates.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch updates.

      • Storage Operator cluster add-on patch update.

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

    • 12 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.638 is available.
    • 11 July 2024

      • Ingress ALB updates are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
    • 10 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.635 is available.
    • 9 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.632 is available.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.

    • 3 July 2024

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 2.0 is available in Beta.
  • June 2024

    • 24 June 2024

      • Version 1.30 is the default version for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • Ubuntu 24 in Beta

      • Storage optimized flavors for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service VPC clusters

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.630 is available.

    • 21 June 2024

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on patch updates.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on patch updates.

    • 20 June 2024

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on patch update for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • Ingress ALB updates are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • Istio add-on versions 1.22.1 is available.

    • 19 June 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master and worker node fix packs.

      • Istio add-on versions 1.21.3 and 1.20.7 are available.

    • 17 June 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.628 is available.
    • 5 June 2024

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.26.
    • 4 June 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on patch updates.

    • 3 June 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.26 is no longer supported.
  • May 2024

    • 30 May 2024

      • Ingress ALB updates are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
    • 29 May 2024

      • New! IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.30.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.30 Kubernetes certification

      • Important networking changes for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service VPC clusters created at version 1.30.

      • Important changes to the default cluster provisioning behavior for new VPC clusters beginning with version 1.30.

      • Managing outbound traffic protection in new version 1.30 VPC clusters.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.27 is deprecated.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master fix packs.

    • 23 May 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.
    • 10 May 2024

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on patch update.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on patch update.

      • Istio add-on version 1.19 is no longer supported.

    • 08 May 2024

      • Istio add-on versions 1.21.2 and 1.20.6 are available.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on patch updates.

    • 07 May 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service worker node fix packs.
    • 05 May 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates.
    • 02 May 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.618 is available.
  • April 2024

    • 29 April 2024

      • Ingress ConfigMap update
    • 24 April 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service master and worker node fix packs.

      • Istio add-on versions 1.21.1, 1.20.5, and 1.19.9 are available.

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.25.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.617 is available.

    • 18 April 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI version 1.0.613 is available.
    • 09 April 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
    • 03 April 2024

      • Istio add-on patch updates.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on patch updates.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates.

      • Version 1.0.9 of the cluster autoscaler add-on is deprecated with an end of support date of 30 April 2024.

  • March 2024

    • 27 March 2024

      • Master patch updates for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service clusters. Master patches are applied automatically over the course of several days. You can choose to use the ibmcloud ks cluster master update command yourself without waiting for the update automation to apply the patch. Review the change logs for your cluster version.
    • 25 March 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • New! NVIDIA L40 GPU support. You can now create VPC clusters with worker nodes which have NVIDIA L40 GPUs.

    • 18 March 2024

      • Ingress ALB updates are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
    • 15 March 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • Version 1.29 is the default version for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

    • 08 March 2024

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on patch updates.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on patch update.

    • 06 March 2024

      • Istio add-on versions 1.20.3 and 1.19.7 are available.

      • CLI version 1.0.601 is available.

  • February 2024

    • 28 February 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster autoscaler version 1.2.1 is available.

      • Master patch updates for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service clusters. Master patches are applied automatically over the course of several days. You can choose to use the ibmcloud ks cluster master update command yourself without waiting for the update automation to apply the patch. Review the change logs for your cluster version.

    • 27 February 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • CLI version 1.0.597 is available.

    • 26 February 2024

      • New! NVIDIA L4 GPU support. You can now create VPC clusters with worker nodes which have NVIDIA L4 GPUs.

      • Ingress ALB patch updates 1.9.4_6376_iks, 1.8.4_6375_iks, and 1.6.4_6374_iks for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • New worker node flavors are available with L4 GPUs.

    • 22 February 2024

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.24.
    • 21 February 2024

      • Kubernetes version 1.29 certification

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates 1.0.9_377 and 1.2.0_365.

    • 19 February 2024

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.9.4_6359_iks and 1.8.4_6363_iks are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
    • 16 February 2024

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster autoscaler add-on patch update 1.1.0_362.
    • 14 February 2024

      • New! IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.29.

      • Master fix pack 1.29.1_1524 and worker node fix pack 1.29.1_1525.

      • Starting with IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.29, Calico components run in the calico-system namespace and the Tigera operator components run in the tigera-operator namespace.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.26 is deprecated.

    • 13 February 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.9.4_6346_iks, 1.8.4_6345_iks, 1.6.4_6344_iks are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.

    • 08 February 2024

      • CLI version 1.0.595 is available.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.2.15_501 and 5.1.21_506 are available.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 1.2.6_130 is available.

    • 07 February 2024

      • Istio add-on versions 1.20.2, 1.19.6, and 1.18.7 are available.
    • 05 February 2024

      • Ingress ALB updates
    • 01 February 2024

      • Master fix packs are available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.25 is no longer supported.

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster autoscaler add-on patch update 1.0.8_346.

  • January 2024

    • 30 January 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 29 January 2024

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.23.
    • 22 January 2024

      • Ingress ALB updates
    • 19 January 2024

      • CLI version 1.0.589 is available.
    • 17 January 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 16 January 2024

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates 1.2.0_322 and 1.0.9_328.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_2063.

    • 10 January 2024

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      • Ingress ALB updates

      • Istio cluster add-on versions 1.20.0, 1.19.5, and 1.18.6.

      • Istio add-on version 1.18 will no longer be supported on 21 February 2024

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch update 1.2.5_107.

      • Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on patch updates 5.2.14_485 and 5.1.19_486.

    • 2 January 2024

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
  • December 2023

  • November 2023

    • 29 November 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 27 November 2023

      • The Beta File Storage for VPC cluster add-on is now available to all accounts.

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates 1.2.0_290, 1.0.9_290, 1.0.8_292, and 1.0.7_291.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.23_437 and 5.1.16_446, and 5.2.11_447.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on patch 1.1.10_93 and 1.2.3_97.

    • 21 November 2023

      • Ingress ALB updates
    • 20 November 2023

      • You can now specify a custom pod subnet size when creating a VPC cluster.

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.22.

    • 15 November 2023

      • The cluster autoscaler add-on now supports version 1.28 clusters.

      • Master fix packs are available.

    • 13 November 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.21.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.21_401 and 5.1.15_419, and 5.2.10_428.

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on patch updates 1.0.9_195, 1.0.8_233, and 1.0.7_185.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on patch 1.1.9_87.

    • 10 November 2023

      • Updated sorting and formatting for the Classic and VPC cluster flavor pages.
    • 9 November 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 7 November 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.579 is available.

      • Ingress ALB updates

    • 06 November 2023

      • Kubernetes version 1.28 is now the default version for new IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service clusters.
  • October 2023

    • 31 October 2023

      • VNI functionality for limiting access to File Storage for VPC by node, zone, worker pool and more.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 1.2.

    • 30 October 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.20

      • Setting up alerts for Block Storage for Classic PVs with limited network connectivity.

    • 25 October 2023

      • Master fix packs are available.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1901.

    • 23 October 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.

      • Ingress ALB version 1.8.4_5586_ikss

    • 18 October 2023

      • Istio add-on version 1.18.5 and 1.17.8.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1889.

    • 17 October 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.8.1_5543_iks, 1.6.4_5544_iks, and 1.5.1_5542_iks
    • 11 October 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.5.1_5436_iks, 1.6.4_5435_iks, and 1.8.1_5434_iks

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.19

    • 10 October 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.573 is available.

      • Istio add-on version 1.19.3.

    • 9 October 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 5 October 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.8.1_5384_iks, 1.6.4_5406_iks, and 1.5.1_5407_iks
    • 4 October 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.9_134.
    • 3 October 2023

      • Istio add-on versions 1.17.6 and 1.18.3.
  • September 2023

    • 27 September 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 26 September 2023

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1843.
    • 25 September 2023

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on version 5.2.
    • 22 September 2023

      • Kubernetes version 1.28 certification
    • 20 September 2023

      • New! IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.28.

      • Master fix pack 1.28.2_1527 and worker node fix pack 1.28.1_1523.

      • Networking changes for VPC clusters 1.28 and later

      • Trusted profile updates for Kubernetes clusters version 1.28 and later.

      • New! Updated GPU drivers with version 1.28 clusters.

      • Master fix packs are available.

    • 18 September 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.566 is available.
    • 15 September 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on versions 1.0.9_103,1.0.8_104, and 1.0.7_102.
    • 14 September 2023

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 1.1.7_49

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.19_358 and 5.1.13_345.

    • 12 September 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 7 September 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.18
  • August 2023

    • 31 August 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.8.1_5317_iks, 1.6.4_5270_iks, and 1.5.1_5318_iks
    • 30 August 2023

      • Master fix packs are available.
    • 29 August 2023

      • New! Madrid multizone region

      • Worker node fix packs are available.

    • 15 August 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.
    • 9 August 2023

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1715.
    • 8 August 2023

      • Istio add-on versions 1.16.7, 1.17.5, and 1.18.2.
    • 7 August 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on versions 1.0.9_81,1.0.8_82, and 1.0.7_83.
    • 3 August 2023

      • CIS benchmarks for Red Hat OpenShift version 4.13.
    • 1 August 2023

      • Worker node fix packs are available.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.17_266 and 5.1.12_285.

  • July 2023

    • 31 July 2023

      • Ubuntu 18 is no longer supported.
    • 28 July 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.17.
    • 27 July 2023

      • Master fix packs are available

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 1.1.6

      • Istio add-on version 1.16.6, 1.17.4, and 1.18.1.

    • 26 July 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.6.4_5219_iks, 1.5.1_5217_iks, and 1.4.0_5218_iks
    • 25 July 2023

      • End of support for the free cluster tier
    • 24 July 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.9_70.

      • Static route add-on version 1.0.0_1122.

    • 21 July 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on update command.
    • 19 July 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.540 is available.
    • 17 July 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.24.15_1576, 1.25.11_1552, 1.26.6_1544, and 1.27.3_1532.
    • 12 July 2023

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1669.
    • 11 July 2023

      • New! OpenShift Data Foundation add-on version 4.13.0.
    • 6 July 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.8_56 and 1.0.7_57.

      • Istio add-on version 1.18.0.

      • Pod security admission updates

    • 5 July 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.6.4_5161_iks, 1.5.1_5160_iks, and 1.4.0_5159_iks
    • 3 July 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.16

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 1.1

      • Worker node fix packs 1.24.15_1574, 1.25.11_1550, 1.26.6_1542, and 1.27.3_1530.

  • June 2023

    • 27 June 2023

      • Master fix packs 1.24.15_1573, 1.25.11_1549, 1.26.6_1541, and 1.27.3_1529.
    • 26 June 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.528.
    • 23 June 2023

      • Free cluster tier deprecation
    • 22 June 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.9_44.

      • Istio add-on version 1.17.3.

    • 21 June 2023

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.16_127 and 5.1.11_126.
    • 20 June 2023

      • Worker node fix pack updates
    • 19 June 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.15
    • 8 June 2023

      • Istio add-on version 1.16.5.
    • 6 June 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.6.4_5067_iks, 1.5.1_5074_iks, and 1.4.0_5068_iks
    • 5 June 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.24.14_1571, 1.25.10_1547, 1.26.5_1539, and 1.27.2_1527.
  • May 2023

    • 31 May 2023

      • Master fix packs 1.24.14_1568, 1.25.10_1545, and 1.26.5_1537.
    • 25 May 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.523.

      • Kubernetes version 1.27 certification

    • 24 May 2023

      • New! IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service version 1.27.

      • Master fix pack 1.27.2_1524 and worker node fix pack 1.27.2_1526.

      • Worker node fix packs 1.24.14_1570, 1.25.10_1546, and 1.26.5_1538.

    • 23 May 2023

      • Ingress ALB versions 1.6.4_4170_iks, 1.5.1_4168_iks, and 1.4.0_4169_iks
    • 16 May 2023

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 1.0.
    • 15 May 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on versions 1.0.6_1077, 1.0.7_1076, 1.0.8_1078, and 1.1.0_1066.

      • IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC add-on version 1.1-beta

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.12_1963 and 5.1.8_1970.

    • 10 May 2023

      • Create Classic and VPC clusters with Terraform
    • 9 May 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.24.13_1567, 1.25.9_1544, and 1.26.4_1536.
    • 4 May 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.6.4_4117_iks, 1.5.1_4113_iks, and 1.4.0_4114_iks
    • 2 May 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.14
  • April 2023

    • 27 April 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.6.4_4073_iks, 1.5.1_4064_iks, and 1.4.0_4062_iks

      • Master fix packs 1.23.17_1576, 1.24.13_1566, 1.25.9_1543, and 1.26.4_1535.

    • 26 April 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.1.0_1060.
    • 24 April 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.17_1576, 1.24.13_1566, 1.25.9_1543, and 1.26.4_1535.
    • 20 April 2023

      • Istio add-on version 1.16.4 and 1.17.2.
    • 13 April 2023

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1528.
    • 12 April 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.6.4_3976_iks, 1.5.1_3977_iks, and 1.4.0_3978_iks
    • 11 April 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.510.

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.17_1574, 1.24.12_1564, 1.25.8_1541, and 1.26.3_1533.

    • 5 April 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on versions 1.0.6_1010, 1.0.7_1021, and 1.0.8_1016.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.10_1869 and 5.1.6_1872.

    • 4 April 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.4.0_3953_iks, 1.5.1_3951_iks, and 1.6.4_3947_iks
    • 3 April 2023

      • Pod Security admission

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.13

  • March 2023

    • 29 March 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.17_1572, 1.24.12_1562, 1.25.8_1539, and 1.26.3_1531.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 5.0.9_1862 and 5.1.5_1857.

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on versions 1.0.7_988 and 1.0.8_987.

    • 28 March 2023

      • Master fix packs 1.23.17_1569, 1.24.12_1559, 1.25.8_1536, and 1.26.3_1528.

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.17_1570, 1.24.12_1560, 1.25.8_1537, and 1.26.3_1529.

    • 24 March 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.4.0_3896_iks, 1.5.1_3897_iks, and 1.6.4_3898_iks
    • 21 March 2023

      • New troubleshooting steps for workers in Critical or NotReady state.
    • 20 March 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.12.
    • 16 March 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.1.0_978.
    • 14 March 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.4.0_3862_iks, 1.5.1_3863_iks, and 1.6.4_3864_iks

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.16_1568, 1.24.10_1558, 1.25.6_1535, and 1.26.1_1525.

    • 9 March 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.8_968

      • Istio add-on version 1.15.6 and 1.16.3.

    • 7 March 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.16_1567, 1.24.10_1557, 1.25.6_1534, and 1.26.1_1524.

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.6_955 and 1.0.7_956.

      • Istio add-on version 1.17.1.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 4.4.17_1829, 5.0.7_1836, and 5.1.2_1828.

    • 3 March 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.10.
    • 1 March 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.498.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1487.

  • February 2023

    • 27 February 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.16_1563, 1.24.10_1554, 1.25.6_1532, and 1.26.1_1522.
    • 23 February 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.3.1_3807_iks, 1.4.0_3808_iks, and 1.5.1_3809_iks
    • 22 February 2023

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1469.
    • 21 February 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.10.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 4.4.17_1829, 5.0.7_1836, and 5.1.2_1828.

    • 20 February 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.3.1_3777_iks, 1.4.0_3783_iks, and 1.5.1_3779_iks
    • 17 February 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.7_944.
    • 14 February 2023

      • Istio add-on 1.15.5 and 1.16.2
    • 13 February 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.9 is available.

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.16_1562, 1.24.10_1553, 1.25.6_1531, and 1.26.1_1521.

    • 10 February 2023

      • New troubleshooting doc for how to recover after deleting a portable subnet in Classic clusters.

      • Ingress ALB version 1.3.1_3754_iks and 1.4.0_3755_iks

    • 9 February 2023

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on version 5.1.
    • 8 February 2023

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1420.
    • 2 February 2023

      • Istio add-on 1.14
    • 1 February 2023

      • New! Kubernetes 1.26

      • Master fix pack

      • Worker node fix pack

      • Persistent VPC load balancers

      • Customized VPC load balancer health checks

  • January 2023

    • 30 January 2023

      • Master fix packs 1.23.16_1560, 1.24.10_1551, and 1.25.6_1529.

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.16_1561, 1.24.10_1552, and 1.25.6_1530.

      • New! Optional secondary disks for worker nodes in VPC clusters.

      • CLI version 1.0.489.

      • Ingress ALB version 1.5.1_3705_iks, 1.4.0_3703_iks, and 1.3.1_3704_iks.

    • 24 January 2023

      • CLI version 1.0.487 change log update

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 4.4.16_1779 and 5.0.5_1784.

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.7_940.

      • Ingress ALB version 1.3.1_3685_iks, 1.4.0_3684_iks, and 1.5.1_3683_iks

    • 23 January 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.8 is available.
    • 16 January 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.23.15_1558, 1.24.9_1550, and 1.25.5_1528.
    • 10 January 2023

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 4.4.15_1764 and 5.0.4_1773

      • Istio add-on versions 1.14.6, 1.15.4, and 1.16.1

    • 9 January 2023

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on versions 1.0.5_898, 1.0.6_899, 1.0.7_900, and 1.1.0_897.
    • 5 January 2023

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.7 is available.
    • 3 January 2023

      • Ingress ALB version 1.3.1_3538_iks, and 1.4.0_3537_iks
    • 2 January 2023

      • Worker node fix packs 1.22.17_1584, 1.23.15_1557, 1.24.9_1549, and 1.25.5_1527
  • December 2022

    • 19 December 2022

      • Worker node fix packs 1.22.17_1583, 1.23.15_1556, 1.24.9_1548, and 1.25.5_1526
    • 15 December 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.6 is available.

      • Ingress ALB version 1.2.1_3299_iks, 1.3.1_3298_iks, and 1.4.0_3297_iks

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1354

    • 14 December 2022

      • Master fix pack 1.22.17_1582, 1.23.15_1555, 1.24.9_1547, and 1.25.5_1525

      • Ubuntu 20 is now available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service clusters

      • CLI version 1.0.480 change log update

    • 12 December 2022

      • Ingress ALB version 1.4.0_3212_iks change log updates
    • 9 December 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.5 is available.
    • 8 December 2022

      • Ingress ALB version 1.3.1_3192_iks change log updates
    • 5 December 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.4 is available.

      • Ingress ALB version 1.2.1_3186_iks change log updates

    • 1 December 2022

      • CLI version 1.0.471 change log update
  • November 2022

    • 30 November 2022

      • Istio add-on version 1.16.0

      • Ingress ALB change log updates

    • 21 November 2022

      • Worker node fix pack 1.22.16_1579, 1.23.14_1553, 1.24.8_1545, and 1.25.4_1523
    • 17 November 2022

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on versions 4.4.13_1712 and 5.0.2_1713
    • 16 November 2022

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version 2.0.0_1315

      • Master fix pack 1.22.16_1578, 1.23.14_1552, 1.24.8_1544, and 1.25.4_1522

    • 15 November 2022

      • New Ingress status messages

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.3 is available.

    • 11 November 2022

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on version 4.3.8_1705
    • 10 November 2022

      • Istio add-on version 1.15.3
    • 9 November 2022

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on version 4.4.12_1700 and 5.0.1_1695
    • 8 November 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in version 2.2.2 is available.
    • 7 November 2022

      • Worker node fix pack 1.22.15_1577, 1.23.13_1551, 1.24.7_1543, and 1.25.3_1521
    • 3 November 2022

      • Changes to the Portworx update process beginning with version 2.12.

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on version 1.0.7_883.

  • October 2022

  • September 2022

  • August 2022

  • July 2022

  • June 2022

  • May 2022

  • April 2022

    • 28 April 2022

      • CLI change log update

      • Cluster security groups

    • 26 April 2022

      • Ingress ALB change log updates

      • CLI change log update

    • 25 April 2022

      • Worker node fix pack
    • 21 April 2022

      • Ingress ALB change log updates
    • 19 April 2022

      • Istio add-on
    • 13 April 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in
    • 12 April 2022

      • Create and manage dedicated hosts in VPC Gen 2.
    • 11 April 2022

      • New! IBM Cloud® Secrets Manager

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on.

      • Worker node fix pack

    • 7 April 2022

      • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service clusters in Mexico City (MEX01) are deprecated and become unsupported later this year.

      • Ingress ALB change log updates

      • CLI change log update

    • 6 April 2022

      • Master fix pack update
  • March 2022

    • 30 March 2022

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on

      • Kubernetes Service 1.20 end of support date change

      • Master fix pack update

    • 28 March 2022

      • Worker node fix pack update.
    • 24 March 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on.

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on

    • 22 March 2022

      • Hong Kong (HKG02) and Seoul (SEO01) are deprecated and become unsupported later this year.

      • Ingress ALB change log updates

      • Istio add-on

    • 21 March 2022

      • CLI change log update
    • 17 March 2022

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on.
    • 16 March 2022

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on
    • 15 March 2022

      • Version 1.19 unsupported
    • 14 March 2022

      • Worker node fix pack update.
    • 11 March 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in
    • 9 March 2022

      • Istio add-on
    • 8 March 2022

      • Master fix pack update.

      • Istio add-on

    • 3 March 2022

      • Kubernetes Service default version update.

      • Maintenance Windows for Kubernetes Service ALBs

  • February 2022

  • January 2022

    • 31 January 2022

      • Version change log

      • New! Worker node flavor reference

    • 27 January 2022

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on.

      • New! Gathering Ingress logs

    • 26 January 2022

      • ALB OAuth Proxy add-on
    • 25 January 2022

      • Kubernetes Ingress image

      • Kubernetes Ingress annotations

    • 24 January 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in
    • 20 January 2022

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on.

      • OpenShift Data Foundation

    • 18 January 2022

      • Review the release notes for January 2022.

      • New! IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI Map

      • Kubernetes Service 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, and 1.22 unsupported date change

      • Worker node fix pack update.

    • 17 January 2022

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in
    • 13 January 2022

      • Istio add-on
    • 06 January 2022

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on.

      • Kubernetes Service 1.20 end of support date change

    • 4 January 2022

      • Worker node fix pack update
  • December 2021

  • November 2021

  • October 2021

  • September 2021

    • Review the release notes for September 2021.

    • 29 September 2021

      • New! Kubernetes 1.22

      • Deprecated and unsupported Kubernetes versions

      • Master fix pack and worker node fix pack update

    • 27 September 2021

      • Master fix pack update

      • Worker node fix pack update

    • 23 September 2021

      • Review the release notes for 23 September 2021.

      • Istio add-on change log

    • 22 September 2021

      • Review the release notes for 22 September 2021.

      • Ingress ALB version change log

    • 16 September 2021

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on
    • 14 September 2021

      • Review the release notes for 14 September 2021.

      • Ingress ALB version change log

      • Istio add-on change log

    • 13 September 2021

      • Worker node fix pack update
    • 9 September 2021

      • Ingress ALB change log
    • 1 September 2021

      • Review the release notes for 1 September 2021.

      • Block Storage for VPC add-on

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in

  • August 2021

    • Review the release notes for August 2021.

    • 31 August 2021

      • Review the release notes for 31 August 2021.

      • Istio add-on change log

      • New! Sao Paulo multizone region

    • 30 August 2021

      • Review the release notes for 30 August 2021.

      • Worker node fix pack update

    • 25 August 2021

      • New! Create a cluster with a template

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in

      • Master fix pack update change log documentation

    • 23 August 2021

      • Registry token update

      • Ingress change logs

      • ALB OAuth Proxy

    • 16 August 2021

      • Worker node versions
    • 12 August 2021

      • Istio add-on change log
    • 10 August 2021

      • Ingress change logs

      • ALB OAuth Proxy

    • 9 August 2021

      • CLI change log
    • 2 August 2021

      • Ingress change logs

      • Worker node versions

  • July 2021

  • June 2021

    • From 07 to 31 July 2021, the DNS provider is changed from Cloudflare to Akamai for all containers.appdomain.cloud, containers.mybluemix.net, and containers.cloud.ibm.com domains for all clusters in IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. Review the following actions that you must make to your Ingress setup.

      • If you currently allow inbound traffic to your classic cluster from the Cloudflare source IP addresses, you must also allow inbound traffic from the Akamai source IP addresses before 07 July. After the migration completes on 31 July, you can remove the Cloudflare IP address rules.
      • The Akamai health check does not support verification of the body of the health check response. Update any custom health check rules that you configured for Cloudflare that use verification of the body of the health check responses.
      • Cluster subdomains that were health checked in Cloudflare are now registered in the Akamai DNS as CNAME records. These CNAME records point to an Akamai Global Traffic Management domain that health checks the subdomains. When a client runs a DNS query for a health checked subdomain, a CNAME record is returned to the client, as opposed to Cloudflare, in which an A record was returned. If your client expects an A record for a subdomain that was health checked in Cloudflare, update your logic to accept a CNAME record.
      • During the migration, an Akamai Global Traffic Management (GTM) health check was automatically created for any subdomains that had a Cloudflare health check. If you previously created a Cloudflare health check for a subdomain, and you create an Akamai health check for the subdomain after the migration, the two Akamai health checks might conflict. Note that Akamai GTM configurations don't support nested subdomains. In these cases, you can use the ibmcloud ks nlb-dns monitor disable command to disable the Akamai health check that the migration automatically configured for your subdomain.
    • 28 June 2021

      • Master versions
    • 24 June 2021

      • CLI change log
    • 23 June 2021

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on
    • 22 June 2021

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in

      • Worker node versions

    • 21 June 2021

      • Ingress change logs

      • New! The addon options command is now available

    • 17 June 2021

      • ALB OAuth Proxy
    • 15 June 2021

      • New! Private VPC NLB
    • 10 June 2021

      • Ingress change logs
    • 9 June 2021

      • New! Kubernetes 1.21

      • Deprecated Kubernetes 1.18

      • Expanded Troubleshooting

    • 07 June 2021

      • Worker node versions
    • 3 June 2021

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in
    • 2 June 2021

      • End of support for custom IBM Ingress image
  • May 2021

    • 27 May 2021

      • Istio add-on change log
    • 26 May 2021

      • CLI change log

      • Version 0.45.0 of the Kubernetes Ingress image

    • 24 May 2021

      • Master versions

      • Worker node versions

    • 17 May 2021

      • Deprecated: Kubernetes web terminal.

      • Istio add-on

      • Deprecated Ubuntu 16 end of support date

    • 11 May 2021

      • VPC cluster healthchecks
    • 10 May 2021

      • New! Portworx Backup is now available

      • Calico KDD update in 1.19

      • Cluster autoscaler add-on

      • IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in

      • Worker node versions

    • 4 May 2021

      • Master versions
  • April 2021

  • March 2021

  • February 2021

  • January 2021

Tutorials library for Kubernetes Service

Tutorials library for Kubernetes Service

Setting up your first cluster in your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Setting up your first cluster in your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Planning your cluster environment

Creating a highly available cluster strategy

Understanding VPC cluster networking

Understanding Classic cluster networking

Encryption overview

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service storage overview

Documenting your environment architecture

Preparing your account

Preparing your account to create clusters

IAM roles and actions

Installing the CLI

Installing the CLI

Updating the CLI

Uninstalling the stand-alone IBM Cloud CLI

Setting up the API

Setting up the API

Creating clusters

Creating classic clusters

Creating VPC clusters

Creating clusters on dedicated hosts for VPC

Accessing clusters

Accessing clusters

Accessing the cluster master with admission controllers and webhooks

Accessing private clusters

Adding worker nodes

Adding worker nodes to Classic clusters

Adding worker nodes to VPC clusters

Managing the cluster and worker node lifecycle

Checking your cluster version, operating system, and Kubernetes server version

Updating clusters, worker nodes, and cluster components

Creating and managing dedicated hosts on VPC Gen 2 infrastructure

Preparing for host maintenance updates

Setting the cluster credentials

Rotating CA certificates in your cluster

Migrating to a new Ubuntu version

Adding tags and labels to clusters

Checking worker node resource reserves

Setting up encryption

Setting up a key management service (KMS) provider

Setting up cluster secret encryption

Setting up worker node disk encryption for VPC clusters

Encrypting worker-to-worker traffic with WireGuard

Enhancing security

Security for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Architecture and dependencies of the service

Overview of personal and sensitive data storage and removal options

Protecting cluster resources with context-based restrictions

Example context-based restrictions scenarios

Migrating from a private service endpoint allowlist to context based restrictions (CBR)

Managing access control

Understanding Classic infrastructure credentials

Understanding RBAC permissions

Authorizing pods in your cluster to IBM Cloud services with IAM trusted profiles

Assigning cluster access by using Terraform for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Removing users

Securing cluster workloads

Configuring pod security policies

Setting pod priority

Setting Kubernetes API priority and fairness

Pod security admission

Migrating from PSPs to Pod Security Admission

Controlling network traffic in Classic clusters

Using Calico network policies to control traffic on Classic clusters

Controlling traffic with network policies

Opening required ports and IP addresses in your allowlist

Configuring classic subnets and IP addresses

Changing service endpoints or VLAN connections

Setting up classic VPN connectivity

Controlling network traffic in VPC clusters

Understanding secure by default Cluster VPC Networking

Managing outbound traffic protection in VPC clusters

Enabling secure by default for clusters created at 1.29 and earlier

Understanding VPC security groups in version 1.29 and earlier

Creating and managing VPC security groups

Controlling traffic with ACLs

Controlling traffic between pods with Kubernetes policies

Opening required ports and IP addresses in other network allowlists

Configuring VPC subnets

Setting up VPC VPN connectivity

Adding static routes to worker nodes

Adding static routes to worker nodes

Configuring the cluster DNS provider

Configuring the cluster DNS provider

Setting up the cluster autoscaler

Preparing classic and VPC clusters for autoscaling

Enabling the cluster autoscaler add-on in your cluster

Setting up autoscaling for your worker pools

Deploying apps to worker pools where autoscaling is enabled

Logging and monitoring

Logging for clusters

Monitoring cluster health

Reviewing service, API server, and worker node logs

Enabling Flow Logs for VPC cluster components

Setting up an image registry

Setting up an image registry

Continuous integration and delivery for app development and deployment

Continuous integration and delivery for app development and deployment

Developing and deploying apps

Planning app deployments

Building images for your apps

Developing apps

Deploying Kubernetes-native apps in clusters

Testing access to apps with NodePorts

Managing the app lifecycle

Packaging apps for reuse in multiple environments with Kustomize

Setting up a service mesh with Istio

Getting started with Istio

About the managed Istio add-on

Setting up Istio

Managing and exposing apps in the service mesh

Deploying custom Istio gateways

Observing Istio traffic

Exposing apps

Choosing an app exposure service

Exposing apps with Classic load balancers

Classic: About network load balancers (NLBs)

Classic: Setting up basic load balancing with an NLB 1.0

Classic: Setting up DSR load balancing with an NLB 2.0

Isolating Classic NLBs to edge worker nodes

Isolating network workloads to edge nodes in VPC clusters

Registering a DNS subdomain for an NLB

Exposing apps with VPC load balancers

About VPC load balancers

Setting up an Application Load Balancer for VPC

Setting up a Network Load Balancer for VPC

Setting up a Private Path Network Load Balancer for VPC

Managing VPC load balancers

Exposing apps with Ingress

Ingress in IBM Cloud

Setting up Ingress

Managing ALBs

Setting up a domain for your cluster

Isolating Ingress resources to edge worker nodes

Customizing ALB routing

Observing Kubernetes Ingress

Managing certificates and secrets

Managing TLS and non-TLS certificates and secrets

Setting up Secrets Manager in your Kubernetes Service cluster

Preventing app workloads from running on edge worker nodes

Preventing app workloads from running on edge worker nodes

Deploying the Sysdig agent on edge worker nodes

Deploying the Sysdig agent on edge worker nodes

Enabling the IBM Storage Operator cluster add-on

Enabling the IBM Storage Operator cluster add-on

Setting up Block Storage for Classic

Setting up Block Storage for Classic

Setting up Block Storage for VPC

Setting up Block Storage for VPC

Setting up snapshots with the Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on

Customizing the Block Storage for VPC configmap

Setting up trusted profiles for the Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on

Setting up Block Storage for VPC for unmanaged clusters

Removing Block Storage for VPC from your cluster

Migrating Block Storage for VPC apps and data between IBM Cloud accounts

Block Storage for VPC storage class reference

Setting up File Storage for Classic

Setting up File Storage for Classic

Setting up File Storage for VPC

Enabling the IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC cluster add-on

Adding File Storage for VPC to apps

Managing IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC

Storage class reference

Setting up Object Storage

Setting up your IBM Cloud Object Storage instance

Installing the IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in

Deploying an app that uses COS

Setting capacity quotas for apps that use IBM Cloud Object Storage

VPC: Setting up authorized IP addresses for IBM Cloud Object Storage

Migrating Cloud Object Storage (COS) apps and data between IBM Cloud accounts

Storage class reference

Installing the IBM Cloud Object Storage cluster add-on

Setting up Portworx

About Portworx

Planning your Portworx setup

Preparing your cluster for Portworx

Setting up the Portworx key-value store

Understanding encryption for Portworx

Installing Portworx in your cluster

Installing Autopilot for Portworx

Updating Portworx in your cluster

Setting up disaster recovery with Portworx

Backing up and restoring apps and data with Portworx Backup

Removing Portworx

Getting help and support

Backing up and restoring storage data

Backing up and restoring storage data

IBM Cloud storage utilities

IBM Cloud storage utilities

Enhancing cluster capabilities with integrations

IBM Cloud services and third-party integrations

Adding services by using managed add-ons

Adding services by using Helm charts

Adding services by using IBM Cloud service binding

Managing cluster costs

Understanding costs for your clusters

Using reservations to reduce classic worker node costs

Tuning performance

Tuning performance

Removing clusters

Removing clusters

API reference

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service API

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service API JSON

IBM Cloud Container Registry API

IBM Cloud Vulnerability Advisor API

Community Kubernetes API

CLI plug-in reference

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI Map

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service CLI reference

CLI change log

Observability plug-in CLI

Version history

Kubernetes version information

CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

Version 1.31

1.31 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.31 change log

Kubernetes version 1.31 CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

Version 1.30

1.30 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.30 change log

Kubernetes version 1.30 CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

Version 1.29

1.29 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.29 change log

Kubernetes version 1.29 CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

Version 1.28

1.28 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.28 change log

Kubernetes version 1.28 CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

Add-on version history

Supported cluster add-on versions

Istio add-on change log

Cluster autoscaler add-on change log

Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on change log

IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC cluster add-on change log

IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in

Static route add-on change log

Back up and restore Helm chart

ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version change log

IBM storage operator add-on change log

Ingress version history

Ingress ALB version change log

Ingress ConfigMap change log

Archived version history

Version 1.27

1.27 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.27 change log

Kubernetes version 1.27 CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

Version 1.26

1.26 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.26 change log

Version 1.26 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.25

1.25 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.25 change log

Version 1.25 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.24

1.24 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.24 change log

Version 1.24 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.23

1.23 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.23 change log

Version 1.23 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.22

1.22 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.22 change log

Version 1.22 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.21

1.21 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.21 change log

Version 1.21 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.20

1.20 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.20 change log

Version 1.20 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.19

1.19 version information and update actions

Kubernetes version 1.19 change log

Version 1.19 CIS Kubernetes benchmark

Version 1.18 change log

Version 1.17 change log

Version 1.16 change log

Activity Tracker events

IBM Cloud Activity Tracker events

IAM and Activity Tracker action by API method

Locations

Locations

Supported IBM Cloud and third-party integrations

Supported IBM Cloud and third-party integrations

Default service settings for Kubernetes components

Default service settings for Kubernetes components

Worker node flavors

VPC flavors

Classic flavors

Understanding data portability for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Understanding data portability for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Monitoring status best practices

Monitoring status best practices

FAQs

FAQs

Best practices for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Best practices for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Running tests with the Diagnostics and Debug Tool

Running tests with the Diagnostics and Debug Tool

Troubleshooting apps in IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Troubleshooting apps in IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

Troubleshooting

Clusters and masters

Debugging webhooks

Reviewing master health

Why do I see a Cannot complete cluster master upgrade message?

Why do I see the error Cannot complete cluster master upgrade because there is a migration in progress?

Cluster states

Debugging common CLI issues with clusters

Why can't I create or delete clusters or worker nodes?

VPC: Why is no VPC available when I create a cluster in the console?

Why do I get an infrastructure operation failed error when creating a VPC cluster?

Why do I see an etcd database size is approaching the maximum error?

Why do I get an error that my PodSecurityConfiguration is not valid?

Why does my cluster upgrade fail due to Pod Security upgrade prerequisites?

Why can't the cluster pull images from IBM Cloud Container Registry during creation?

How do I rotate the cluster API key in the event of a leak?

Why do cluster master operations fail due to a broken webhook?

Deleting webhooks from a cluster

Why is my Portieris cluster image security enforcement installation canceled?

Why does my cluster stay in a pending state?

Why can't I view or work with my cluster?

Classic: Why can't I access resources in my cluster?

Why doesn't the kubectl exec command automatically timeout?

Why does my cluster master status say it is approaching its resource limit?

Debugging the metrics-server

Why does the Kubernetes dashboard terminate with an out of memory error?

Why can't I create a new admin certificate?

Why can't I create a VPC cluster with encrypted worker nodes?

When I create a VPC cluster, my worker nodes are stuck in Pending security group creation

After creating a version 1.30 cluster, applications running in other clusters in my VPC are failing

Worker nodes

Debugging worker nodes

Debugging worker nodes with Kubernetes API

Worker node states

Common issues with worker nodes

Troubleshooting worker nodes in Critical or NotReady state

VPC: Why can't I create worker nodes on dedicated hosts?

Why doesn't replacing a worker node create a worker node?

Classic: Why is the bare metal instance ID inconsistent with worker records?

After deleting all worker nodes, why don't my pods start on new worker nodes?

After a worker node updates or reloads, why do duplicate nodes and pods appear?

Classic: Why can't I add worker nodes with an invalid VLAN ID?

Why do I see a timeout error when I try to log in to a pod?

Why can't I SSH into my worker node?

Permissions and credentials

Resolving permission and credential errors

Apps and services

Debugging app deployments

Why do images fail to pull from registry with ImagePullBackOff or authorization errors?

Why don't my containers start?

Why do my pods fail to deploy after applying a pod security policy?

Why do pods remain in pending state?

Why do pods repeatedly fail to restart or are unexpectedly removed?

Why does binding a service to a cluster result in a same name error?

Why does binding a service to a cluster results in service does not support service keys error?

Why can't I install a Helm chart with updated configuration values?

After creating a version 1.30 cluster, my app no longer works

When I update my cluster to 1.30 or later, my nodeport app no longer works

Cluster autoscaler

Debugging the cluster autoscaler

Autoscaling fails after API key reset

Why can't I resize or rebalance my worker pool?

Why are my autoscaled worker pools unbalanced?

Cluster network

Debugging network connections between pods

Why does DNS resolution fail when CoreDNS pods are restarted?

Why can't I establish VPN connectivity with the strongSwan Helm chart?

Why does my worker node show a NetworkUnavailable error?

I deleted a portable subnet and now my Classic cluster my Load Balancers are failing. How do I recover?

Why am I running out of SNAT ports for egress connections from pods in my cluster?

Why can't I install a new strongSwan Helm chart release?

Why does strongSwan VPN connectivity fail after I add or delete worker nodes?

After upgrading my classic cluster to version 1.21, I'm finding connectivity issues

Why are certain packets dropped on the public VLAN?

Why do OpenSSL connections to Let's Encrypt fail after 30 September 2021?

Debugging Calico components

Why does my pod with long running TCP connections get disconnected?

Why are DNS lookups from certain pods so slow?

Why do I see DNS failures after adding a custom DNS resolver?

Logging and monitoring

Why doesn't the Kubernetes dashboard display utilization graphs?

Why are my log lines so long?

Managed add-ons

Debugging cluster add-ons

Debugging Istio

Why are the ibm-cloud-provider-ip pods for the Istio ingress gateway stuck in pending?

Why are Istio components missing?

Why can't I upgrade to version 1.12 of the managed Istio add-on?

Why does my custom gateway Istio operator have a reconcile loop error?

How do I delete Operator Lifecycle Manager components?

Load balancers

Why can't my app connect via a network load balancer (NLB) service?

Classic clusters: Why can't I deploy a load balancer?

Classic clusters: Why does source IP preservation fail when using tainted nodes?

VPC clusters: Why can't my app connect via load balancer?

VPC clusters: Why does a Kubernetes LoadBalancer service fail with no IPs?

Why do I see SyncLoadBalancerFailed errors when creating a VPC cluster?

Why are VPC load balancer health checks failing on my worker nodes?

VPC Clusters: My VPC NLB has a zone error and does not update

Ingress

Checking the status of Ingress components

Debugging Ingress

Gathering Ingress details for debugging

Ingress resource operations refused by validating webhook

Classic clusters: Why can't my app connect via Ingress?

VPC clusters: Why can't my app connect via Ingress?

Why does no Ingress subdomain exist after cluster creation?

Why does no Ingress subdomain exist after I create clusters of the same or similar name?

Why do ALB pods not deploy to worker nodes?

Classic clusters: Why are no ALBs deployed in a zone?

Classic clusters: Why does source IP preservation fail when using tainted nodes?

Classic clusters: Why does enabling Ingress ALBs result in subnet errors?

Why does a connection via WebSocket close after 60 seconds?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRHPAETPI error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRHPAIWC error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRHPANA error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRHPANF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRSNF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRADNF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRAVUS error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRICCNF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRSAM error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRAHCF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRAHSNF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRAHINF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRADRUH error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRDSAISS error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRDSIA error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRDSISS error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ERRDRISS error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSSMI error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSSMINF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSSMG error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSVC error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSEC error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSEF error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSWS error?

Why does the Ingress status show an ESSDNE error?

Ingress health checks fail on Akamai Global Load Balancer (GLB) configurations

Why are my default istio-ingressgateway pods stuck in pending?

File Storage

Debugging persistent storage failures

Debugging IBM Cloud File Storage for Classic failures

What permissions do I need to manage storage and create PVCs?

Why does my file storage PVC remain in a pending state?

Why is my app pod stuck in Container creating when trying to mount File Storage for VPC?

Why can't my app access or write to PVCs?

Why does my app fail with a group ID error for NFS file storage permissions?

Why does my app fail when a non-root user owns the NFS file storage mount path?

Why does my File Storage for VPC deployment fail due to a permissions error?

Why can't I add non-root user access to persistent storage?

Why are the file systems for worker nodes changed to read-only?

Why do I see a MountingTargetFailed error for File Storage for VPC?

Why do I see an UnresponsiveMountHelperContainerUtility error for File Storage for VPC?

Why do I see a MetadataServiceNotEnabled error for File Storage for VPC?

Why does PVC creation fail for File Storage for VPC?

Storage: Feedback, questions, and support

Block Storage

Debugging Block Storage for Classic failures

Why can't my app access or write to PVCs?

Why does mounting existing block storage to a pod fail with the wrong file system?

Why does block storage change to read-only?

Why does the Block storage plug-in Helm chart give CPU throttling warnings?

Why does my block storage PVC remain in a pending state?

Block Storage for VPC PVC creation fails after API key reset

Why do I get a Volume not attached error when trying to expand a Block Storage for VPC volume?

Debugging Block Storage for VPC metrics

Why am I still seeing charges for block storage devices after deleting my cluster?

Why does mounting Block Storage for Classic fail with a file system check error?

Why does my Block Storage persistent volume show a limited connectivity status?

Why can't I delete my Block Storage for VPC volume snapshot resources?

Why can't I create Block Storage for VPC snapshots?

Object Storage

Debugging IBM Cloud Object Storage failures

Why can't my PVC access an existing bucket?

Why does installing the Object storage Helm plug-in fail?

Why can't non-root users access files?

Why does my app pod fail with an Operation not permitted error?

Why can't the ownership of the mount path be changed?

Why does installing the IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in fail?

Why do I see wrong credentials or access denied messages when I create a PVC?

Why do I see wrong s3fs or IAM API endpoints when I create a PVC?

Why does my PVC remain in a pending state?

Why does PVC or pod creation fail due to not finding the Kubernetes secret?

Why is the transport endpoint not connected?

Why do I see transport endpoint not connected errors when using the IBM Cloud Object Storage cluster add-on?

Portworx Storage

Debugging Portworx failures

Debugging your Portworx installation

Why does encryption fail with an invalid KMS endpoint?

Contacting support

Contacting support

Service limitations

Service limitations

Requesting access to allowlisted features

Requesting access to allowlisted features