{"id":17790,"date":"2020-03-26T18:05:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T18:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/kubernetes-1-18-buffing-up-the-leading-container-orchestrator.html"},"modified":"2020-03-26T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T18:05:51","slug":"kubernetes-1-18-buffing-up-the-leading-container-orchestrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/kubernetes-1-18-buffing-up-the-leading-container-orchestrator.html","title":{"rendered":"Kubernetes 1.18: Buffing up the leading container orchestrator"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kubernetes<\/a> is the container orchestrator we all love.<\/a> But it’s not unconditional love. Some users were a bit overwhelmed with the last release’s Container Storage Interface (CSI) infrastructure update, which required clusters to be explicitly updated. So, some folks are very happy to see that Kubernetes<\/a> 1.18 is much more of a “fit and finish” release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In this release, much work has been done with improving beta and stable features to ensure users have a better experience. Looking ahead, the developers are focusing on adding features, which will make Kubernetes easier to manage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For instance, the kubectl<\/a>, the Kubernetes command-line, is finally getting a debug utility. While only in alpha in this release, I know many DevOps people are ready and eager to get any debug help they can for working with their Pods inside the cluster. It does this spinning up a temporary clone container, which runs next to the Pod one you’re trying to work on. It also attaches to the console for interactive troubleshooting.<\/p>\n

Another useful change is the second beta of Serverside Apply<\/a>. This new version will track and manage changes to fields of all new Kubernetes objects. That means you can track who’s changed your resources and when.
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Windows Kubernetes users — yes there are some — will be happy to see 1.18 comes with alpha Windows CSI support. This is done with a CSI Proxy for Windows and enables non-privileged (pre-approved) containers to perform privileged storage operations.<\/p>\n

Kubernetes 1.18 is barely out the door, and it’s already being released by vendors. Indeed, Canonical<\/a>,\u00a0Ubuntu Linux<\/a>‘s parent company, jumped the gun and has already rolled out its version. Canonical is supporting Kubernetes 1.18 across its entire Kubernetes product family including Charmed Kubernetes<\/a>, MicroK8s<\/a>, and kubeadm<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All of this, in turn, will be available in Canonical’s soon-to-be-released Ubuntu 20.04<\/a> Long Term Support version. This release will also include Multus<\/a>, a container network interface (CNI), which enables the creation of multiple virtual network interfaces on Kubernetes pods. Kubernetes CSI on Ubuntu will also support Canonical’s CephFS<\/a> storage platform. The CIS benchmark 1.5<\/a> security guidelines will also be supported.<\/p>\n

Kubernetes 1.18 is available for download. To get started with Kubernetes, check out these\u00a0interactive tutorials<\/a>\u00a0or run local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container “nodes” with\u00a0kind<\/a>. You can also easily install 1.18 using\u00a0kubeadm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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