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August 22, 2024
Feature Additions
▸ Added private cluster endpoint access feature
Added function to issue private API server endpoint URL
▸ Added node pool configuration modification feature
Added node label configuration feature
Added user script configuration feature
July 3, 2024
Feature Additions
▸ Support for reservation-based auto-scaling service
Added functionality to expand/contract node pool based on reservation time
▸ Added Cloud Trail events for Kubernetes Engine service
Added resource events such as Cluster, Nodepool, Node, etc.
▸ Service name changes
Auto-scaling settings -> Resource-based auto-scaling settings
Node pool scheduling settings -> Pod scheduling settings
▸ UI improvements
Added scaling tab for managing auto-scaling policies in node pool details
May 31, 2024
Feature Additions
▸ Support for CPU multi-threading
Support for CPU multi-threading function of VM when creating node pool
▸ Added new Kubernetes version
May 9, 2024
Feature Additions
▸ Added CNI plugin selection feature
Supports Calico, Cilium CNI plugins
Users can select the CNI plugin for the cluster to utilize the network more efficiently according to the service environment
Applied network bonding by default when creating Bare Metal Server type node pool for high bandwidth and high availability
Network bonding sets two interfaces identical to the IP of each node created with the subnet selected in node pool network settings
March 19, 2024
Feature Additions
▸ Added support for new Kubernetes version (kr-central-2)
March 18, 2024
Feature Additions
▸ Added support for new Kubernetes version
Support for version 1.27 (available only in the kr-central-1 region)
Version 1.25 no longer available for creating new clusters (existing clusters can still be used)
Supports kubelet versions 1.26, 1.27
January 31, 2024
Feature Additions
▸ Added node image selection feature
Users can directly select the image to be used on nodes when creating a node pool
'Image' information can be checked in the node pool and node details tab
▸ Added cluster details
Users can check 'Cluster creator' information in the cluster details tab
December 6, 2023
Image Updates
▸ Worker node image
Changed to Ubuntu 20.04
Image details:
kernel: 5.4.0-167-generic
containerd: 1.7.6
▸ GPU worker node image
GPU driver version in the image has been updated.
GPU driver details:
nvidia driver: 535.129.03
cuda: 12.2
Supports kubelet versions 1.25, 1.26
October 16, 2023
Feature Additions
Node pool type selection available when creating node pools
Users can create Bare Metal Server nodes by selecting Bare Metal Server node pool type
A maximum of 5 Bare Metal Server nodes can be created per cluster/node pool
Bare Metal Server node pool does not support auto-scaling
▸ Improved Multi AZ cluster availability (kr-central-2)
When creating a new cluster in the kr-central-2 region, at least one subnet per AZ must be selected to ensure the high availability of Multi AZ clusters
▸ Cluster endpoint change (kr-central-1)
API server endpoint for newly created clusters changed to port 443
August 16, 2023
Feature Additions
▸ Improved Multi AZ (kr-central-2)
Supports high availability by running control plane (master node) across multiple AZs in Multi AZ clusters
▸ Node pool network settings change
Multiple subnets can be selected when creating cluster and node pool (Single AZ or Multi AZ cluster creation)
▸ Support for new Kubernetes version
Support for version 1.25
Support for version 1.26
Version 1.23 no longer available for creating new clusters (*existing clusters can still be used)
▸ Official release of Kubernetes Engine in kr-central-2 region
Cluster billing will begin for the kr-central-2 region
(*Clusters in the kr-central-2 region are free until August 31, 2023, and paid billing will start on September 1, 2023.)
▸ Support for PV usage in Multi AZ clusters
Supports Multi AZ clusters with Block Storage CSI provisioner
July 7, 2023
Feature Additions
▸ Multi AZ support (kr-central-2)
Supports high availability by configuring node pools with Multi AZ in the new kr-central-2 region
▸ Application Load Balancer support
Supports Application Load Balancer when creating a Load Balancer of service type in Kubernetes Engine
SSL certificates can be registered and managed in the Certification menu
June 16, 2023
Feature Additions
▸ New region (kr-central-2) opened for Kubernetes Engine
Kubernetes Engine 'Beta version' opened in the new kr-central-2 region (*Only 'kr-central-2-a' AZ is supported during the Beta version.)
Clusters created during the Beta version period cannot be migrated to Multi AZ, which will be supported later.
June 1, 2023
Feature Additions
▸ Network Load Balancer (NLB) support
Added support for Network Load Balancer in Load Balancing service, and Network Load Balancer is created by default when creating a Load Balancer of service type in Kubernetes Engine.
March 20, 2023
Feature Additions
▸ PV (Persistent Volume) configuration support
Users can install a CSI provisioner in the cluster to use KakaoCloud’s Block Storage as Persistent Volume.
▸ Improved autoscaler feature
▸ Improved load balancer feature
Added annotation for configuring load balancer options
Paid service transition
▸ Transition to paid service
▸ Service level agreement (SLA) applied
February 1, 2023
Feature Additions
▸ Auto-scaling
Automatically expands or contracts the number of nodes according to resource usage of the node pool.
▸ Cordon setting to exclude node pool/node from scheduling
Prevent pods from being scheduled on specific node pools/nodes.
▸ Public IP usage setting for Load Balancer
Users can set whether to use public IP when creating a Load Balancer of service type.
▸ Applied Kubernetes Engine service quota
Quota is applied to cluster, node pool, and node.
Support for Kubernetes version 1.24
Version 1.22 no longer available for creating new clusters (*existing clusters can still be used)
October 25, 2022
Feature Improvements
▸ GPU node support
Users can create GPU nodes by selecting GPU type instances in the node pool settings when creating a cluster.
▸ Added node details
Users can check performance and status information of nodes in the [details] tab in addition to basic information.
▸ Added node monitoring feature
Users can check node/pod resource usage and trends during the query period in the newly added [monitoring] tab.
▸ PV (Persistent Volume) configuration support
Users can install NFS Client Provisioner in the cluster to use KakaoCloud’s File Storage as Persistent Volume.
July 12, 2022
Feature Additions and Improvements
▸ Support for cluster and node updates
▸ Multi Kubernetes version support
▸ API server endpoint provided based on public IP
▸ Node recovery feature name change and accessibility improvements
▸ Node name creation rule change
April 20, 2022
Feature Additions and Improvements
▸ Added Deleting/Failed status for node pools
▸ Modified to allow free configuration of local volume size of nodes
▸ Changed criteria for measuring cluster uptime
▸ Stepwise page layout applied to cluster creation, node pool creation/configuration
▸ Pagination applied to node pool and node lists
▸ UI/UX overhaul for viewing clusters, node pools, and nodes
▸ Provided individual node deletion feature
December 23, 2021
Feature Additions and Improvements
▸ Pod networking structure change
▸ Kubernetes cluster version update
▸ KIC authentication client update
▸ Added Failed status for clusters and nodes
▸ Removed limit restriction for node pools and nodes
▸ Refreshed cluster list and node pool list
▸ Added taint setting for node pools
▸ Other UI changes
October 19, 2021
Feature Improvements
Changed the structure to not use user API keys when creating nodes, and strengthened validation rules for node pool labels.
August 24, 2021
Feature Additions
▸ Released 'node pool label' feature
Released the 'node pool label' feature, allowing users to set Kubernetes labels when creating node pools and utilize them in nodeSelector.
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