1. Release Notes for Release 1.7
  2. New Features and Notable Changes

3 New Features and Notable Changes

This chapter lists the new features and notable changes in each Oracle Cloud Native Environment release.

Release 1.7.7

This section lists the notable changes in Release 1.7.7 of Oracle Cloud Native Environment.

The following components have been updated:

  • Kubernetes: Kubernetes is updated to Release 1.26.15. For a list of the Kubernetes API Server changes since the last update in Oracle Cloud Native Environment, see the upstream Kubernetes Release Notes.

  • CRI-O: CRI-O is updated to Release 1.26.4.

Release 1.7.5

This section lists the notable changes in Release 1.7.5 of Oracle Cloud Native Environment.

The following components have been updated:

  • Kubernetes: Kubernetes is updated to Release 1.26.10. For a list of the Kubernetes API Server changes since the last update in Oracle Cloud Native Environment, see the upstream Kubernetes Release Notes. This shows the changes in Release 1.26.10.

  • Istio: Istio is updated to Release 1.17.8.

  • Operator Lifecycle Manager: Operator Lifecycle Manager is updated to Release 0.23.1.

Release 1.7.2

This section lists the notable changes in Release 1.7.2 of Oracle Cloud Native Environment.

The following components have been updated:

  • Istio: Istio is updated to Release 1.17.5.

  • KubeVirt: KubeVirt is updated to Release 0.58.0-3 to resolve an issue when SELinux is set to enforcing.

Release 1.7.0

This section lists the notable changes in Release 1.7.0 of Oracle Cloud Native Environment.

Updated Components

The following components have been updated:

  • Kubernetes: Kubernetes is updated to Release 1.26.6. For a list of the Kubernetes API Server changes since the last update in Oracle Cloud Native Environment, see the upstream Kubernetes Release Notes. This shows the changes in Release 1.26.6.

  • CRI-O: CRI-O is updated to Release 1.26.3.

  • Calico: Calico is updated to Release 3.25.1.

  • Multus: Multus is updated to Release 4.0.1.

  • Istio: Istio is updated to Release 1.17.2.

  • MetalLB: MetalLB is updated to Release 0.13.9.

  • Helm: Helm is updated to Release 3.12.0.

  • Rook: Rook Release 1.11.6 is added.

  • KubeVirt: KubeVirt Release 0.58.0 is added.

Oracle Linux 9

Installations can now be performed on Oracle Linux 9 hosts and compatible RedHat kernels, as described in Getting Started.

Rook Module

A new Rook module is added. The Rook module installs the Rook operator. The Rook operator lets you configure one or more Ceph clusters, storage types and storage providers using a configuration file when you install the Rook module, or afterward using the kubectl command. The Ceph storage you set up can be used to provide persistent storage for Kubernetes applications. For information on installing and using the Rook module, see Rook Module.

KubeVirt Module

A new KubeVirt module is added. The KubeVirt module installs KubeVirt. KubeVirt is a virtualization technology that can create and manage virtual machines in a Kubernetes cluster. For information on installing and using the KubeVirt module, see KubeVirt Module.

MetalLB Module

MetalLB Release 0.13 onwards is configured as a CustomResource. The MetalLB configuration file must therefore be created using the custom resource definition (CRD) format. The ConfigMap format is deprecated in this release. See MetalLB Module for more information.