Release v4.3.0

New features

• Add support for init-containers ordering, including aerospike-init. [KO-468]
• Add support for overriding rack-id through pod annotation. [KO-469]
• Add support for Aerospike Database 8.1.1. [KO-477]

Improvements

• Deprecate cross-namespace secret reference for TLS certs for aerospike cluster. [KO-473]
• Add support for ignoreNamespaces in the eviction webhook in helm chart. [KO-478]

Bug fixes

• Fix security vulnerabilities in all the AKO components. [KO-475]

Internal refactoring & Maintenance

• Remove use of deprecated server info commands from AKO. [KO-454]
• Update AKO base image to ubi10. [KO-470]
• Update aerospike-kubernetes-init base image to ubi10. [KO-471]
• Remove use of deprecated annotation from loadbalancer service. [KO-472]

Full Changelog: v4.2.0...v4.3.0

Release v4.2.0

New features

• Add support for hostPath volume type. [KO-382]
• Add support for vertical scaling (storage scaling) using rack revision. [KO-448]
• Add support for removing a rack from the roster forcefully in a running cluster. [KO-452]
• Add support for Federal Edition FIPS compliance. [KO-453]
• Add support for grace-period for failed/pending pods. [KO-455]
• Add support for pod eviction API webhook to safely evict pods during node maintenance. [KO-456]
• Add support for Aerospike Backup Service v3.4.0. [KO-460]

Improvements

• Add capability to disable security in a running cluster. [KO-435]
• Add wait for migration flow before deletion of pod. [KO-444]

Bug fixes

• Fix support for updating fields like batch-index-threads, service-threads dynamically. [KO-445]
• Fix race condition in updating ACL status of Aerospike CR. [KO-457]
• Skip LoadBalancer service deletion if created externally. [KO-462]
• Fix panic in the device addition/removal flow of Aerospike namespace update. [KO-459]
• Fix role create code error handling in aerospikeRoleCreateUpdate.execute where error variable was being shadowed.

Internal refactoring & Maintenance

• Remove pre-5.0 XDR related code and examples configuration. [KO-458]
• Upgrade to Go 1.24 and Operator-sdk to 1.41.1. [KO-461]

New Contributors

• @eappere made their first contribution in #411
• @stepsecurity-app[bot] made their first contribution in #422

Full Changelog: v4.1.1...v4.2.0

Release v4.1.2

Bug Fixes

• Fix security vulnerabilities in all the AKO components. [KO-463]

Full Changelog: v4.1.1...v4.1.2

Release v4.1.1

Bug Fixes

• Add missing configurations in the AerospikeCluster Helm chart. [KO-449]
• Fix security vulnerabilities in all the AKO components. [KO-450]

Full Changelog: v4.1.0...v4.1.1

Release v4.1.0

New features

• Add support for Aerospike Database 8.1. [KO-440]
• Add support for Aerospike Backup Service v3.2.0. [KO-438]
• Add support for header cleanup during volume initialisation. [KO-347]
• Add support for custom metadata in kubernetes services. [KO-376]
• Add support for local PVC cleanup during upgrade and rolling restart. [KO-427]
• Add support for admin port in Aerospike config. [KO-437]

Improvements

• Add aerospike_ako_aerospikecluster_phase custom metric to monitor cluster status. [KO-441]
• Add Aerospike Kubernetes Operator View Grafana dashboard by default in monitoring stack. [KO-442]

Bug fixes

• Fix dangling loadbalancer service when disabled. [KO-413]
• Fix missing validation of init image tag during cluster create. [KO-392]
• Fix roster set for ignored pod after recovery due to race condition. [KO-415]
• Fix namespace and tls config in logging. [KO-443]
• Fix ABS controller recovery if initial deployment is failed or stuck. [KO-426]
• Fix data-size update handling for in-memory namespace. [KO-424]
• Fix automatic webhook certs reload in AKO standby replica pod. [KO-423]

Internal refactoring

• Move webhook code to internal pkg. [KO-378]
• Add go module versioning in AKO. [KO-414]

New Contributors

• @joshbench made their first contribution in #356

Full Changelog: 4.0.0...v4.1.0

Release 4.0.2

Bug Fixes

• Fix security vulnerabilities in all the AKO components. [KO-421]

Full Changelog: 4.0.1...4.0.2

Release 4.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix security vulnerabilities in all the AKO components. [KO-395]

Full Changelog: 4.0.0...4.0.1

Release 4.0.0

Breaking Changes

• Dropped support for deprecated API aerospike.com/v1beta1 for AerospikeClusters. [KO-372]
• Dropped support for Kubernetes 1.22 and earlier versions. [KO-372]
• Dropped support for Aerospike Database versions older than 6.0.0. [KO-372]
• Dropped support for AerospikeBackupService version v2.x. [KO-357]
• Replaced kube-rbac-proxy functionality with controller-runtime authz/authn feature. [KO-366]
• Dropped support for deprecated ControllerManagerConfiguration and moved to flag-based configuration. [KO-366]

For more info, see Breaking Changes.

New Features

• Add support for Aerospike Database 8.0. [KO-369]
• Add support for Aerospike Backup Service v3.0.0. [KO-357]
• Add support for HPA. [KO-335]

Improvements

• Add support for pod spec fields in the AerospikeBackupService. [KO-358]
• Add support for custom labels and annotations in the AerospikeBackupService. [KO-355]
• Add support for custom ServiceAccount for AerospikeBackupService. [KO-370]

Bug Fixes

• Unable to disable PDB when maxUnavailable is set to some value. [KO-375]
• Fix Benchmark related aerospike configs parsing in management-lib. [KO-364]
• Fix AKO access-address/tls-access-address IP assignment for dual-stack network Kubernetes clusters. This fix will take effect only after restarting the Aerospike server pods. [KO-360]

Full Changelog: 3.4.1...4.0.0

Release 3.4.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed security vulnerabilities in the Aerospike Kubernetes Operator and Aerospike Kubernetes Init. [KO-365]

Release 3.4.0

New features

• Added support for Aerospike Database 7.2.x.x. [KO-352]
• Added compatibility with the Aerospike Backup Service to enable backup and restore functionality inside AKO. [KO-328]
• Integrated triggering warm and cold restarts on demand. [KO-211]
• Added a pause configuration option to pause cluster reconciliation. [KO-112]
• Made the init registry name in CR file configurable. [KO-338]
• Added an out-of-the-box monitoring stack implementation. [KO-344]

Improvements

• Increased default resource limit for AKO pods. [KO-271]

Full Changelog: 3.3.0...3.4.0