Release Notes

F5 Service Proxy for Kubernetes (SPK) - v1.7.11

New Features and Improvements

The SPK v1.7.11 release is a bug fix only release, see Fixes and Known Issues.

Limitations

  • Jumbo Frames - The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) must be the same size on both the ingress and egress interfaces. Packets over 9000 bytes are dropped.

Fixes and Known Issue

Refer to Fixes and Known Issues section to know about fixes and known issues for this SPK Release.

Software upgrades

Upgrade the SPK Software Components

Use these steps to upgrade the SPK software components:

_images/spk_warn.png Important: - Steps 2 through 5 should be performed together, and during a planned maintenance window.

_images/spk_warn.png Important: - The Helm Upgrade is not supported when upgrading any of the helm chart mentioned in 1.7.x to later SPK version tar ball.

  1. Review the New Features and Improvements section above, and integrate any updates into the existing configuration. Do not apply Custom Resource (CR) updates until after the SPK Controller has been upgraded (step 3).
  2. Follow the instructions listed in Install the CRDs section, SPK Software guide to upgrade the CRDs. Be aware that newly applied CRDs will replace existing CRDs of the same name.
  3. Uninstall the previous version of SPK Controller, and follow the Installation procedure in the SPK Controller guide to upgrade the Controller and TMM Pods. The Helm Upgrade is not supported.
  4. Once the SPK Controller and TMM Pods are available, apply any updated CR configurations (step 1) using the oc apply -f <file> command.
  5. Follow the Upgrading DNS46 entries section of the F5SPKEgress CR guide to upgrade any entries created in versions 1.4.9 and earlier.
  6. Uninstall the previous version of SPK CWC, and for 1.7.0 and later installations RabbitMQ, and follow the Install RabbitMQ and Install CWC procedures in the SPK CWC guide to upgrade the Pods. The Helm Upgrade is not supported.
  7. The dSSM Databases can be upgraded at anytime using the Upgrading dSSM guide. The Helm Upgrade is not supported.
  8. The Fluentd Logging collector can be upgraded anytime using Helm Upgrade. Review Extract the Images in the SPK Software guide for the new Fluentd Helm chart location.

Next step

Continue to the Cluster Requirements guide to ensure the OpenShift cluster has the required software components.