Kubespray - v2.18.1

Feature / Major changes

• [kubernetes] Update kubernetes hashes and make 1.22.6 the default (#8467, @cristicalin)
• Allow to choose image pull commands based on container manager or override them (#8380, @sathieu)
• Improve offline script generate_list.sh using ansible (#8606, @tmurakam)
• [CI] Move from CentOS 8 to AlmaLinux 8 for kubespray CI, therefore CentOS 8 is no longer tested (#8297, @cristicalin)
• [container image] use focal (ubuntu 20.04) base image for our docker builds (#8631, @cristicalin)
• [sysctl] set fs.may_detach_mounts=1 to address pods stuck in Terminating state (#8635, @cristicalin)

Container-Managers

• [containerd] make containerd_insecure_registries into a dict similar to containerd_registries (#8340, @mircyb) (see Notes 2)
• [containerd] nerdctl insecure registry support (#8339, @mircyb)

Bug or Regression

• Fix an issue where offline script could not output URLs of both containerd and krew. (#8379, @oomichi)
• Fix container engine still installed on dedicated etcd node even if etcd_deployment_type: host (#8404, @rtsp)

Notes

1. containerd_insecure_registries needs to be updated or won't work anymore