RKE2 - v1.30.0+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.30.0.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.29.4+rke2r1:

• Update stable channel to v1.28.9+rke2r1 (#5870)
• Add mixedos BGP e2e test (#5859)
• Remove flannel-v6.4096 when rke2-killall.sh (#5795)
• Update e2e test (#5880)
• Bump k3s to 1.30 (#5888)
• Move to fatal error for cis-1.23 profile value (#5781)
• Remove cni parameter from agent config in e2e tests (#5881)
• Add script to validate flannel versions (#5788)
• Bump k3s to deprecate pod-infra-container-image (#5900)
• Fix mixedosbgp e2e test (#5886)

Charts Versions

| Component | Version |
| --- | --- |
| rke2-cilium | 1.15.400 |
| rke2-canal | v3.27.3-build2024042301 |
| rke2-calico | v3.27.300 |
| rke2-calico-crd | v3.27.002 |
| rke2-coredns | 1.29.002 |
| rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.9.100 |
| rke2-metrics-server | 3.12.002 |
| rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.1.2-rancher400 |
| rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.7.001 |
| harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.300 |
| harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.1700 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller | 1.7.202 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 1.7.202 |
| rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 1.7.302 |

Packaged Component Versions

| Component | Version |
| --- | --- |
| Kubernetes | v1.30.0 |
| Etcd | v3.5.9-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v1.7.11-k3s2 |
| Runc | v1.1.12 |
| Metrics-server | v0.7.1 |
| CoreDNS | v1.11.1 |
| Ingress-Nginx | nginx-1.9.6-hardened1 |
| Helm-controller | v0.16.1 |

Available CNIs

| Component | Version | FIPS Compliant |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canal (Default) | Flannel v0.25.1
Calico v3.27.3 | Yes |
| Calico | v3.27.3 | No |
| Cilium | v1.15.4 | No |
| Multus | v4.0.2 | No |

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