Improvements

Rook v1.6.8 is a patch release limited in scope and focusing on small feature additions and bug fixes.

Ceph

• Re-enable lvm mode for OSDs on disks. See details to know if your OSDs are affected by unexpected partitions (#8319, @BlaineEXE)
• Update test to watch for v1 cronjob instead of v1beta1 (#8356, @travisn)
• Update PodDisruptionBudget from v1beta1 to v1 (#7977, @parth-gr)
• Add support for tls certs via k8s tls secrets for rgw (#8243, @thotz)
• Create correct ClusterRoleBinding for helm chart in namespace other than rook-ceph (#8344, @ashangit)
• If two mgrs, ensure services are reconciled with the cluster (#8330, @travisn)
• Proxy rbd commands when multus is enabled (#8339, @leseb)
• Proxy ceph command when multus is configured (#8272, @leseb)
• Ensure OSD keyring exists at OSD pod start (#8155, @subhamkrai)
• Add an example of a pvc-based ceph cluster on bare metal (#7969, @satoru-takeuchi)
• Mount /dev for the OSD daemon on lv-backed pvc (#8304, @satoru-takeuchi)
• Add ceph cluster context for lib bucket provisioning reconcile (#8310, @leseb)
• Create PDBs for all rgw and cephfs (#8301, @satoru-takeuchi)
• Always rehydrate the access and secret keys (#8286, @leseb)
• Fix PDB of RGW instances (#8274, @satoru-takeuchi)
• Ability to disable pool mirroring (#8215, @sp98)
• Fetch rgw port from the CephObjectStore the OBC (#8244, @thotz)
• Enable debug logging for adminops client log level is debug (#8208, @thotz)
• Update blockPoolChannel before starting the mirror monitoring (#8222, @sp98)
• Scaling down nfs deployment was failing (#8250, @travisn)