RKE2 - v1.29.4+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.29.4.

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 v1.29.3+rke2r1:

• Update channel server (#5631)
• Enable apiserver to access updated encryption-config.json (#5604)
• Delete epic github action (#5626)
• Remove kube-proxy static pod manifest during agent bootstrap (#5619)
• Properly handle files and sockets in extra mounts (#5621)
• Bump flannel version (#5638)
• Fix flannel bug to work in cluster with taints
• Improve how flannel-windows reserves an IP for kube-proxy vip (#5661)
• Add doc on building multi-arch images (#5670)
• Add kine support (#5540)
• Reenable Unit Testing in GitHub Actions (#5676)
• Overhaul integration testing (#5679)
• Bump ingress-nginx to 1.9.6 (#5671)
• Rework and fix nightly install tests (#5692)
• Update flannel to v0.25.0 (#5708)
• Fix Windows path setting (#5698)
• Update to Cilium v1.15.3 (#5713)
• Bump K3s version for 2024-04 release cycle (#5714)
• Calico and canal update (#5712)
• Check if the kube-proxy VIP was already reserved (#5705)
• Flannel in windows checks if a VIP was already reserved
• Update flannel to v0.25.1 (#5747)
• Fix subcommand mapping for rke2 certificate (#5750)
• Bump harvester-cloud-provider v0.2.3 (#5694)
• Bump RKE2 CCM image tag (#5751)
• Bump metrics-server version (#5660)
• Bump metrics server version to v0.7.1 and start using scratch as its base image
• Update to Cilium v1.15.4 (#5764)
• Bump vsphere csi chart to 3.1.2-rancher300 and add snapshotter image (#5755)
• Vsphere csi bump (#5801)
• Update Kubernetes to v1.29.4 (#5799)
• Bump K3s version for v1.29 to pull through etcd-snapshot save fixes (#5816)
• Bump K3s version for dbinfo fix (#5822)
• Updated Calico and Flannel to fix ARM64 build (#5825)
• Update rke2-canal to v3.27.3-build2024042301 (#5834)
• Use the newer Flannel chart (#5842)
• Bump metrics-server chart to restore legacy label (#5849)

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 | v1.29.4 |
| 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 | v0.15.9 |

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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