v1.6.0 Release Candidate 1

First release candidate for the v1.6.0 branch.

Note! This release is not meant for production use, it is still being tested.

Some important changes in this release:

• Removed the dependency on Docker. #371
• Allow additional CIDRs to be excluded from SNAT. #520
• Inclusion of several metal-instance types. #572
• Update of Calico to v3.8.1. #554

If you want to test this release candidate in your own cluster, patch the aws-node daemonset:

kubectl patch daemonset aws-node \
-n kube-system \
-p '{"spec": {"template": {"spec": {"containers": [{"image": "602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.0-rc1","name":"aws-node"}]}}}}'

Verify the update:

kubectl describe daemonset aws-node -n kube-system | grep Image | cut -d "/" -f 2

amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.0-rc1