04-Kubernetes-Software-Versions.md

Kubernetes Software Versions

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In this section, we will take a look at various kubernetes releases and versions

We can see the kubernetess version that we installed

$ kubectl get nodes

Let's take a closer look at the version number

• It consists of 3 parts

  • First is the major version
  • Second is the minor version
  • Finally, the patch version

  

Kubernetes follows a standard software release versioning procedure

• You can find all kubernetes releases at https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases

  

  

Downloaded package has all the kubernetes components in it except ETCD Cluster and CoreDNS as they are seperate projects.

References

• https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/release/versioning.md
• https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/api-machinery/api-group.md
• https://blog.risingstack.com/the-history-of-kubernetes/
• https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/release/version-skew-policy/