[2.9][ForwardPort] KDM Update for K8s April 2024 patch release

[mitulshah-suse]

KDM Updates

New Kubernetes Version	Min Rancher Version	Min RKE Version
1.28.9-rancher1-1	2.8.3-patch0	1.5.0-rc0
1.27.13-rancher1-1	2.8.0-patch0	1.5.0-rc0

Rancher System Images & Add-ons

Note: Please update system images and add-ons in the template as needed.

TBD

Developer Changelog

• Add templates for new K8s versions. If a template that hasn't been released yet already exists, update it in place.
• Update the default K8s version, and add or update the version information (MinRancherVersion and MinRKEVersion) in k8s_version_info.go for new K8s versions if needed (Use table from above).
• Confirm versions for system images, add-on templates are correct using versioning reference table from below (expand details to view the table). Update the table if new versions are introduced.
• Confirm add-on template version constraints in template.go are correct using versioning reference table from below (expand details to view the table). Update the table if needed.

Versioning Reference

Expand for system images & add-on templates versioning table

Note: Truncated repository names with a * indicates there are multiple images with that prefix. All repository names that match a truncated prefix should be checked for the same version stated in the table.
For example: rancher/weave-* matches weaveworks/weave-kube and weaveworks/weave-npc, and they should both have the same version.

v1.28.9-rancher1-1

Repository	Tag
rancher/mirrored-coreos-etcd	v3.5.10
rancher/hyperkube	v1.28.9-rancher1
rancher/rke-tools	v0.1.96
rancher/mirrored-k8s-dns-*	1.22.28
rancher/mirrored-cluster-proportional-autoscaler	1.8.6
rancher/flannel-cni	v0.3.0-rancher8
rancher/mirrored-flannel-flannel	v0.21.4
rancher/mirrored-calico-*	v3.26.3
weaveworks/weave-*	2.8.1
noiro/* (All ACI images)	6.0.3.2.81c2369
rancher/mirrored-pause	3.7
rancher/nginx-ingress-controller	nginx-1.9.4-rancher1
rancher/mirrored-nginx-ingress-controller-defaultbackend	1.5-rancher1
rancher/mirrored-jettech-kube-webhook-certgen	v20231011-8b53cabe0
rancher/mirrored-metrics-server	v0.6.3
rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns	1.9.4
rancher/mirrored-cluster-proportional-autoscaler	1.8.6
rancher/mirrored-k8s-dns-node-cache	1.22.28

Add-on Name	Add-on Template Version Constraint
Calico	calicov3261Rancher2
Canal	canalv3261Rancher2
Flannel	flannelv0214
CoreDNS	coreDnsv183Rancher2
KubeDNS	kubeDnsv116
MetricsServer	metricsServerv061
Weave	weavev122
Aci	aciv6032
NginxIngress	nginxIngressv194Rancher1
Nodelocal	nodelocalv121

v1.27.13-rancher1-1

Repository	Tag
rancher/mirrored-coreos-etcd	v3.5.10
rancher/hyperkube	v1.27.13-rancher1
rancher/rke-tools	v0.1.96
rancher/mirrored-k8s-dns-*	1.22.28
rancher/mirrored-cluster-proportional-autoscaler	1.8.6
rancher/flannel-cni	v0.3.0-rancher8
rancher/mirrored-flannel-flannel	v0.21.4
rancher/mirrored-calico-*	v3.26.3
weaveworks/weave-*	2.8.1
noiro/* (All ACI images)	6.0.3.2.81c2369
rancher/mirrored-pause	3.7
rancher/nginx-ingress-controller	nginx-1.9.4-rancher1
rancher/mirrored-nginx-ingress-controller-defaultbackend	1.5-rancher1
rancher/mirrored-jettech-kube-webhook-certgen	v20231011-8b53cabe0
rancher/mirrored-metrics-server	v0.6.3
rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns	1.9.4
rancher/mirrored-cluster-proportional-autoscaler	1.8.6
rancher/mirrored-k8s-dns-node-cache	1.22.28

Add-on Name	Add-on Template Version Constraint
Calico	calicov3261Rancher2
Canal	canalv3261Rancher2
Flannel	flannelv0214
CoreDNS	coreDnsv183Rancher2
KubeDNS	kubeDnsv116
MetricsServer	metricsServerv061
Weave	weavev122
Aci	aciv6032
NginxIngress	nginxIngressv194Rancher1
Nodelocal	nodelocalv121

[rishabhmsra]

Fresh install checks - PASS

• On rancher version v2.9-head, KDM pointing to dev-v2.9 branch, cluster creation succeeds for 1.28.9-rancher1-1, v1.27.13-rancher1-1 on all network providers - canal/flannel/weave/calico
• Network checks look good
• Canal network checks look good

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Upgrade checks - PASS

• On rancher v2.8.4-rc3, KDM pointing to release-v2.8, cluster creation succeeds for k8s 1.28.8-rancher1-1, v1.27.12-rancher1-1 version with all network providers.
• Pre-upgrade checks look good.
• Upgraded rancher to v2.9-head.
• Made sure the KDM points to dev-v2.9
• Upgraded cluster to k8s version - 1.28.9-rancher1-1 and v1.27.13-rancher1-1
• Post upgrade checks look good.

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RKE default k8s version - PASS

dev-v2.9 should have the default as v1.28.9-rancher1-1

"RKEDefaultK8sVersions": {
  "0.3": "v1.16.3-rancher1-1",
  "default": "v1.28.9-rancher1-1"
 }

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RKE standalone checks passed using rke 1.6.0-rc3 version.

All checks passed, hence closing the issue.