ROADMAP

1.7

Must-have features

Support for k8s 1.7

Other features we are working on in the 1.7 timeframe

etcd controller to allow moving between versions
kops server for better team scenarios
support for bare-metal
more gossip backends
IAM integration
more cloud providers
promote GCE to stable
RBAC policies for all components
bringing rolling-update out of alpha

HISTORICAL

1.6

Must-have features

Support for k8s 1.6 done
RBAC enabled by default yes, but we kept RBAC optional

Other features we are working on in the 1.6 timeframe

Support for GCE alpha
Support for Google's Container Optimized OS (formerly known as GCI) alpha
Some support for bare-metal private branches, not merged
Some support for more cloud providers initial work on vsphere
Some IAM integration discussions, but no code
Federation made easy no progress
Authentication made easy no progress
Integration with kubeadm kops now uses kubeadm for some RBAC related functionality
CloudFormation integration on AWS beta