VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.3 Release Notes

VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.3 | 09 OCT 2024 | Build 24322572 Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

What's in the Release Notes

The release notes cover the following topics.

• What's New in October 2024
• Product Support Notice
• Compatibility Notices

What's New in October 2024

• Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in 4.2.3 is available

  To upgrade the plug-in to version 4.2.3, perform the following tasks. For more information, see Managing Plug-Ins.

  1. Log in to the Broadcom Support Portal and download the latest version of the Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in.

  2. In the VMware Cloud Director Portal, from the top navigation bar, select More>Customize Portal.

  3. Select the check boxes next to earlier versions of the Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in and click Disable.

  4. Click Upload and in the Upload Plugin wizard, upload the latest Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in zip file.

  5. To start using the new plug-in, refresh your browser.

• Added support for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.5.2

  The following Kubernetes versions are now supported.

  • 1.26.14

  • 1.27.15

  • 1.28.11

  • 1.29.6

  • 1.30.2

Product Support Notice

• VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension Server 4.2.3 includes only the Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in

  This release does not include a new version of the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension Server OVA file.

• Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in 4.2.3 supports VMware Cloud Director 10.5 and 10.6 only

• VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.2 supports VMware Cloud Director 10.5 and 10.6 only

  To ensure compatibility with VMware Cloud Director 10.5 and 10.6, you must upgrade your existing version of VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension to version 4.2.2.

• The Auto Repair on Errors toggle is deprecated and is not supported in this release

• Tanzu Kubernetes Grid versions 1.6.1, 1.5.4, and 1.4.3 are not supported

  Tanzu Kubernetes Grid versions 1.6.1, 1.5.4 and 1.4.3 are no longer supported in VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2 and later. For more information on the end of this support, see Product Lifecycle Matrix.

  • New cluster deployments by using unsupported versions fail.

  • Existing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters must be upgraded by service providers or tenant users to version 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.3.1 or 2.4 and supported Kubernetes versions.

Compatibility Notices

• VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.3 Interoperability Updates with Kubernetes Resources

  To view the interoperability of VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.3 and previous versions with VMware Cloud Director, and additional product interoperability, see the Product Interoperability Matrix.

  The following table displays the interoperability between VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.3 and Kubernetes resources.

  Resources	Supported Versions	Documentation
  Kubernetes Cloud Provider for VMware Cloud Director™	1.6.1	Kubernetes Cloud Provider for VMware Cloud Director Documentation
  Kubernetes Container Storage Interface Driver for VMware Cloud Director™	1.6.0	Kubernetes Container Storage Interface driver for VMware Cloud Director
  Kubernetes Cluster API Provider for VMware Cloud Director™	1.3.2	Kubernetes Cluster API Provider for VMware Cloud Director
  RDE Projector	0.7.1	Not applicable

  As a service provider, you can manually update Kubernetes resources.

  1. In VMware Cloud Director UI, from the top navigation bar, select More > Kubernetes Container Clusters.

  2. In Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in, select CSE Management > Server Details > Update Server > Update Configuration > Next.

  3. In the Current CSE Server Components section, update the Kubernetes resources configuration.

  4. Click Submit Changes.

  For more information, see Update the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension Server documentation.

• After you install or upgrade to VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.3 by using the Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in, component versions of the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server configuration are updated automatically

  The following components versions are used in VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.2.3.

  • kind: v0.24.0

  • clusterctl: v1.7.4

  • core capi: v1.7.4

  • bootstrap provider: v1.7.4

  • control plane provider: v1.7.4

  • kindest: v1.31.0

  • cert manager: v1.15.1

• When attempting certain workflows in the Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in, you might see a warning message

  The following message might be displayed: Confirm that the components in this cluster have the required versions. You must verify that the relevant Kubernetes component versions listed on the Cluster Information page of the Kubernetes Container Clusters UI plug-in, match the supported versions in the above table.

  • If the component versions match, ignore the message.

  • If the component versions do not match, follow the instructions in Upgrade Kubernetes Components in VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension Clusters.

  Note:

  For clusters that were created by using older versions of VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension, perform a one time script upgrade action. This allows the clusters to be compatible with the latest VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension.