September 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for September 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the September 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.14.10929

• Kubernetes versions: 1.22.6, 1.22.11, 1.23.5, 1.23.8

• KVA version: 1.23.8

• PowerShell: 1.1.43

• WAC: 2110.2

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.96.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.96.0.nupkg)

• ContainerD: 1.6.6

Features

• SDN is now in GA

• [Preview] Image offline download cmdlets

• Support for multiple administrators via Administrators group

Mariner

• CBL-Mariner 2.0

Windows

• September update

Bug Fixes

August 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for August 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the August 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.13.10907
• Kubernetes versions: 1.21.7, 1.21.9, 1.22.6,1.22.11, 1.23.3, 1.23.5
• KVA version: 1.22.11
• PowerShell: 1.1.39
• WAC: 2110.2
• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.85.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.85.0.nupkg)
• ContainerD: 1.6.6

Features

• CAPI Beta support
• GA AKS support for single node AzureStack HCI
• ContainerD is now Generally Available (GA) and the default container runtime for clusters created or upgraded to kubernetes v1.22.6+
• Docker will no longer be supported as a container runtime on Windows after September 1, 2022. Please upgrade to K8s v1.22.11, 1.23.3 or 1.23.5 which use ContainerD as the container runtime.

Mariner

• CBL-Mariner 2.0 August 2022 Update - Releases · microsoft/CBL-Mariner (github.com)

Bug Fixes

• More stable vhd sync experience.
• Improved state management
• Fixing issue where there are duplicate instances of the cloud agent service running in a cluster.

July 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for July 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the July 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.12.10727

• Kubernetes versions: 1.21.7, 1.21.9, 1.22.4,1.22.6

• KVA version: 1.22.6

• PowerShell: 1.1.38

• WAC: 2110

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.79.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.79.0.nupkg)

• ContainerD: 1.6.6

Features

• Scale up LoadBalancer

• Ability to disable round robin usage of CSV

• Bump up KubeVIP from 0.3.4 to 0.4.4

• WS22 on AKS-HCI is now in preview

Mariner

• CBL-Mariner 2.0 July 2022 Update

Bug fixes

• When unhealthy nodes come back, sync it again so state stays correct.

June 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for June 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the June 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.11.10707

• Kubernetes versions: 1.21.7, 1.21.9, 1.22.4, 1.22.6

• KVA version: 1.22.6

• PowerShell: 1.1.36

• WAC: 2110.2

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.76.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.76.0.nupkg)

• ContainerD: 1.5.9

Features

Mariner

• Bug Fix – containerd service on mariner is now set up to restart on crash

Bug Fixes

• Ensure that operations can’t run against a cluster in “Deleting” state.

• Fix for CAPH pod failing to renew certificate, causing the certificate to expire

• Fix for Moc VHD entries that get deleted on HCI OS Upgrade

• Fix for Cloud agent not picking up on VM movements

May 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for May 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the May 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.10.10513

• Kubernetes versions: 1.20.13, 1.20.15, 1.21.7, 1.21.9, 1.22.4,1.22.6

• KVA version: 1.22.6

• PowerShell: 1.1.32

• WAC: 2110

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.66.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.66.0.nupkg)

• ContainerD: 1.5.9

Features

• Update global no-proxy settings

• Bump of Kube VIP

• Ensure matching versions for Calico on Windows and Linux

• CA cert rotation

• Cert repair and rotate cmdlets

• CAPI v0.4.8

Bug Fixes

• When unhealthy nodes come back, they should be synced again so that the state stays correct.
• Fixed an issue where Az.Accounts PowerShell modules >= v2.7.0 would cause Arc onboarding to hang and time out during installation.

April 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for April 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the April 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.9.10413

• Kubernetes versions: 1.20.13, 1.20.15, 1.21.7, 1.21.9, 1.22.4,1.22.6

• KVA version: 1.22.6

• PowerShell: 1.1.30

• WAC: 2110

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.55.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.55.0.nupkg)

• ContainerD: 1.5.9

Features

• Horizontal Auto Scaler

• Vertical Scaling

• Support for registering AKS-HCI with the Australia East Azure region

• Removed GitHub URLs from required URL list

Mariner

• New kernel version to address CVE-2022-0185

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a regression in MOC that causes Sync of nodes to not happen.

• Removed all required URLs from GitHub. Customers using firewalls no longer need to allow github URLs, which are broad and maybe a security risk

• Fixed bug thrown when Update-AkshciCluster fails

• Fixed a bug that caused network interface to disappear after node reboots

• Fixed a bug that caused workload cluster upgrade to hang

• Fixed a bug that didn't honor external IP allocation for services

February 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for February 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the February 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.8.10223

• Kubernetes versions: 1.20.9, 1.20.13, 1.21.2, 1.21.7, 1.22.2, 1.22.4

• KVA version: 1.22.4

• PowerShell: 1.1.27

• WAC: 2110

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.46.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.46.0. nupkg)

Features

• Resource reservation for Windows and Linux nodes

• Proxy Validation

• containerd is now a supported runtime in preview for Windows nodes

Bug Fixes

• Fix stability issue when updating host from HCI 20H2 to 21H2

• Fix login to cache grpc connection

• Collecting VHD info from hyper-v & Node store info for log collection

• Agent log rotation

• Fix VHD migration issue

• Fix ownership sync failure when a node is down

• Minor fix to delete windows service after a node deleted from the cloud agent.

January 2022 Update

The AKS-HCI update for January 2022 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the January 2022 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.7.10118

• Kubernetes versions: 1.20.7, 1.20.9, 1.21.1, 1.21.2, 1.22.1, 1.22.2

• KVA version: 1.21.2

• PowerShell: 1.1.25

• WAC: 2110

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.31.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.31.0. nupkg)

Features

• SDN and AksHci coexistence (AKS-HCI can use the SDN vswitch)

• K8s 1.22 support

• Bump up Az PS Module versions

• Restart-AksHci and Uninstall-AksHci - Confirm prompt and warning to prevent unexpected data loss/configuration loss.

• Add failure reason in kva

WAC

• Reliability/stability improvements from telemetry data

Bug Fixes

• Fix VHD to handle SSHD

• Fix for KVA Webhook deadlock

• Certificate Authority Token Rotation

• Fix PS Log collection during failure

• Fix for certain Machine status

• Fix Hash Mismatch issue

• Billing “Last Connected” no longer relies on a workload cluster being present

November 2021 Update

The AKS-HCI update for November 2021 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the November 2021 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers:

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.6.11122

• Kubernetes versions: 1.19.11, 1.19.13, 1.20.7, 1.20.9, 1.21.1, 1.21.2

• KVA version: 1.21.2

• PowerShell: 1.1.18

• WAC: 2110

• AKS Extension in WAC: 2.8.0 (msft.sme.aks.2.8.0. nupkg)

Features

• BYOLB - Bring your own load balancer (No LoadBalancer) enabled

• Improved resource reservations for Windows and Linux

• SDN integration (PS only) (preview)

• Further improvements to publishing pipeline so that it’s easier for us to ship monthly

Windows Admin Center

• Support for new WAC core release 2110

Windows

• Node pool changes to support two (WS2019 and WS2022) different container hosts in preview.

Mariner

• Updated to 1.0 CBL-Mariner October release.

• Upgrade kernel to 5.10.74

• Fix moby-containerd CVE-2021-41103

• Upgrade cloud-init to 21.3 to fix CVE-2018-10896

Bug Fixes

• Fix PS to not throw an error when collecting logs

• Fix typo during uninstall

• Collect logs during akshci install failure

• Use NodeFqdn for nodes in nodeagent

• Adding batch mode in collect logs to avoid password prompt on failure

• Prevent second upgrade to be triggered when one is in progress

October 2021 Update

The AKS-HCI update for October 2021 has been released. If you have installed any of the previous releases of AKS-HCI, you can upgrade to the October 2021 update of AKS-HCI.

Please download the latest release here.

Release Notes

Version Numbers

• AKS-HCI version: 1.0.5.11028
• Kubernetes versions: 1.19.11, 1.19.13, 1.20.7, 1.20.9, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
• KVA version: 1.21.2
• PowerShell: 1.1.14
• WAC: 2103.2
• AKS Extension in WAC: 1.117 (msft.sme.aks.1.117.0. nupkg)

Core Platform

• Support for installing AKS on Azure Stack HCI, version 21H2 and Windows Server 2022 hosts
  • Installing AKS on Azure Stack HCI or Windows 2019, then upgrading the host to Azure Stack HCI, version 21H2 or Windows 2022, and then upgrading AKS is not supported, but is being validated
  • Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server 2019 are still supported
• Cluster API v1alpha4 support

Windows Admin Center

• Proxy configuration in Windows Admin Center
• Apply taints and Max Pod limits to node pools in Windows Admin Center
• Default node pool values aligned to AKS

Mariner

• Cloud-init update
• Update ContainerD to address CVE-2021-41103

Windows

• Release ContainerD Windows Support k8s Version 1.22 in earlyaccesspreview ring
• Reserve worker node capacity for system and K8s components

Bug Fixes

• Fix to to block deletion of attached vNIC
• Allow multiple tokens to be validated. Requirement for migration
• Fix MOC deadlock with Node notification and VM Delete
• Update required URLs to MSFT assets and non-wildcard URLs
• Improve precision of billing quantity calculation
• Resolve issues around installing Data Services/App Services after connecting to Arc using Enable-AksHciArcConnection