Version compatibility for Aerospike Kubernetes Operator

This page lists which Aerospike Database and Aerospike Backup Service (ABS) versions are supported for each Aerospike Kubernetes Operator (AKO) minor release line. All patch releases in that line (for example, 4.4.1 in the 4.4 line) share the same supported ranges.

For example, if you deploy AKO 4.4.0, you can run Aerospike Database versions 6.0.0.0 through 8.1.2.x. If you are on AKO 3.4.x with Aerospike Database 7.2.0.0 and want to upgrade the database beyond 7.2.x, you must upgrade AKO first. See more: Upgrading AKO and Upgrading Aerospike Database on Kubernetes.

Applies to

• Aerospike Kubernetes Operator (AKO)
• Aerospike Database Enterprise Edition (EE) and Federal Edition (FE) 6.0 and later (Community Edition is not supported; see Limitations)
• Aerospike Backup Service (ABS), when AKO backup and restore Custom Resources (CRs) are used

Compatibility matrix

Note

For Kubernetes platform requirements, see AKO system requirements.

Supported columns apply to all major.minor.patch releases following a minor release.

AKO version	Aerospike Database (supported)	Aerospike Backup Service (supported)
4.4.0	6.0.0.0 – 8.1.2.x	3.0.0 – 3.5.0
4.3.0	6.0.0.0 – 8.1.1.x	3.0.0 – 3.4.0
4.2.0	6.0.0.0 – 8.1.0.x	3.0.0 – 3.4.0
4.1.0	6.0.0.0 – 8.1.0.x	3.0.0 – 3.2.0
4.0.0	6.0.0.0 – 8.0.0.x	3.0.0 – 3.0.0
3.4.0	4.9.0.3 – 7.2.x.x	2.x
3.3.0	4.9.0.3 – 7.1.x.x	—
3.2.0	4.9.0.3 – 7.0.x.x	—
3.1.0	4.9.0.3 – 6.4.x.x	—
3.0.0	4.9.0.3 – 6.4.x.x	—
2.5.0	5.6.0.0 – 6.3.x.x	—
2.4.0	5.6.0.0 – 6.2.x.x	—
2.3.0	5.6.0.0 – 6.2.x.x	—
2.2.0	5.6.0.0 – 6.1.x.x	—
2.1.0	5.6.0.0 – 6.0.x.x	—
2.0.0	5.6.0.0 – 5.7.x.x	—
1.0.0	—	—

Notes

AKO 4.0.0 breaking changes

AKO 4.0.0 and later dropped support for Database versions older than 6.0.0.0, ABS 2.x, Kubernetes 1.22 and earlier, and the aerospike.com/v1beta1 AerospikeCluster API (use aerospike.com/v1). To upgrade to AKO 4.0.0, complete these steps in order:

1. Upgrade Kubernetes to a supported version.
2. Migrate AerospikeCluster CRs from v1beta1 to v1.
3. Upgrade Aerospike Database to 6.0.0.0 or later.
4. Upgrade AKO to 4.0.0.
5. Upgrade ABS to 3.x and complete its migration.

See Release notes for 4.0.0 and Breaking changes in AKO 4.0.2.

ABS upgrades

ABS 3.0.0 introduced breaking configuration, storage schema, and restore API changes from 2.x. Later minor releases can require configuration updates even within a supported AKO range. See Upgrade ABS on Kubernetes and ABS release notes for breaking changes and upgrade guidance by version.

Incremental on-demand backups (AKO 4.4.x + ABS 3.5.0)

The Backup CR Incremental backup type requires ABS 3.5.0 or later when used with AKO 4.4.x. Earlier ABS versions support full on-demand backups through the legacy schedule API.