Release Notes for Aerospike Kubernetes Operator
4.1.0
Release date: August 18, 2025
New features
- Add support for Aerospike Database 8.1. [KO-440]
- Add support for Aerospike Backup Service v3.2.0. [KO-438]
- Add support for header cleanup during volume initialisation. [KO-347]
- Add support for custom metadata in kubernetes services. [KO-376]
- Add support for local PVC cleanup during upgrade and rolling restart. [KO-427]
- Add support for admin port in Aerospike config. [KO-437]
Improvements
- Add
aerospike_ako_aerospikecluster_phase
custom metric to monitor cluster status. [KO-441] - Add Aerospike Kubernetes Operator View Grafana dashboard by default in monitoring stack. [KO-442]
Bug fixes
- Fix dangling loadbalancer service when disabled. [KO-413]
- Fix missing validation of init image tag during cluster create. [KO-392]
- Fix roster set for ignored pod after recovery due to race condition. [KO-415]
- Fix namespace and tls config in logging. [KO-443]
- Fix ABS controller recovery if initial deployment is failed or stuck. [KO-426]
- Fix data-size update handling for in-memory namespace. [KO-424]
- Fix automatic webhook certs reload in AKO standby replica pod. [KO-423]
Internal refactoring
- Move webhook code to internal pkg. [KO-378]
- Add go module versioning in AKO. [KO-414]
4.0.2
Release date: April 14, 2025
Bug fixes
- Fix security vulnerabilities in all the AKO components. [KO-421]
4.0.1
Release date: March 13, 2025
Bug fixes
- Fix security vulnerabilities in all the AKO components. [KO-395]
4.0.0
Release date: February 6, 2025
Breaking changes
- Dropped support for deprecated API
aerospike.com/v1beta1
for AerospikeClusters. [KO-372] - Dropped support for Kubernetes 1.22 and earlier versions. [KO-372]
- Dropped support for Aerospike Database versions older than 6.0.0. [KO-372]
- Dropped support for AerospikeBackupService version v2.x. [KO-357]
- Replaced
kube-rbac-proxy
functionality with controller-runtime authz/authn feature. [KO-366] - Dropped support for deprecated
ControllerManagerConfiguration
and moved to flag-based configuration. [KO-366]
For more info, see Breaking Changes.
New features
- Add support for Aerospike Database 8.0. [KO-369]
- Add support for Aerospike Backup Service v3.0.0. [KO-357]
- Add support for HPA. [KO-335]
Improvements
- Add support for pod spec fields in the AerospikeBackupService. [KO-358]
- Add support for custom labels and annotations in the AerospikeBackupService [KO-355]
- Add support for custom ServiceAccount for AerospikeBackupService. [KO-370]
Bug fixes
- Unable to disable PDB when maxUnavailable is set to some value. [KO-375]
- Fix Benchmark related aerospike configs parsing in management-lib. [KO-364]
- Fix AKO access-address/tls-access-address IP assignment for dual-stack network Kubernetes clusters.
This fix will take effect only after restarting the Aerospike server pods
[KO-360]