OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 released
Red Hat has released version 4.9 of the OpenShift Container Platform (RHSA-2021:3759).
This release uses Kubernetes 1.22 with CRI-O runtime.
New features and enhancements
This release adds improvements related to the following components and concepts:
- Installation Ingnition config is removed upon boot
- Support for installing a cluster on Microsoft Azure Stack Hub using user-provisioned infrastructure
- Pausing machine health checks before updating the cluster
- Increased size of Azure subnets within the machine CIDR
- Support for AWS regions in China
- Expanding the cluster with Virtual Media on the baremetal network
- Required administrator acknowledgment when upgrading from OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 to 4.9
- Support for installation on RHOSP deployments that use PCI passthrough
- Upgrading etcd version 3.4 to 3.5
- Installing a cluster on IBM Cloud using installer-provisioned infrastructure
- Improved support for Fujitsu hardware on installer-provisioned clusters
- Access to node logs from the Node page in web console
- Break down cluster uitlization by node type in the cluster dashboard
- User preferences page introduced
- Hide default projects from project list
- Add user preferences in the web console
- And much more. ..
Check full details in the OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 release notes.
About Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform provides developers and IT organizations with a hybrid cloud application platform for deploying both new and existing applications on secure, scalable resources with minimal configuration and management overhead. OpenShift Container Platform supports a wide selection of programming languages and frameworks, such as Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and PHP.
Built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform provides a more secure and scalable multi-tenant operating system for today’s enterprise-class applications, while delivering integrated application runtimes and libraries. OpenShift Container Platform enables organizations to meet security, privacy, compliance, and governance requirements.
