Google Container Engine 2017-09-05 release

[Mengqi Yu]

September 05, 2017

• Kubernetes v1.6.9 is the default version for new clusters, released according to the following planned schedule:

  • 2017-09-05: europe-west2-a us-east1-d
  • 2017-09-06: asia-east1-a asia-northeast1-a asia-southeast1-a australia-southeast1-a europe-west1-c europe-west3-a us-central1-b us-east4-b us-west1-a
  • 2017-09-07: asia-east1-c asia-northeast1-b asia-southeast1-b australia-southeast1-b europe-west1-b europe-west2-b europe-west3-b us-central1-f us-east1-c us-east4-c us-west1-b
  • 2017-09-08: asia-east1-b asia-northeast1-c australia-southeast1-c europe-west1-d europe-west2-c europe-west3-c us-central1-a us-central1-c us-east1-b us-east4-a us-west1-c

• Kubernetes v1.7.5 is available for new clusters, released according to the schedule above.

• v1.7.3 will no longer be available for new clusters and master upgrades.

• v1.7.4 will no longer be available for new clusters and master upgrades.

• Google Container Engine's kubectl version has been updated from 1.7.4 to 1.7.5.

• You can now use IP aliases with an existing subnetwork when creating a cluster. IP aliases are a Beta feature in Container Engine version 1.7.5.

• The following flags are now available in gcloud beta containers create for enabling the use of IP aliases with an existing subnetwork: -enable-ip-alias, --cluster-secondary-range-name, --services-secondary-range-name.

• You can now run Container Engine clusters in region southamerica-east1 (São Paulo).

(https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/release-notes#september_05_2017)