Google Container Engine 2017-05-02 release

[jacobs...@google.com]

May 2, 2017

• Kubernetes v1.5.7 is the default version for new clusters. This version will be available for new clusters and opt-in master upgrades according to the following planned schedule:
  
• 2017-05-02: us-east1-d asia-northeast1-c
• 2017-05-03: europe-west1-c us-central1-b us-west1-a asia-east1-a asia-northeast1-a asia-southeast1-a us-east4-b
• 2017-05-04: us-central1-f europe-west1-b asia-east1-c us-east1-c us-west1-b asia-northeast1-b asia-southeast1-b us-east4-c
• 2017-05-05: us-central1-a us-central1-c europe-west1-d asia-east1-b us-east1-b us-east4-a us-west1-c
• Cluster masters running Kubernetes versions v1.6.0 and v.1.6.1 will be upgraded to v1.6.2.

Kubernetes v1.5.6 is the default version for new clusters.

The following Kubernetes versions are available for new clusters:

• 1.6.2
• 1.5.7

To create a cluster at a version which is not the default, run:

gcloud container clusters create --cluster-version=$VERSION $NAME

The following Kubernetes versions are available for container cluster node upgrades/downgrades:

• 1.6.2
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.0
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.6
• 1.4.9
  

https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/release-notes#may_2_2017