Release Notes for
Avi Kubernetes Operator
Version 1.12.1

This section lists the new features, issues resolved and known issues in
AKO
version 1.12.1.

What's New in
AKO
1.12.1

  • AKO
    now claims support for Kubernetes 1.29, OCP version 4.14.
  • AKO
    supports
    LoadBalancerClass
    for
    LoadBalancer
    type services.
  • AKO
    allows pool member to be IPv6 or IPv4 in dual stack deployment for CALICO and ANTREA CNI.
  • IPv6 address can be used to connect to the
    Avi Load Balancer Controller
    .
  • VRF support within VCenter Cloud.
  • AKO
    now has a L7Rule CRD to change default parameters of L7 VirtualService in addition to HostRule CRD.
  • Support for Network Security policy in HostRule CRD.
  • AKO
    can use pre-existing
    avi-secret
    present in
    AKO
    helm installation namespace to connect to the
    Avi Load Balancer Controller
    . Do not specify credentials as part of values.yaml during installation.

Issues Resolved in
AKO
1.12.1

  • AKO
    allows VIP to be IPV6 for
    LoadBalancer
    type services.
  • Static routes are not added due to an error: Field check for static_routes failed: Unique constraints
    route_id
    has duplicated value when calico CNI allocates multiple block-affinities for a node and that may result in
    AKO
    crash.
  • Failure in creating virtual service, pool group and other pools if the name of one of the pool attached to the pool group, exceeds the maximum
    Avi Load Balancer Controller
    name length limit.

Key Changes in
AKO
1.12.1

  • L4 CRD can be applied to
    LoadBalancer
    type service present in different namespace.
  • AKO
    shows all IPV4 and IPV6 addresses associated with
    VirtualService
    as part of Ingress, LoadBalancer status.
  • AKO
    updates Route's Status:
    Reason field with vsuuid and controller uuid
    .

Known Issue in
AKO
1.12.1

  • L4 Rule CRD, with
    enableSSL: true
    in listener properties, will not be applied to L4 Virtual Service if the
    Avi Load Balancer Controller
    license is of type Enterprise with Cloud Service.