Kubernetes 1.21! Vertical Pod Autoscaler! CronJobs! IPv6! GitOps! OpenShift 4.8 will be generally available very soon, so in this episode we’re taking a spin around and looking at the new features and updates important to administrators. 

Here are the features of 4.8 we covered today:

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Episode 34 recorded stream:

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This week’s top of mind topics:

  • OpenShift on ARM was recently announced as developer preview this week! You can listen to Chris and I talk about it during the stream here, or visit the link to get information on how to get started testing today!
  • Did you know that the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console, a.k.a. cloud.redhat.com, has been redesigned? The new interface has many convenience features like quick links to downloads and the active releases - including support cycles - along with improved reporting on your clusters, entitlement usage, and more.
  • When the stream aired, 4.5.41 did not have an update edge available to an OpenShift 4.6 version. That has been fixed and you can now update to 4.6, which will be important to do before 4.8 becomes available to say within support guidelines.
  • The Red Hat knowledgebase has a consolidated OpenShift troubleshooting article, which provides a single place to find links for other articles about troubleshooting, testing, gathering information, and fixing issues with many aspects of OpenShift. Be sure to bookmark this page!

Questions answered during the stream:

  • Can I configure Thanos with OpenShift 4.8? Yes, Thanos is automatically configured when Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) is used or when you add user workload monitoring to your OpenShift cluster. You can also deploy Thanos standalone if you’d like, it’ll work great with OpenShift 4.8. If you’re interested in more information, we talked about Thanos during episode 31 , where we talked about monitoring and AlertManager.