The history of container orchestrator Kuberanets began on 6 June 2014 with the first committe – he celebrated his tenth birthday in 2024. Kuberanets replaced the infrastructure of many big organizations, but also puts the operator under pressure with low release cycles: every 4 months have a new minor version (from 11 December, 2024, 1.32), which then 14 months then Receives security updates for. In a large environment, it is a challenge to keep versions up -to -date. Individual cloud providers expand the support of Kuberanets versions within their infrastructure in a few months Microsoft azure For example, Kuberanets runs from 1,30 to July 2026 instead of July 2025.
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12 years in future
Linux distribution provider canonical one step forward goes forward and is now unlike a long-term support version (LTS) for this short-term world: the company announces its customers with Ubuntu-Proptation in the future. To offer Kuberanets LTS version every 2 years, Which will then be supplied with security updates for 12 years. Kuberanets 1.32 becomes the first LTS version and receives updates by 2036. There should be other proposals for customers with special requirements who still require Kuberanets 1.32 after this appointment.
Parallel to the LTS versions, the canonical also brings its Kuberanets distribution to a step-out with update release of Kuberanets in a four-month cycle and with a 14-month security update. For those customers who want to use new tasks quickly, excess LTS offers do not change anything.
(Jam)
