v0.2.0 is out!

[jotak]

NOTE: this release includes many breaking changes in the FlowCollector CRD. We've tried to pack as many breaking changes as possible prior to releasing our GA (expected end of year). Some names / labels and the default namespace have changed, by renaming network-observability to netobserv. As a consequence, if you are upgrading from 0.1.4 or earlier, it is necessary to uninstall both the custom resource and the operator itself first.

Highlights

This release is placed under the sign of performance. There have been many improvements in that regard: in the eBPF agent, flowlogs-pipeline, Loki ingestion and querying, and with the Kafka-based processing pipeline. By the way, this Kafka pipeline is now a promoted feature (it was previously experimental).

Finally, we started an experimental feature in the console plugin: new overview dashboards. They don't have their definitive shape yet as we're still working on them, but you can have an early look if you wish: just add &overview=preview in your browser address bar, when you're on a Console plugin page.

What's Changed

Breaking changes 🛠

• NETOBSERV-448: Moving agent type, ipfix and ebpf config into their own common subsection. by @mariomac in NETOBSERV-448: Moving agent type, ipfix and ebpf config into their own common subsection. #162
• NETOBSERV-396: Flp prom tls by @OlivierCazade in NETOBSERV-396: Flp prom tls #158
• NETOBSERV-448: reviewing API to follow conventions by @mariomac in NETOBSERV-448: reviewing API to follow conventions #163
• NETOBSERV-555 NETOBSERV-552 CRD updates - many breaking changes by @jotak in NETOBSERV-555 NETOBSERV-552 CRD updates - many breaking changes #169
• NETOBSERV-660: Create metric section by @OlivierCazade in NETOBSERV-660: Create metric section #181

Non-breaking changes

• updated labels used by prometheus for metrics produced by flp by @KalmanMeth in updated labels used by prometheus for metrics produced by flp #150
• NETOBSERV-101 R&D: Kube enricher write path for downstream operator by @jpinsonneau in NETOBSERV-101 R&D: Kube enricher write path for downstream operator #135
• Add breaking-change triage in release notes by @jotak in Add breaking-change triage in release notes #148
• Remove kafka experimental flag for next release by @jotak in Remove kafka experimental flag for next release #159
• NETOBSERV-101 - loki statusURL by @jpinsonneau in NETOBSERV-101 - loki statusURL #154
• Improve release doc & script by @jotak in Improve release doc & script #151
• NETOBSERV-467 Updated defaults (eBPF / sampling), update doc by @jotak in NETOBSERV-467 Updated defaults (eBPF / sampling), update doc #160
• Workflows update by @memodi in Workflows update #157
• NETOBSERV-435 - Set default req/limits resources for eBPF agent by @jpinsonneau in NETOBSERV-435 - Set default req/limits resources for eBPF agent #155
• Add default limits to CR by @jotak in Add default limits to CR #161
• NETOBSERV-497 Use direct-prom pipeline by @jotak in NETOBSERV-497 Use direct-prom pipeline #153
• NETOBSERV-433 and NETOBSERV-373 - unify names by @jotak in NETOBSERV-433 and NETOBSERV-373 - unify names #164
• Fix scc for sample-workload by @eranra in Fix scc for sample-workload #166
• Allow enabling profiler port in FLP by @mariomac in Allow enabling profiler port in FLP #167
• Fix eBPF agent's sampling: 0 value to disabled by @mariomac in Fix eBPF agent's sampling: 0 value to disabled #168
• NETOBSERV-589: setup FLP transformer to receive protobuf for eBPF mode by @mariomac in NETOBSERV-589: setup FLP transformer to receive protobuf for eBPF mode #171
• NETOBSERV-579 Use netobserv prefix, add 4 new metrics, remove one by @jotak in NETOBSERV-579 Use netobserv prefix, add 4 new metrics, remove one #173
• Expose new Kafka parameters + tweak defaults by @jotak in Expose new Kafka parameters + tweak defaults #170
• Kafka mk targets by @memodi in Kafka mk targets #174
• Remove unused pipeline transfo and metrics by @jotak in Remove unused pipeline transfo and metrics #176
• NETOBSERV-489: Use authorize feature from console plugin API by @OlivierCazade in NETOBSERV-489: Use authorize feature from console plugin API #175
• Fix auth token mode for FLP by @OlivierCazade in Fix auth token mode for FLP #178
• NETOBSERV-578: allow passing env vars to FLP by @mariomac in NETOBSERV-578: allow passing env vars to FLP #180
• NETOBSERV-466: Add metric to count packet number in FLP by @OlivierCazade in NETOBSERV-466: Add metric to count packet number in FLP #179
• NETOBSERV-447: Changed default FLP retry value to prevent FLP beeing oom-killed by @OlivierCazade in NETOBSERV-447: Changed default FLP retry value to prevent FLP beeing oom-killed #182

New Contributors

• @memodi made their first contribution in Workflows update #157

Full Changelog: 0.1.4...0.2.0

Sub-component release notes:

• eBPF Agent: v0.2.0 and v0.2.1
• Flowlogs-pipeline: v0.1.4
• Console plugin: v0.1.5

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