K0s 1.30 Released
New k0s delivers Kubernetes 1.30 (“UWUbernetes”) plus new k0s-only features — including improvements to control plane management, “virtual IPs” (internal LB) out-of-box, and an exciting new Support Insight feature, powered by open source Replicated Troubleshoot K0s 1.30 just dropped, delivering upstream Kubernetes 1.30 (“UWUbernetes”). Tiny heart fingers to the contributors, and to Team k0s for delivering the cutest Kubernetes ever in an extremely adorable (not to mention usable) form. Kubernetes 1.30 advanced several enhancements to stable status, and introduces a flock of new features as beta or alpha. Overall, it feels (no surprise to anyone) that Kubernetes is maturing — features promoted with 1.30 include ‘fit and finish’ improvements enhancing basic container security and making things like Horizontal Pod Autoscaler more flexible and usable. For the complete scoop, read the official release notes. We’d also like to give a shout-out to OVHCloud developer advocate Aurélie Vache, author/illustrator of Understanding Kubernetes in a Visual Way, who just published an illustrated guide to the Kubernetes 1.30 changelog as unit 51 of her continuing series on DEV.to. ...