strimzi-kafka-operator

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Important: Strimzi 1.0.0 supports only the new v1 CRD API. The older v1beta2, v1beta1, and v1alpha1 APIs are no longer supported. Before upgrading to Strimzi 1.0.0, make sure to convert all custom resources and upgrade the CRDs.

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Main changes since 0.51

This release contains the following new features and improvements:

• Remove support for the v1beta2 API (and v1alpha1 and v1beta2 for KafkaTopic and KafkaUser) and fully move to the v1 API
• Add support for Kafka 4.1.2
• Add support for advertisedPortTemplate in listener configuration to add more flexibility when configuring advertised ports.
• Support for type: environment-variable rack awareness based on environment variables that do not require ClusterRoleBindings
• Add support for TLS/SSL on the HTTP Bridge
• Add support for force-renewal of KafkaUser certificates via strimzi.io/force-renew annotation
• The UseConnectBuildWithBuildah feature gate moves to the beta stage and is enabled by default
• And many more ...

All changes can be found under the 1.0.0 milestone or in the CHANGELOG.md.

Upgrading from Strimzi 0.51.0

See the documentation for upgrade instructions. Make sure to follow the CRD upgrade instructions!

Container images

The following container images are part of this release:

Name	Image
Operators	quay.io/strimzi/operator@sha256:fe09836e37ed891a5931292701ec7c81ccb3b0b26599f7d2326ea4af891247aa
Apache Kafka 4.1.0	quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:70a7368438d1c5e0d5272848d588c812c53e3b853c68424c017b548039c23596
Apache Kafka 4.1.1	quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:d48bbc220e28246c76342f6b77f9be53b07ac4909240ebfa4a6139d61a951bd4
Apache Kafka 4.1.2	quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:6a52c514833a91ac08ee6cf10609b60961580170661caadec0a6992a7208c2a2
Apache Kafka 4.2.0	quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:87c6b1c1081bfc25f88a0490d580f5696f5e419482d686df612cdfdf04711059
Strimzi Bridge	quay.io/strimzi/kafka-bridge@sha256:dcec1c978f4174c101b78fd290a698fad89f83439c9a868bbbd9c9750b146fdf
Kaniko executor	quay.io/strimzi/kaniko-executor@sha256:ca8838eb04f394cd3ae6268d70dd9bc7852c5c603aa30ae6aff407c2c5a29639
Maven Builder	quay.io/strimzi/maven-builder@sha256:326a67a6d60820e04757e40d3c9651046108e06aff2346256b772982d86d4b0e
Buildah builder	quay.io/strimzi/buildah@sha256:3ac4d8fde6eca2ad837dc5258390f5ea704949b0539c77a394eb33a63c806b97

New Contributors

• @marvin-roesch made their first contribution in https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/pull/12477
• @Paramesh324 made their first contribution in https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/pull/12509
• @marcelojscosta made their first contribution in https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/pull/12527
• @QuentinBisson made their first contribution in https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/pull/12560
• @guancioul made their first contribution in https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/pull/12631
• @mamccorm made their first contribution in https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/pull/12506