Managed Kubernetes Support Matrix

On this page, you will find a list of Kubernetes releases, components and dependent packages that are bundled with the latest release of Platform9 Managed Kubernetes.

Support for Kubernetes versions is predicated on upstream support of each version, as detailed here. Platform9 may include Kubernetes versions that have reached end-of-maintenance or end-of-life in a release, these Kubernetes packages are automatically marked as deprecated and should not be used for creating new clusters.

Kubernetes 1.29 Deprecated

Kubernetes v1.29 is marked as deprecated. New clusters should be created on Kubernetes v1.30 or above.

Kubernetes cluster version state definitions:

Kubernetes Version State

Platform9 Support available?

Is cluster Creation allowed with this version?

Can the cluster be upgraded to this version from a lower version or patch?

Can the cluster be upgraded from this version to a higher, newer or supported version?

Example

Active

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

1.31.5-pmk.81

Supported

Yes

No

No

Yes

1.31.x-pmk.yy

Deprecated

Yes

Yes, only with the latest build of the deprecated k8s minor version.

Yes

Yes

1.29.2-pmk.245

End Of Life

Only upgrades from to higher applicable version

No

No

Yes

1.28.x

Early Access

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

1.32.x-pmk.yy

List of Kubernetes Releases that are supported on PMK 5.12 series:

Kubernetes Release

PMK 5.12.0 State

Upstream Active Support End Date

Upstream Maintenance Support End Date

1.31

Active

28 Aug 2025

28 Oct 2025

1.30

Active

28 Apr 2024

28 Jun 2025

1.29

Deprecated

28 Dec 2024

28 Feb 2025

PMK 5.12 Latest Kubernetes Components List

Component

Kubernetes 1.31

Kubernetes 1.30

Kubernetes 1.29

KUBERNETES BUILD VERSION

1.31.5-pmk.81

1.30.4-pmk.139

1.29.2-pmk.245

CONTAINERD

1.7.13

1.7.13

1.7.13

RUNC

1.1.12

1.1.12

1.1.12

CORE-DNS

1.11.1

1.11.1

1.11.1

METRICS SERVER

0.6.4

0.6.4

0.6.4

METAL LB

0.14.9

0.14.9

0.14.9

KUBERNETES DASHBOARD

2.7.0

2.7.0

2.7.0

CLUSTER AUTO-SCALER AWS

1.28.0

1.28.0

1.28.0

FLANNEL

0.24.2

0.24.2

0.24.2

CALICO

3.27.2

3.27.2

3.27.2

ETCD

3.5.12

3.5.12

3.5.12

CNI PLUGINS

1.4.0

1.4.0

1.4.0

KUBEVIRT

1.0.0

1.0.0

1.0.0

KUBEVIRT CDI

1.57.0

1.57.0

1.57.0

ADVANCED NETWORKING OPERATOR (LUIGI)

0.5.8

0.5.8

0.5.8

MONITORING - PROMETHEUS OPERATOR

0.68.1

0.68.1

0.68.1

PROFILE AGENT

2.0.2

2.0.2

2.0.2

METAL3

1.1.1

1.1.1

1.1.1

OS Support

PMK 5.12 supports the following operating systems on Kubernetes 1.30 and above:

Bare OS Clusters

RHEL

Ubuntu

Rocky

8.8

20.04

9.4

8.9

22.04


8.10

24.04


AWS Clusters

Ubuntu


20.04


Kubernetes Release Support Matrix

The full Kubernetes release support matrix can be found here: https://git.k8s.io/website/content/en/releases/patch-releases.md

  Last updated by Ben White