v1.29.12+rke2r1

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.29.12.

Important Note

If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.

You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:

cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token

Changes since v1.29.11+rke2r1:

• Update to Cilium v1.16.4 (#7327)
• Updated Calico version to v3.29.1 (#7353)
• Bump harvester csi driver v0.1.21 (#7285)
  • Bump Harvester-csi-driver v0.1.21
• Update k3s for loadbalancer improvements (#7399)
• Update Flannel and Canal version (#7408)
• Bump ingress-nginx to hardened6 (#7414)
• Bump dns-node-cache to 1.24.0 (#7420)
• Bump hardened k8s and build base (#7426)

Charts Versions

Component	Version
rke2-cilium	1.16.400
rke2-canal	v3.29.1-build2024121100
rke2-calico	v3.29.100
rke2-calico-crd	v3.29.100
rke2-coredns	1.36.102
rke2-ingress-nginx	4.10.503
rke2-metrics-server	3.12.004
rancher-vsphere-csi	3.3.1-rancher700
rancher-vsphere-cpi	1.9.100
harvester-cloud-provider	0.2.600
harvester-csi-driver	0.1.2100
rke2-snapshot-controller	3.0.601
rke2-snapshot-controller-crd	3.0.601
rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook	1.9.001

Packaged Component Versions

Component	Version
Kubernetes	v1.29.12
Etcd	v3.5.16-k3s1
Containerd	v1.7.23-k3s2
Runc	v1.1.14
Metrics-server	v0.7.1
CoreDNS	v1.12.0
Ingress-Nginx	v1.10.5-hardened6
Helm-controller	v0.15.15

Available CNIs

Component	Version	FIPS Compliant
Canal (Default)	Flannel v0.26.1 Calico v3.29.1	Yes
Calico	v3.29.1	No
Cilium	v1.16.4	No
Multus	v4.1.3	No

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