March 2026 - Tarook - lists.alasca.cloud

Default version bumps for ingress-nginx in v12.1.1, v12.0.2 and v11.0.6

by Steve Starke

Hello Due to a recently discovered CVE [1] within the ingress-nginx component,the default version in all supported releases [2] has been bumped. Please be aware that the ingress-nginx component officially reached its EOL date and already got archived on GitHub. Best regards Steve --- [1] https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/137893 [2] https://meta.docs.tarook.cloud/supported_releases -- Steve Starke Team Lead Kubernetes Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 steve.starke(a)cloudandheat.com | www.cloudandheat.com Green, Open, Efficient. Your Cloud Service and Cloud Technology Provider from Dresden. https://www.cloudandheat.com/ Commercial Register: District Court Dresden Register Number: HRB 30549 VAT ID No.: DE281093504 Managing Director: Nicolas Röhrs Authorized signatory: Dr. Marius Feldmann

March 25, 2026

Release v12.1.0 has been published

by Steve Starke

Hi! We're happy to announce that Tarook v12.1.0 [1] has been published. Some notable changes, amongst others: * The Helm values for Calico and FluxCD can now be configured arbitrarily * Support for Kubernetes v1.35 has been added * Nodes are only rebooted during system updates if an updated package signals that a reboot is required * The Calico version is not tied to Kubernetes versions anymore * The Vault ServiceMonitor now only scrapes the active Vault instance * Affinity and tolerations have been fixed and improved for several components * Default version updates for several components Notable changes specifically for clusters on OpenStack: * The Helm values for the OpenStack CCM and Cinder-CSI-Plugin can now be configured arbitrarily * More granular configuration options for booting instances from volumes have been added * When booting instances from volumes, the volumes will not be tried to be allocated in the same AZ as the instance * The Wireguard tunnel has been extended to allow optional connectivity to the Kubernetes Pod- and Service-Network Notable changes specifically for development setups: * The state directory of the local Vault container is automatically added to the gitignore file Best regards --- [1] https://docs.tarook.cloud/release/v12.1/releasenotes -- Steve Starke Team Lead Kubernetes Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 steve.starke(a)cloudandheat.com |www.cloudandheat.com Green, Open, Efficient. Your Cloud Service and Cloud Technology Provider from Dresden. https://www.cloudandheat.com/ Commercial Register: District Court Dresden Register Number: HRB 30549 VAT ID No.: DE281093504 Managing Director: Nicolas Röhrs Authorized signatory: Dr. Marius Feldmann

March 16, 2026

Help needed: 3-Minute Survey for FOSS Backstage Talk

by Daniel Gerber

Dear ALASCA members, developers, supporters and friends, In a few days I will be giving a talk at this years FOSS Backstage in Berlin. To ensure that I represent the perspectives and priorities of our community accurately, as well as help guiding ALASCA’s work going forward, I would appreciate it if you could take a moment to answer this short survey: https://nextcloud.cloudandheat.com/apps/forms/s/qMYM4FiNfjkzfCzybSGcoFYM It should not take you more then 3 minutes, the answer are anonymous and can be given till Friday the 13th of March, 23:59. Please excuse duplicate notification of this survey and please share it within our community. Cheers, Daniel P.S: In case you need an English version please contact me directly! —— Dr. Daniel Gerber Softwaredeveloper ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 daniel.gerber(a)alasca.cloud | https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

March 5, 2026