Release 1.16.0

Release Notes

Key Changes

IPv6 Support

• Added full IPv6 support across EKS Blueprints
• Implemented in blueprint builder, VPC-CNI, and related components
• Reference implementation available at examples/blueprint-ipv6-construct/index.ts
• Credit: @bugathagit

Kubernetes Version Updates

• Default EKS version now set to 1.30
  • All add-ons validated, including ADOT support
• Added support for Kubernetes 1.31
  • Not set as default due to pending ADOT compatibility

Karpenter Updates

• Default version updated to 1.0.6
  • Compatible with Kubernetes 1.30 and 1.31
• Current Limitations:
  • Temporarily restricted to kube-system namespace due to CRD configuration
  • Provisioned resources still using v1beta
  • Upgrade paths may not be guaranteed for all configurations
• Note: Migration logic will be removed as we standardize on version 1.x

Additional Changes

• Various minor feature enhancements
• Multiple bug fixes and improvements
• CDK version is 2.162.1

What's Changed

• update karpenter docs to working example. remove taints, podIdentity… by @zjaco13 in #1040
• Fixed defect when AWS region was not set for core addon version look-up by @shapirov103 in #1045
• Incremented cloudwatch insight versions to address the test failures by @shapirov103 in #1055
• handle stringification the same way for all vpc-cni configuration pro… by @PeterKoegel in #1048
• [fix] Add documented nginx by @RichardoC in #1057
• (Docs) ingress-nginx: Fix incorrect ingressClassName default comment by @usmanatron in #1065
• Add EFS driver notes by @JackMcKew in #1060
• IPv6 by @bugathagit in #1051
• docs: Fix rendering of helm values for cluster-autoscaler by @askulkarni2 in #1073
• Fixing GH Action Error by @elamaran11 in #1074
• flag for deploy to isolated subnet by @bezdomniy in #1075
• Fixed tests, build issues, upgraded CDK and libs by @shapirov103 in #1084
• docs: fix notation fluctuation on OPA Gatekeeper by @chansuke in #1085
• Additional Settings to VpcCniAddOn by @PeterKoegel in #1044
• Update helm chart location for gpu-operator addon by @usmanatron in #1081
• docs: fix CreateEfsFileSystemProvider args by @adrienbrault in #1083
• Release 1.16.0 by @shapirov103 in #1087
• Added support for 1.31 and default EKS/k8s version is set to 1.30 by @shapirov103 in #1089
• Bug/efs namespace not created 1077 by @shapirov103 in #1090
• Bug/keda destroy fails without irsa by @shapirov103 in #1088

New Contributors

• @PeterKoegel made their first contribution in #1048
• @RichardoC made their first contribution in #1057
• @usmanatron made their first contribution in #1065
• @JackMcKew made their first contribution in #1060
• @bezdomniy made their first contribution in #1075
• @chansuke made their first contribution in #1085
• @adrienbrault made their first contribution in #1083

Add-on versions in the release

INFO Chart aws-load-balancer-controller-1.9.2 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart appmesh-controller-1.13.1 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart tigera-operator-v3.28.2 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart cert-manager-1.16.1 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart kube-state-metrics-5.26.0 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart prometheus-node-exporter-4.39.0 is at the latest version.
DEBUG Core add-on adot is at version auto
INFO Chart base-1.23.2 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart istiod-1.23.2 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart cni-1.23.2 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart gateway-1.23.2 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart metrics-server-3.12.2 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart argo-cd-7.6.12 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart nginx-ingress-1.4.0 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart ingress-nginx-4.11.3 is at the latest version.
DEBUG Core add-on vpc-cni is at version auto
DEBUG Core add-on coredns is at version auto
DEBUG Core add-on kube-proxy is at version auto
INFO Chart gatekeeper-3.17.1 is at the latest version.
No versions are found for karpenter in repository oci://public.ecr.aws/karpenter/karpenter
INFO Chart aws-node-termination-handler-0.21.0 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart kubevious-1.2.2 is at the latest version.
DEBUG Core add-on aws-ebs-csi-driver is at version auto
INFO Chart aws-efs-csi-driver-3.0.8 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart keda-2.15.2 is at the latest version.
WARN Upgrade is needed for chart aws-privateca-issuer-1.3.0: latest version is v1.4.0.
No versions are found for flux2 in repository oci://ghcr.io/fluxcd-community/charts/flux2
INFO Chart gpu-operator-v24.6.2 is at the latest version.
No versions are found for oci://ghcr.io/grafana/helm-charts/grafana-operator in repository undefined
INFO Chart aws-for-fluent-bit-0.1.34 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart airflow-1.15.0 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart external-secrets-0.10.4 is at the latest version.
DEBUG Core add-on eks-pod-identity-agent is at version auto
INFO Chart external-dns-1.15.0 is at the latest version.
INFO Chart secrets-store-csi-driver-1.4.6 is at the latest version.
DEBUG Core add-on coredns has autoselected version v1.11.1-eksbuild.8
DEBUG Core add-on eks-pod-identity-agent has autoselected version v1.3.2-eksbuild.2
DEBUG Core add-on aws-ebs-csi-driver has autoselected version v1.36.0-eksbuild.1
DEBUG Core add-on vpc-cni has autoselected version v1.18.1-eksbuild.3
DEBUG Core add-on kube-proxy has autoselected version v1.30.0-eksbuild.3
DEBUG Core add-on adot has autoselected version v0.102.1-eksbuild.1

Full Changelog: blueprints-1.15.1...blueprints-1.16.0