[CKF 1.8] Define components, dependencies and infrastructure versions

[DnPlas]

Hi everyone, here is the list of components and dependencies versions that the Charmed Kubeflow team is targeting for the next bundle release. Please leave a comment if you agree or have suggestions on the proposed versions.

Kubernetes version

	Previous version(s)	New version(s)
Kubernetes	1.24/1.25	1.25/1.26

Juju version

	Previous version(s)	New version(s)
Juju	2.9/stable	3.1/stable

Kubeflow dependencies

Component	Previous version	New version
Knative	1.8	1.10
Istio	1.16	1.17
Dex	2.31	2.36
Argo	3.3.8	3.3.10
Oidc	e236439	e236439

Kubeflow projects

Component	Previous version	New version
training-operator	1.6	1.7
katib-operators	0.15	0.16
notebook-operators	1.7	1.8
kubeflow-dashboard-operator	1.7	1.8
kubeflow-profiles-operator	1.7	1.8
kubeflow-tensorboard-operators	1.7	1.8
kubeflow-volumes-operator	1.7	1.8
kubeflow-roles-operator	1.7	1.8
kfp-operators	2.0.0-alpha.7	2.0
admission-webhook-operator	1.7	1.8
kserve-operators	0.10	0.11

The following versions are either extracted from the upstream project or decided by the Charmed Kubeflow team:

Charmed Kubeflow specific

Component	Previous version	New version
minio		same as 1.7
katib-db (mysql-k8s)	N/A	8.0/stable
kfp-db (mysql-k8s)	N/A	8.0/stable
metacontroller-operator	2.0	3.0
seldon-core-operator	1.15	1.17

Discussion

• oidc-gatekeeper (oidc-authservice) - this component will likely stay the same as no new versions for KF 1.8 will be released.
  • will remain the same
• seldon-core-operator - the latest v1 is 1.17, but in the past release we supported v1.15. Can we make that jump?
  • According to upstream, we'll have version 1.17 for the upcoming release.
• metacontroller-operator - the latest is v4, but we have used v2 in the past, should we upgrade?
  • Upgrade to 3.0
• minio - we have been using a version from 2021, should we move to a more recent version?
  • Due to its LICENSE, we cannot upgrade any further. No change needed. https://blog.min.io/from-open-source-to-free-and-open-source-minio-is-now-fully-licensed-under-gnu-agplv3/

Useful links

• [kubeflow 1.8] Dependencies versions kubeflow/manifests#2450
• Supported minio version in charmed minio vs minio releases
• metacontroller releases
• seldon core releases

[kimwnasptd]

ACK. Some notes:

• K8s 1.25 does not fully work with CKF 1.7, so we should only keep 1.24 in the previous K8s versions Seldon <=1.15 does not support k8s 1.25+ seldon-core-operator#116 (comment)
• OIDC AuthService will use the same tag
• For Metacontroller I propose that we have a task to upgrade to v3.0.0, which doesn't seem to have any breaking changes that affect us. The newer image resolves some critical CVEs as well
• For Seldon let's have a task to understand what's the effort for upgrading to 1.17
• For MinIO I remember there was a licensing change after 2021 and is now AGPL, so we can't upgrade further https://blog.min.io/from-open-source-to-free-and-open-source-minio-is-now-fully-licensed-under-gnu-agplv3/

[DnPlas]

Just a note, investigating a bit more with people from seldon, it seems like versions above 1.16 are compatible with Kubernetes 1.24 and 1.25. Also, they are planning to add v1.17 in kubeflow/manifests, so to keep consistency with upstream, we should go with that version.

[kimwnasptd]

cc @marowid @Barteus @nishant-dash on the above versions that we target for CKF 1.8

[nishant-dash]

Thanks for laying this out!

IMO, It would be nice to also see what (major and possibly minor) versions of juju are recommended/tested.

[DnPlas]

Thanks for the suggestion @nishant-dash. Just FYI @NohaIhab and @kimwnasptd I have added that to the description of the issue. Let's make sure this information is as accurate as possible.

[DnPlas]

Since the work for 1.8 is completed, we can close this issue.