Breaking change in 3.0.0

Splunk Operator 3.0.0 introduces a breaking change. Customers must accept the Splunk General Terms (EULA) before deploying or upgrading the Splunk Operator by updating the operator deployment. For detailed steps, read the installation guide: https://github.com/splunk/splunk-operator/blob/main/docs/Install.md#install-operator-to-accept-the-splunk-general-terms

• This is the 3.0.0 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here.

• CSPL-3784: Update base image to latest ubi8-minimal version

• CSPL-3675: Update Operator SDK to v1.39

• CSPL-3783: Update App Framework docs with troubleshooting information

• CSPL-3851: Add documentation about session stickiness for ingress

• CSPL-3912: Allow custom probe scripts

• CSPL-3867: Improve SHC and CM error message visibility

• CSPL-3186: Upgrade Enterprise Security to version 8.0.2

• CSPL-3357: Add Splunk General Terms acceptance

• CSPL-4005: Remove CRDs from splunk/splunk-operator Helm chart

Supported Splunk version

Supported Kubernetes version

• This is the 2.8.1 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

• Update olm.maxOpenShiftVersion version to 4.19 in operator's bundle

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.4.3
9.4.2
9.3.5
9.2.7

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.27+

• This is the 2.8.0 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

• CSPL-3586 - Certify FIPS 140-3 Compliance

• CSPL-3673 - Github Issue #1157: Failed to install the operator - CRD metadata.annotations too long

• CSPL-3590 - Vulnerability Fix: github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, golang.org/x/net

• CSPL-3499 - Fix Segmentation Fault in Splunk Operator Due to App Volume Name Change

• CSPL-3547 - Support Appframework migration to manager-app

• CSPL-3426 - App Framework: Allow .tar.gz file extension

• CSPL-3518 - Task for Github Issue #1211 Splunk Operator: Why force ClusterIP and ignore k8s default field in service template

• CSPL-3460 - Container Scan: Upgrade google.golang.org/grpc from v1.49.0 to 1.58.3, 1.57.1, 1.56.3 for splunk/splunk-operator

• CSPL-3435 - Support with Bias language migration

• CSPL-3434 - Update base image to ubi-minimal

• CSPL-3269 - Github Issue #1309: App Framework: 2.5.2 can't install packages from splunkbase, placed in s3 bucket

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.4.2
9.4.1
9.4.0
9.3.4
9.3.3

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.27+

• This is the 2.7.1 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

• CSPL-3064 - Support for Distroless Image Creation in Splunk Operator for Kubernetes

• CSPL-2966 - Manual App Updates per Custom Resource (CR) in Splunk Operator

• CSPL-3156 - Add kubectl-splunk Plugin for Executing Splunk Commands within Kubernetes Pods

• CSPL-3256 - Support to configure deployer spec in SHC CRD

• CSPL-3253 - Change default storageClassName value in PVC

• CSPL-2920 - Add support for ARM64 pipelines

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.4.1
9.4.0
9.3
9.2

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.27+

• This is the 2.7.0 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

• CPSL-2699 - Add Azure and GCP SDK support for AppFramework

• CSPL-3149 - Address openshift documentation for 4.14 or later

• CSPL-3060 - Avoid upgrade path during deployment creation

• CSPL-3058 - Build docker image using SHA instead of tag for redhat UBI

• CSPL-3063 - Add an option to test SVA testing only via helm

• CSPL-2496 - Cleanup AWS resources during cluster cleanup

• CSPL-2887 - Update eksctl, K8s versions, default storage class

• CSPL-2756 - Add documentation for PDB with SOK deployments

• CSPL-2820 - Add Support for Configuring Custom Cluster Domain in Helm Chart

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.4.0
9.3.2
9.2.4
9.1.7

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.27+

• This is the 2.6.1 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

• CSPL-2655 - Add default.meta in the telemetry addressing vulnerability

• CSPL-2652 - Add TLS config to minio client

• CSPL-2721 - Update MC upgrade path

• CSPL-2747 - Upgrade go(to 1.23.0), go-restful versions to address vulnerabilities

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.3.0
9.3.2
9.2.4
9.3

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.27+

• This is the 2.6.0 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

• CSPL-2721 - Modified Splunk Enterprise deployments upgrade path to speed up the process, updated ubi base image.

• CSPL-2662 - Added troubleshooting documentation.

• CSPL-2626 - Fixed bug in phase initialization, new CR status field, updated aws-sdk-go.

• CSPL-2710: Replace clair with trivy for security scanning.

• CSPL_2598: Fix app package name extraction logic.

• CSPL_2574: Fix bug in appFramework validation.

• CSPL_2532: Change fsGroupChangePolicy to OnRootMismatch for Splunk Enterprise and Splunk operator.

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.2.2

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.27+

CSPL-2535 security context for init container not set (#1290)

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.1.3
9.0.8

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.26+

This is the 2.5.1 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

CSPL-2532: fix for leader election lost issue (#1281)

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.1.3
9.0.8

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.26+

This is the 2.5.0 release. The Splunk Operator for Kubernetes is a supported platform for deploying Splunk Enterprise with the prerequisites and constraints laid out here

CSPL-2155: Support for Level-2 Upgrade Strategy in Splunk Operator

CSPL-2505: Pod Security standard set to restricted mode

Supported Splunk Version

Splunk Version
9.1.3
9.0.8

Supported Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes Version
1.26+