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External DNS Operator release notes

The External DNS Operator deploys and manages ExternalDNS to provide name resolution for services and routes. This enables your external DNS provider to resolve hostnames directly to OpenShift Container Platform resources.

Warning

The External DNS Operator is only supported on the x86_64 architecture.

These release notes track the development of the External DNS Operator in OpenShift Container Platform.

External DNS Operator 1.3

The External DNS Operator 1.3 release notes summarize all new features and enhancements, notable technical changes, major corrections from previous versions, and any known bugs upon general availability.

External DNS Operator 1.3.3

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.3.3:

External DNS Operator 1.3.2

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.3.2:

External DNS Operator 1.3.1

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.3.1:

This update includes improved container security.

External DNS Operator 1.3.0

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.3.0:

This update includes a rebase to the 0.14.2 version of the upstream project.

Bug fixes:

  • Previously, the ExternalDNS Operator could not deploy operands on HCP clusters. With this release, the Operator deploys operands in a running and ready state. (OCPBUGS-37059)
  • Previously, the ExternalDNS Operator was not using RHEL 9 as its building or base images. With this release, RHEL9 is the base. (OCPBUGS-41683)
  • Previously, the godoc had a broken link for Infoblox provider. With this release, the godoc is revised for accuracy. Some links are removed while some other are replaced with GitHub permalinks. (OCPBUGS-36797)

External DNS Operator 1.2

The External DNS Operator 1.2 release notes summarize all new features and enhancements, notable technical changes, major corrections from previous versions, and any known bugs upon general availability.

External DNS Operator 1.2.0

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.2.0:

New features:

  • The External DNS Operator now supports AWS shared VPC. For more information, see "Creating DNS records in a different AWS Account using a shared VPC".

Bug fixes:

  • The update strategy for the operand changed from Rolling to Recreate. (OCPBUGS-3630)

Additional resources

External DNS Operator 1.1

The External DNS Operator 1.1 release notes summarize all new features and enhancements, notable technical changes, major corrections from previous versions, and any known bugs upon general availability.

External DNS Operator 1.1.1

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.1.1:

External DNS Operator 1.1.0

This release included a rebase of the operand from the upstream project version 0.13.1. The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.1.0:

Bug fixes:

  • Previously, the ExternalDNS Operator enforced an empty defaultMode value for volumes, which caused constant updates due to a conflict with the OpenShift API. Now, the defaultMode value is not enforced and operand deployment does not update constantly. (OCPBUGS-2793)

External DNS Operator 1.0

The External DNS Operator 1.0 release notes summarize all new features and enhancements, notable technical changes, major corrections from previous versions, and any known bugs upon general availability.

External DNS Operator 1.0.1

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.0.1:

External DNS Operator 1.0.0

The following advisory is available for the External DNS Operator version 1.0.0:

Bug fixes:

  • Previously, the External DNS Operator issued a warning about the violation of the restricted SCC policy during ExternalDNS operand pod deployments. This issue has been resolved. (BZ#2086408)