Kubeforge v0.2.1

Kubeforge v0.2.1

Kubeforge v0.2.1 is a follow-up polish release focused on day-to-day usability, safer bootstrap review, better destroy behavior, and Rocky reliability fixes.

Highlights

• Added a final bootstrap review before Ansible runs
• Improved configure and destroy terminal UX to better match Talosforge
• Fixed cached cloud image reuse across destroy/apply cycles
• Hardened Rocky bootstrap DNS handling and package-install preparation
• Improved tracked-workspace detection so destroyed clusters with kept images do not still appear as active deployments

Included in this release

• Final bootstrap review with confirmation for:
  • cluster name
  • OS
  • Kubernetes version
  • API endpoint
  • DNS
  • node layout
  • Cilium LoadBalancer pool range
  • enabled add-ons
• Better color treatment for:
  • configure planned-node previews
  • destroy workspace selection
  • destroy confirmation
  • bootstrap review
• Destroy can keep the cached cloud image on Proxmox for faster rebuilds
• Apply now correctly reuses the kept image instead of forcing a re-download
• Rocky package prep now restores resolver settings before package work and waits for DNS resolution before running dnf
• kubeadm now disables the kube-proxy addon so Cilium kube-proxy replacement does not stall HA joins
• Cilium CLI macOS hint now uses brew install cilium-cli

Validation

This follow-up release was validated with:

• Ubuntu HA clusters using kube-vip
• Rocky single-control-plane clusters
• destroy and rebuild cycles with cached image reuse
• Cilium LB IPAM and Traefik LoadBalancer verification

Licensed under Apache 2.0.

Kubeforge v0.2.0

Kubeforge v0.2.0

Kubeforge v0.2.0 is a major architecture update focused on simplifying high availability and on-prem service exposure.

This release replaces the previous HAProxy-based control plane approach with kube-vip and removes MetalLB in favor of Cilium’s native LoadBalancer IPAM and L2 announcements. The result is a cleaner, more Kubernetes-native HA and networking model with less moving parts.

Highlights

• Multi-control-plane HA now uses kube-vip
• Service LoadBalancers now use Cilium native LB IPAM and L2 announcements
• Ubuntu and Rocky HA clusters validated successfully
• Improved health checks with:
  • Cilium LoadBalancer IP pool visibility
  • LoadBalancer service IP visibility
• Better multi-cluster kubeconfig handling
• Cleaner destroy behavior for tracked clusters and local artifacts
• Improved configure flow for:
  • sequential node IP planning
  • kube-vip IP selection
  • named Cilium IP pools
  • named Cilium L2 announcement policies

What Changed

Control plane HA

• Removed dependency on a separate HAProxy VM for multi-control-plane clusters
• Added kube-vip static pod deployment during bootstrap
• Kubernetes API now points at a floating kube-vip address for HA clusters

Load balancing

• Removed MetalLB from the deployment model
• Added Cilium LoadBalancer IP pools
• Added Cilium L2 announcement policy rendering and apply flow
• Health output now shows:
  • configured Cilium LB pool ranges
  • total / used / available IPs
  • assigned LoadBalancer service IPs

Cluster lifecycle

• Hardened bootstrap timing for additional control planes and workers
• Improved kubeconfig install and merge behavior
• Ensured kubeconfig remains human-readable YAML after merge/prune
• Improved destroy cleanup while preserving unrelated kubeconfig contexts

Operator experience

• Configure prompts now better align with the cleaner Talosforge-style UX
• LoadBalancer ranges are configured with a simpler starting-IP + count model
• Cilium resource names can now be customized directly in configure
• Optional tool suggestions remain available at bootstrap completion

Validated in this release

• Ubuntu single-cluster flow
• Rocky single-cluster flow
• Ubuntu HA cluster with kube-vip
• Rocky HA cluster with kube-vip
• Side-by-side multi-cluster kubeconfig usage
• Cluster health checks after bootstrap
• Cluster destroy cleanup after testing

Included stack

• kubeadm
• containerd
• Cilium
• kube-vip
• Traefik
• optional Proxmox CSI

Notes

• This release is a strong step forward in reducing operational complexity for HA clusters on Proxmox.
• Existing users moving from the earlier HAProxy / MetalLB model should re-run configure, apply, and bootstrap on fresh test clusters before migrating long-lived environments.

Licensed under Apache 2.0.