fluxcd/helm-operator 1.3.0

Helm operator 1.3.0

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Helm Operator and Flux are in maintenance:
Efforts have been focused on the next generation of Flux, also called the GitOps Toolkit, which has crossed the feature-parity milestone, and is already recommended for production use in many cases. The helm-controller is the replacement for Helm Operator. The roadmap for Flux v2 development including Helm Controller can be found here.

We are eager to hear feedback, suggestions, and/or feature requests for the helm-controller and other Toolkit components. The migration timetable will be kept updated with developments regarding the ongoing support of Helm Operator.

Users of Helm Operator should be planning their migrations, and report any blocking issues so that they can be addressed as early as possible.

NOTE: Make sure to update the CRD when upgrading from a previous version as they may have been changed since the prior release.

Documentation for Helm Operator has moved under fluxcd.io/legacy/flux. This release includes any merged fixes that were unreleased for the past year, including an upgrade from Helm 3.1.x to Helm 3.5.4 which also covered some breaking changes in Helm.

The next MINOR (1.4.0) release of Helm Operator will break compatibility with older releases of Kubernetes, in order to ensure forward compatibility with long-awaited breaking changes in Kubernetes 1.22.0.

(fluxcd/helm-operator#599 and fluxcd/helm-operator#618 describe the breaking changes that are upcoming in Helm Operator 1.4.0.)

Please note, this is a security update and while we continue the Helm Operator support, there are some known issues in Helm Operator that cannot be addressed. (From testing the release candidate in fluxcd/helm-operator#626, Helm Plugins are known to be broken.)

Users are advised strongly to plan their infrastructure upgrades and migrate to Flux v2 and Helm Controller as soon as possible, as Helm Operator will soon no longer be maintained.

Maintenance

• Update helm v2 and v3 to latest fluxcd/helm-operator#604
  
• Update Alpine to 3.13 fluxcd/helm-operator#589
  
• Update Helm stable repository url fluxcd/helm-operator#577
  
• Move Fons to maintainer emeritus fluxcd/helm-operator#547
  
• Disable link-checking fluxcd/helm-operator#594
  
• Add maintenance note to GitHub templates and README fluxcd/helm-operator#548
  

Enhancements

• Add terminationGracePeriodSeconds value to Helm Operator Chart fluxcd/helm-operator#564
  
• Default kubeconfig to None in chart fluxcd/helm-operator#521
  
• Remove the query string from the CleanURL fluxcd/helm-operator#571
  
• Sync chart mirror on chart spec change to prevent incorrect reconciliation fluxcd/helm-operator#573
  
• Add explicit namespace field to namespaced resources fluxcd/helm-operator#517
  
• Add more Helm chart dashboard options fluxcd/helm-operator#522
  
• Unnest convert settings from tls fluxcd/helm-operator#524
  
• Enable additional sidecar containers fluxcd/helm-operator#484
  
• Adding securityContext options at the pod and container level. fluxcd/helm-operator#494
  

Fixes

• fix: kubeconfig override in chart/deployment fluxcd/helm-operator#507
  
• fix: make passing gitconfig as a value optional fluxcd/helm-operator#551
  
• fix: Address constant release creation fluxcd/helm-operator#533
  
• fix: take ignored OptionalSecretKeySelector into account fluxcd/helm-operator#616
  

Documentation

• docs: Fix Readme (configureRepositories.cacheVolumeName) fluxcd/helm-operator#502
  
• docs: Remove docs, point to new location where relevant fluxcd/helm-operator#611
  
• docs: Update issue/PR templates with new info on v2 fluxcd/helm-operator#583
  
• docs: Add website, twitter, linkedin to docs.f.i fluxcd/helm-operator#592
  
• docs: how to update the helm-op docs post-release fluxcd/helm-operator#610
  
• docs: Make docs v1 warning global fluxcd/helm-operator#590
  
• docs: Point to flux2 from our docs fluxcd/helm-operator#588
  
• docs: Malformed list in Chart sources -> Git repositories fluxcd/helm-operator#549
  
• docs: Remove redundant text fluxcd/helm-operator#542
  
• docs: Fix bullet lists in chart-sources.md fluxcd/helm-operator#529
  

Thanks

Thanks to @Carles-Figuerola, @amit-handda, @bmalynovytch, @coultenholt, @dholbach, @em-schmidt, @flimzy, @fredr, @hiddeco, @jbuettnerbild, @kingdonb, @krichardson-apexclearing, @mattjw, @mbrancato, @mnaser, @neil-greenwood, @nilesh892003, @smarthall, @stefanprodan, @swade1987, @t1bb4r, @tux-00 and @wujiangfa-xlauncher for their contributions to this release.