Keptn 0.18: Cloud-Native Application Lifecycle
K8s Guru
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Keptn 0.18, released on October 12, 2022, continues to evolve cloud-native application lifecycle management. This release improves automation capabilities, enhances observability, and delivers better GitOps integration for managing application deployments.
This kind of release matters once GitOps becomes a fleet problem: multiple clusters, multiple teams, and the need for safe defaults. The goal is the same—declarative delivery from Git—but with fewer sharp edges in day‑2 operations.
Automation Enhancements
- Deployment automation improvements simplify automated deployment workflows.
- Quality gates enhancements enable automated quality checks during deployments.
- Rollback improvements provide automatic rollback on quality gate failures.
- Scheduling support enables time-based deployment automation.
Observability Integration
- Metrics integration improvements provide better correlation of deployment and application metrics.
- Tracing enhancements enable end-to-end tracing of deployment workflows.
- Logging improvements provide centralized logging for lifecycle events.
- Dashboard support provides visualization of application lifecycle and health.
GitOps Integration
- Git integration improvements enable better synchronization with Git repositories.
- Configuration management enhancements simplify managing application configurations.
- Version control support enables tracking of configuration changes.
- Collaboration improvements enable better team collaboration on configurations.
Operational Features
- Multi-stage deployments enable complex deployment pipelines.
- Environment management simplifies managing multiple deployment environments.
- Resource management improvements enable better resource allocation.
- Documentation expansion includes comprehensive guides for common scenarios.
Getting Started
curl -sL https://get.keptn.sh | bash
keptn install
Summary
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Release Date | October 12, 2022 |
| Headline Features | Automation enhancements, better observability, enhanced GitOps integration |
| Why it Matters | Provides automated application lifecycle management with quality gates and observability |
Keptn 0.18 continues to evolve as a platform for cloud-native application lifecycle management, providing teams with tools to automate and observe application deployments.