Compatibility

This document shows what are compatible Kubernetes, Terraform, and operating systems versions with the current KubeOne version.

Supported Providers

KubeOne works on any infrastructure out of the box. Natively supported providers have support for additional features and are frequently tested with the current KubeOne version. The additional features include the KubeOne Terraform integration and the integration with Kubermatic machine-controller.

KubeOne supports AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, GCP, Hetzner Cloud, OpenStack, Packet, and VMware vSphere.

Supported Kubernetes Versions

Each KubeOne version supports Kubernetes versions supported by upstream at the time of the KubeOne release. You can find more details about the upstream support policy in the Version Skew Policy document.

In the following table you can find the supported Kubernetes versions for the current KubeOne version.

KubeOne version1.211.201.191.181.17
v1.2+-
v1.0+--✓*

* Kubernetes 1.17 has reached End-of-Life (EOL) and is not recommended for new clusters.

Additionally, we do not recommend installing or upgrading to the following Kubernetes versions:

  • Releases older than 1.18.4 as they are affected by multiple CVEs
  • On CentOS 7 releases older than 1.18.6 are not working properly due to some networking-related issues

Supported Terraform Versions

The KubeOne Terraform integration requires Terraform v0.12.0 or newer.

Additionally, the example Terraform configs for some providers may require a newer Terraform version:

  • The example Terraform configs for AWS require Terraform v0.12.10 or newer

For more details, you can check the versions.tf file that comes with the example Terraform configs (example versions.tf file).

Supported Operating Systems

The following operating systems are supported:

  • Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)
  • Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • CentOS 7**
  • CentOS 8
  • RHEL 7
  • RHEL 8
  • Flatcar
  • Amazon Linux 2***

** Only Kubernetes versions 1.18.6 and newer are known to work properly with CentOS 7.

*** Amazon Linux 2 currently requires you to manually specify URLs to all binaries — Kubelet, Kubeadm, Kubectl, and CNI using the AssetConfiguration API. Support for package managers on Amazon Linux 2 is planned for the future.