Support deploying GitLab on Kubernetes 1.29

References

• Kubernetes release post
• Parent Epic: Support deploying GitLab on new versions of Kubernetes
• GitLab Kubernetes release support policy
• Charts supported Kubernetes releases
• Operator supported Kubernetes releases

Checklist

Follow the checklist below to address the requirements for each project.

Administrative

• Change issue title to: Support deploying GitLab to Kubernetes X.Y
• Insert the Kubernetes release post URL above

GitLab Charts

• Replace any removed APIs
• Create new Kubernetes cluster on GKE
  • Create new Agent configurations in kube-agents project
  • Save the Agent token in 1Password in the Cloud Native group in a new item named cloud-native-vXYZ credentials
  • Create a new cluster via the kubernetes-provisioning project
  • Ensure the Agent is connected in kube-agents/Kubernetes clusters
• Create new Kubernetes cluster on EKS
  • Create new Agent configurations in kube-agents project
  • Save the Agent token in 1Password in the Cloud Native group in a new item named eks charts-ci-cluster credentials
  • Create a new cluster via the kubernetes-provisioning project
  • Ensure the Agent is connected in kube-agents/Kubernetes clusters
• Add CI jobs to test against the new clusters
  • GKE
  • EKS
• Update CI vcluster smoke test jobs for the next Kubernetes release
• Update kubectl to 1.N.x in the CI base image
• Remove old cluster CI jobs and clusters
  • Remove CI review_* testing jobs for previous GKE and EKS clusters
  • Remove Validate jobs for Kubernetes versions that are no longer supported
  • Remove out-of-support GKE and EKS clusters
• Update supported releases documentation
  • Add entry for newly-supported Kubernetes version
  • Deprecate Kubernetes versions that have reached end-of-life
  • Remove entries that are no longer supported

GitLab Operator

OpenShift cluster launch is moved to its own issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/distribution/infrastructure/openshift-provisioning/-/issues/54 since we are waiting on OCP 4.16 release. Striking out OpenShift-related tasks in the following checklist.

• Replace any removed APIs
• Create new Kubernetes cluster on GKE
  • Create new Agent configurations in kube-agents project
  • Save the Agent token in 1Password in the Cloud Native group in a new item named gitlab-operator-vXYZ credentials
  • Create a new cluster via the kubernetes-provisioning project
  • Ensure the Agent is connected in kube-agents/Kubernetes clusters
• Create new OpenShift cluster on GCP
  • Create new Agent configurations in kube-agents project
  • Save the Agent token in 1Password in the Cloud Native group in a new item named ocp-ci-XYZ cluster credentials
  • Create a new cluster via the openshift-provisioning project
  • Ensure the Agent is connected in kube-agents/Kubernetes clusters
• Add CI jobs to test against the new cluster
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
• Update CI vcluster smoke test jobs for the next Kubernetes release
• Update kubectl to 1.N.x in the CI base image
• Remove old cluster CI jobs and clusters
  • Remove CI review_* testing jobs for previous GKE and EKS clusters
  • Remove out-of-support GKE and EKS clusters
• Update supported releases documentation
  • Add entry for newly-supported Kubernetes version
  • Deprecate Kubernetes versions that have reached end-of-life
  • Remove entries that are no longer supported