Oracle Cloud Native Environment 1.5.7 was released today and includes updated components, new features, and an easier and more intuitive deployment option. These enhancements can help customers to easily deploy Oracle Cloud Native Environment and leverage the Kubernetes 1.24 release with an improved container runtime set up, a deployment model for different components of the environment, and lifecycle management for the infrastructure.

Oracle Cloud Native Environment is a selected set of popular open source software that provides a production-ready environment for running containerized applications. It offers developers a simplified framework for installations, updates, upgrades, and configuration of key features for orchestrating microservices.

What’s new in the 1.5.7 release

Updated Components

The following components have been updated: 

• Kubernetes: Updated to release 1.24.5. Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Kubernetes conformance validation was received on October 20, 2022.
• CRI-O: Updated to release 1.24.2
• Istio: Updated to release 1.14.3
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Controller Manager: Updated to Release 1.24.0
• Helm: Updated to Release 3.9.4.

The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 for Oracle Linux

Oracle Cloud Native Environment 1.5.7 adds support for Oracle Linux 8 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel release 7. Here is the complete list of supported host OS and Linux kernels

Custom Istio profiles

The Istio module has been improved to allow for multiple Istio modules to be installed using custom profiles, while retaining a single Istio control plane. The profiles provide customization of the Istio control plane and of the sidecars for the Istio data plane. You can start with one of Istio’s built-in configuration profiles and then further customize the configuration for your specific needs.

Quick provision option

The Platform CLI has been improved with new commands that allow for faster and much more intuitive Oracle Cloud Native Environment deployment and set up. To use these commands, you must first install the Platform CLI package, olcnectl.

A new combined solution

Oracle Cloud Native Environment, for container runtime and lifecycle management, and Oracle Verrazzano Enterprise Container Platform, for container application management, together offer a comprehensive solution based on an integrated suite of open source software with a flexible subscription-based support model that enables customers to easily adopt a modern application development and deployment model for container-based services, on-premises and in the cloud.

Read this announcement to learn more about a new way to deploy and manage container-based applications with Oracle Cloud Native Environment and Verrazzano.

Try it out now

It’s easy to try out Oracle Cloud Native Environment through labs and tutorials that are available for free.

• Tutorials: https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/olcne/tutorials.html
• Labs: https://luna.oracle.com (look for Oracle Cloud Native Environment)

Feel free to connect with the Oracle Cloud Native Environment and Verrazzano team on Slack here!