Springing forward
With a fresh issue on the first Tuesday of every month, the Rancher Roundup is your digest of all things cloud native in SUSE. Keep up with the latest in Rancher, Kubewarden, k3s and all our other projects by subscribing today!
What’s ?? this month
We are heavily focused on bringing you all the latest and greatest from the world of cloud-native, which is why we have some exciting new live streams and masterclasses in May. Read on to know more!
It’s nearly time for SUSECON 2024, and you know what that means! It is also time for the first-ever Berlin Community Summit. Learn what this summit is all about, what you can expect as an attendee and some BTS content – straight from the organizing committee during our Know Before You Go episode. Join us on 4th June 2024 on YouTube, LinkedIn, X(formerly Twitter), or Twitch
Documentation is an oft-overlooked yet crucial part of any open source project. Despite this being a well-known and widely accepted fact, there’s very little being done to address the lack of accessible and inclusive documentation in the open source ecosystem. Join Divya Mohan as she hosts Helen Liu on 5th June 2024 to discuss the challenges of creating and maintaining accessible documentation & its translations. We’ll be streaming live on YouTube, LinkedIn, X(formerly Twitter), and Twitch
Cloudy ?? with a side of Ranch
Harvester
The latest Harvester release is version 1.2.2, which comprises CVE and bug fixes important to the 1.2.x release candidacy. Version 1.2.2 is important for customers wishing to upgrade to 1.3.x and beyond.
k3s
During May, we focused on keeping you up-to-date with the latest version of Kubernetes. This is also why we released three patch releases:1.30.0, 1.30.1, 1.29.5, 1.28.10, 1.27.14, . We recommend you read the respective release notes to understand what you can expect from each patch.
Longhorn
The latest Longhorn release is version 1.5.5, which came out in mid-April. This fix contains several improvements and bug fixes intended to improve system quality, resilience, and stability. It also included the release of the helm charts, which are available in Rancher v2.7 and v2.8.
NeuVector
We’re extremely excited to announce our 2024 roadmap exclusively for our newsletter subscribers!
NeuVector v5.3.3, comprising bug fixes and patches, will be released in early June 2024. In August 2024, our new minor version, v5.4, will be released, with DDoS protection and an overall tighter coupling with Rancher. This includes features like granular Rancher RBAC for custom NeuVector roles and being able to view the results of your node/pod scans in Rancher Manager. For our Rancher Prime offering, we will be offering members the capability to assess compliance based on templates including a new DISA-STIG report. Come December 2024, we aim to have tighter coupling introduced across the SUSE stack with the integration of Kubewarden, SLE Micro scanning and SBOM scanning in NeuVector.
openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE now supports OpenVINO. The combination of OpenVINO and openSUSE makes AI more accessible. This achievement would not have been possible without our community's support and contributions. Read more about this integration here.?
openSUSE Weblate
As of May 14, 2024, the Weblate migration for openSUSE is complete. With the move to a hosted solution, contributors can expect a better experience. Read more about the migration efforts in our announcement here.
Rancher Desktop
We're excited to bring forth a new release of Rancher Desktop with support for the Spin CLI & Spinkube operator option. Also, good news for our Windows users! Network tunneling has been made available as default across the WSL distros. To learn more about this, check out our release notes.
RKE2
During May, we focused on keeping you up-to-date with the latest version of Kubernetes. This is also why we released three patch releases:1.30.0, 1.30.1, 1.29.5, 1.28.10, 1.27.14, . We recommend you read the respective release notes to understand what you can expect from each patch.
News from the Ranch
RSA Conference 2024 brought together thousands of cybersecurity professionals for four incredible days of expert perspectives, groundbreaking innovation, and best practices. We were thrilled to interact with some of them at the SUSE booth!?
For the Community, by the Community?
Community Summit, Berlin
We’re proud to announce the schedule for the Community Summit in Berlin - the first-ever conference that brings together local open source practitioners. Register today to secure your spot at the conference!
openSUSE Asia Summit
We’re excited to be bringing back the openSUSE Asia Summit to Tokyo, Japan this year. The summit is an annual conference for users and contributors of openSUSE and FLOSS enthusiasts. Check out more details about the conference on our website.?
Kubewarden Community Meeting
It’s Showtime! ??
Where can you find the SUSE team in June, you ask?
Whether it’s SUSECON 2024, the Community Summit in Berlin, or the openSUSE conference, June is a super busy month for us here at SUSE. We look forward to interacting with and hosting our customer, partner, and open source communities in Berlin! See you there ??
It’s the tenth birthday of #Kubernetes and we’re excited to be celebrating it along with the wider cloud native community!
Orlin Vasilev , Principal Technology Advocate at SUSE and CNCF Ambassador, will be hosting the #KuberTENes bash in Bulgaria for the Sofia Chapter of the CNCF community on June 6th. If you’d like to attend or learn more about the event, visit the page for the meetup! Divya Mohan , Principal Technology Advocate at SUSE, will be a keynote speaker at the #KuberTENes bash in Bengaluru. She will be delving into the history of containerization, WebAssembly, and all things virtualization during her session. If you’d like to attend or learn more about the event, visit the website for the Bengaluru chapter of the CNCF.?
If you are attending Edge Computing Expo over the next couple of days, don't miss the panel discussion on Key Infrastructure Requirements to Enable Edge Computing featuring Keith Basil, our GM for Edge, on June 6. Our team will also be hanging out at booth #238, where we’d love to discuss and show off our edge solutions!
Later in June, we’ll also have Joachim Werner talking about SUSE Edge at the Edge Computing Summit in Berlin. Check out the schedule and register for the event on their official website.
Last, but not the least, some of our colleagues are also going to be AWS re:Inforce in Philadelphia. As proud bronze sponsors of the event, we’d love to chat with you about our projects and solutions at booth #1101.