TiDB Operator 1.0 RC.1 Release Notes

Release date: July 12, 2019

TiDB Operator version: 1.0.0-rc.1

v1.0.0-rc.1 What’s New

Stability test cases added

• Stop kube-proxy
• Upgrade tidb-operator

Improvements

• Get the TS first and increase the TiKV GC life time to 3 hours before the full backup
• Add endpoints list and watch permission for controller-manager
• Scheduler image is updated to use "k8s.gcr.io/kube-scheduler" which is much smaller than "gcr.io/google-containers/hyperkube". You must pre-pull the new scheduler image into your airgap environment before upgrading.
• Full backup data can be uploaded to or downloaded from Amazon S3
• The terraform scripts support manage multiple TiDB clusters in one EKS cluster.
• Add tikv.storeLables setting
• On GKE one can use COS for TiKV nodes with small data for faster startup
• Support force upgrade when PD cluster is unavailable.

Bug Fixes

• Fix unbound variable in the backup script
• Give kube-scheduler permission to update/patch pod status
• Fix tidb user of scheduled backup script
• Fix scheduled backup to ceph object storage
• Fix several usability problems for AWS terraform deployment
• Fix scheduled backup bug: segmentation fault when backup user's password is empty

Detailed Bug Fixes and Changes

• Segmentation fault when backup user's password is empty (#649)
• Small fixes for terraform AWS (#646)
• TiKV upgrade bug fix (#626)
• Improve the readability of some code (#639)
• Support force upgrade when PD cluster is unavailable (#631)
• Add new terraform version requirement to AWS deployment (#636)
• GKE local ssd provisioner for COS (#612)
• Remove TiDB version from build (#627)
• Refactor so that using the PD API avoids unnecessary imports (#618)
• Add storeLabels setting (#527)
• Update google-kubernetes-tutorial.md (#622)
• Multiple clusters management in EKS (#616)
• Add Amazon S3 support to the backup/restore features (#606)
• Pass TiKV upgrade case (#619)
• Separate slow log with TiDB server log by default (#610)
• Fix the problem of unbound variable in backup script (#608)
• Fix notes of tidb-backup chart (#595)
• Give kube-scheduler ability to update/patch pod status. (#611)
• Use kube-scheduler image instead of hyperkube (#596)
• Fix pull request template grammar (#607)
• Local SSD provision: reduce network traffic (#601)
• Add operator upgrade case (#579)
• Fix a bug that TiKV status is always upgrade (#598)
• Build without debugger symbols (#592)
• Improve error messages (#591)
• Fix tidb user of scheduled backup script (#594)
• Fix dt case bug (#571)
• GKE terraform (#585)
• Fix scheduled backup to Ceph object storage (#576)
• Add stop kube-scheduler/kube-controller-manager test cases (#583)
• Add endpoints list and watch permission for controller-manager (#590)
• Refine fullbackup (#570)
• Make sure go modules files are always tidy and up to date (#588)
• Local SSD on GKE (#577)
• Stop kube-proxy case (#556)
• Fix resource unit (#573)
• Give local-volume-provisioner pod a QoS of Guaranteed (#569)
• Check PD endpoints status when it's unhealthy (#545)