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)