# Kubernetes Podcast from Google: Kubernetes 1.18, with Jorge Alarcon

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**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-podcast-from-google-kubernetes-1-18-with-jorge-alarcon/10236 "2020-03-24T21:54:10Z")\
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Kubernetes 1.18 is out - almost! [A bug](https://github.com/kubernetes/utils/issues/141) has pushed it back a day. While you’re waiting, release team lead [Jorge Alarcon](https://twitter.com/alejandrox135) will tell you all about the fit and finish you can expect in the release when it’s out tomorrow. [Adam and Craig](https://kubernetespodcast.com/about) bring you the other community news of the week, as well as some podcast follow-up.

Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know:

- web: [kubernetespodcast.com](https://kubernetespodcast.com)
- mail: [kubernetespodcast@google.com](mailto:kubernetespodcast@google.com)
- twitter: [@kubernetespod](http://twitter.com/kubernetespod)

### Chatter of the week

- [Shoe Dog](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27220736-shoe-dog)
- [What the fox really says](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/10/151030-owl-red-fox-animals-scary-screams-halloween-science/)

### News of the week

- Kubernetes 1.18 is out!
  - [Well, not quite yet: this regression](https://github.com/kubernetes/utils/issues/141) is being fixed
  - [Enhancement tracker](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RtCvByYdcqWc6I_A1cKgeXT2tBS7SyHGvSt_DWXz270/edit#gid=936265414)
  - Windows features:
    - [containerd](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1001)
    - [kubeadm](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/995)
    - [RuntimeClass](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1301)
    - [GMSA](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/689)

  - [Ingress API](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1453)
  - [kubectl diff](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/491) and [APIServer dry-run](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/576)
  - [kubectl debug](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1441)

- [CNCF SIG Contributor Strategy](https://github.com/cncf/sig-contributor-strategy/blob/a5f51b6f390f1baa16c48b14b92cdd319d8240cf/CHARTER.md)
- [Kong ingress controller and Istio service mesh](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2020/03/18/kong-ingress-controller-and-istio-service-mesh/) by Kevin Chen
- [KubeCF becomes a Cloud Foundry Foundation incubation project](https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cloud-foundry-foundation-announces-kubecf-is-new-incubating-project/)
- [Platform9 adds two new tiers](https://platform9.com/blog/announcing-new-platform9-managed-kubernetes-pmk-plans-that-start-at-zero-cost-and-scale-as-customers-grow/)
  - [And adds free JFrog Private Container Registry](https://jfrog.com/blog/turbocharge-your-containerization-transformation-for-free/)

- [Backyards 1.2](https://banzaicloud.com/blog/backyards-release-1-2/)
- [Red Hat adds support for installing OpenShift on top of RHV](https://blog.openshift.com/red-hat-openshift-4-and-red-hat-virtualization-together-at-last/)
- [Google Cloud Game Servers](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gaming/introducing-google-cloud-game-servers)
- [Kubei, a new open source runtime vulnerabilty scanner by Portworx](https://www.portshift.io/blog/kubernetes-runtime-vulnerabilities-scanner-launch/)
- [Azure Container Registry adds customer managed keys](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/blog/azure-container-registry-preview-of-customer-managed-keys/)
- [AKS adds Ubuntu 18.04](https://github.com/Azure/AKS/releases/tag/2020-03-16)
- Kubernetes security announcements
  - [CVE-2020-8551 - kublet](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377)
  - [CVE-2020-8552 - API server](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89378)

- [Using Inspektor Gadget to add network policies](https://kinvolk.io/blog/2020/03/writing-kubernetes-network-policies-with-inspektor-gadgets-network-policy-advisor/)
- [okteto push](https://okteto.com/blog/okteto-push-code-to-kubernetes-in-seconds/)
- [D2iQ changes CEOs](https://d2iq.com/blog/d2iq-leadership-update)
- [Spectro Cloud comes out of stealth](http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/03/17/2002043/0/en/Spectro-Cloud-Launches-With-7-5-Million-to-Help-Enterprises-Realize-the-Promise-of-Kubernetes.html)

### Links from the interview

- [Computational biology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_biology) and [folding proteins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_folding)
- [Data for Democracy](https://datafordemocracy.org/)
- [Kubernetes Up and Running](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920223788.do) by Joe Beda, Kelsey Hightower, and “[the other guy](https://twitter.com/brendandburns)“
- [The Kubernetes Slack](http://slack.kubernetes.io/)
- [Searchable.ai](https://www.searchable.ai/)
  - [A bit about them](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/28/stealthy-search-startup-searchable-ai-snags-2m-seed/)
  - [Home slice](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/home_slice)

- [Episode 72, with Lachlan Evenson](https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/072-kubernetes-1.16/)
  - [Emeritus Adviser](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/tree/master/release-team/role-handbooks/emeritus-adviser)
  - Release logo - under embargo! Check back later.

- [Sidecar containers](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/753)
  - [Tim Hockin’s thoughts on Sidecar Containers not making 1.18](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/753#issuecomment-597372056)

- [1.19 release lead: Taylor Dolezal](https://twitter.com/alejandrox135/status/1239629281766096898)
- [Jorge on Twitter](https://twitter.com/alejandrox135) and alejandrox1 on the [Kubernetes Slack](http://slack.kubernetes.io/)

Original Source: [https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/096-kubernetes-1.18/](https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/096-kubernetes-1.18/)
