# MicroK8s v1.17 released!

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-v1-17-released/8972>\
**Category:** microk8s\
**Created:** [December 11, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-v1-17-released/8972 "2019-12-11T14:12:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![kjackal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/kjackal/32/1750_2.png) [@kjackal](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/kjackal)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-v1-17-released/8972/1 "2019-12-11T14:12:56Z")

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[MicroK8s](https://microk8s.io/) is a Kubernetes cluster delivered as a single snap package - it can be installed on any Linux distribution which supports [snaps](https://snapcraft.io/). MicroK8s is small and simple to install and is a great way to stand up a cluster quickly for development and testing. Try it on your laptop!

```auto
snap install microk8s --classic --channel=1.17/stable

```

Most important updates since the last release:

- New addon: kubeflow. Give it a try with `microk8s.enable kubeflow`.
- MetalLB Loadbalancer addon, try it with `microk8s.enable metallb`. Thank you [@dangtrinhnt](https://github.com/dangtrinhnt) for your efforts here.
- Separate front proxy CA, courtesy of [@giner](http://giner)
- Linkerd updated to v2.6.0, thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua)
- Jaeger operator updated to v1.14.0
- Updating prometheus operator (latest). Thanks [@rlankfo](https://github.com/rlankfo)
- Istio upgraded to v1.3.4. Thank you [@nobusugi246](https://github.com/nobusugi246)
- Helm upgraded to 2.16.0, thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua), [@fabrichter](https://github.com/fabrichter) and [@icanhazbroccoli](https://github.com/icanhazbroccoli)
- Helm status reported in `microk8s.status`, thank you [@greenyouse](https://github.com/greenyouse)
- Set default namespace of `microk8s.ctr` to `k8s.io`, thank you [@joestringer](https://github.com/joestringer)
- Better exception handling in the clustering agent, thank you [@shashi278](https://github.com/shashi278)
- Fixes in cluster upgrades, courtesy of [@strigona-worksight](https://github.com/strigona-worksight)
- `microk8s.inspect` now cleans priority and storage classes. Thank you [@rbt](https://github.com/rbt)
- `microk8s.inspect` will detect missing cgroups v1 and suggest changes on Fedora 31. Thank you [@soumplis](https://github.com/soumplis)

Users following the latest stable MicroK8s track will be automatically upgraded to 1.17 in the next couple of days.

For more information on MicroK8s consult the official [docs](https://microk8s.io/docs/), and to contribute to the project, check out the repo at [https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s](https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s), or chat with us on the [Kubernetes Slack](http://slack.kubernetes.io/), in the #microk8s channel!