# MicroK8s v1.19 released!

**URL:** https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-v1-19-released/12608
**Category:** microk8s
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-v1-19-released/12608 "2020-08-28T13:21:48Z")
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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: [August 28, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-v1-19-released/12608/1 "2020-08-28T13:21:49Z")

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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/), as well as MacOS and Windows 10. MicroK8s is small and simple to install and is a great way to quickly stand up a cluster for development, CI/CD or the edge. Try it on your laptop!

```auto

snap install microk8s --classic --channel=1.19/stable

```

Most important updates since the last release:

- [High Availability](https://microk8s.io/docs/high-availability). Try it by clustering at least three nodes.
- Improved `microk8s status` output.
- New [ambassador addon](https://microk8s.io/docs/addon-ambassador), courtesy of [@inercia](https://github.com/inercia).
- Multus support via a new addon. Thank you [@apnar](https://github.com/apnar).
- New `host-access` addon to allow you to access host services from pods, courtesy of [@iskitsas](https://github.com/iskitsas).
- The `microk8s.dashboard-proxy` command makes it easier to access the dashboard.
- The `microk8s.dbctl` command allows for backing up the cluster’s datastore.
- [Static token file](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#static-token-file) used for admin authentication.
- In adding a node you can now provide your own token. You can also set the time a join token expires. Thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua) .
- You can now set the registry size while enabling the addon, courtesy of [@cyril-corbon](https://github.com/cyril-corbon)
- Addition of the ingress controller ConfigMaps to support ingress of TCP and UDP. Thank you [@trulede](https://github.com/trulede).
- Set the TLS certificate when enabling ingress with microk8s.enable ingress:default-ssl-certificate=namespace/secretname . Thank you [@marcobellaccini](https://github.com/marcobellaccini).
- Ingress images updated to v0.33. Thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua).
- “micrk8s.ctr” detects the right snapshotter. Thank you [@hpidcock](https://github.com/hpidcock) .
- kubelet comes with token auth enabled so prometheus can monitor it. Thank you [@double73](https://github.com/double73).
- Istio updated to v1.5.1, thank you [@nepython](https://github.com/nepython) for your effort here.
- The dashboard addon deploys only the dashboard v2.0.0 and the metrics server. Thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua).
- Containerd updated to v1.3.7. Thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua).
- Dashboard image pull policy set to default (ifNotPresent), thank you [@biiiipy](https://github.com/biiiipy).
- Linkerd updated to v2.8.0. Thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua).
- The MetalLB updated to v0.9.3 and now supports multiple ranges and CIDR notation. Thank you [@siddharths2710](https://github.com/siddharths2710) and [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua).
- Fluentd updated to v3.0.2, courtesy of [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua).
- Prometheus updated to v2.20.0 as part of kube-promethues v0.6.0. Thank you [@balchua](https://github.com/balchua).
- Added local registry discovery support, courtesy of [@nicks](https://github.com/nicks).

Users following the latest stable MicroK8s track will be automatically upgraded to 1.19 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!