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+layout: post
+title: CloudStack Kubernetes Provider v1.3.0 Release
+tags: [announcement]
+authors: [vishesh]
+slug: cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-v1.3.0
+---
+
+[![](banner.jpg "CloudStack Kubernetes Provider v1.3.0 Release")](/blog/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-v1.3.0)
+
+The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
+[CloudStack Kubernetes Provider
+v1.3.0](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/releases/tag/v1.3.0)
+that facilitates Kubernetes deployments on CloudStack.
+
+It allows Kubernetes to dynamically allocate IP addresses and the
+respective networking rules on CloudStack to ensure seamless TCP, UDP
+and TCP-Proxy LoadBalancer deployments on Kubernetes. This was
+historically part of the Kubernetes codebase which was later removed
+and donated to the project to allow for further maintenance of the
+provider plugin.
+
+This release contains various bug fixes and improvements. Some of the
+highlighted features include:
+* Support for load balancer stickiness policies
+* CloudStack version detection that works with non-admin accounts,
+  and an optional `version` setting
+* Separate Network ACL rules for each Service on VPC networks
+* In-place updates of load balancer rules when the proxy protocol is
+  turned on or off
+* Support for environments with more VMs than the CloudStack API
+  returns in one page
+* End-to-end tests against the CloudStack simulator in CI
+
+If your load balancers are on VPC networks, read the
+[upgrade notes](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/blob/v1.3.0/README.md#upgrading)
+before upgrading.
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+
+# Documentation
+
+* https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/blob/v1.3.0/README.md
+* https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/latest/plugins/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider.html
+
+# Downloads
+
+The official source code for the v1.3.0 release can be downloaded from
+the downloads page:
+https://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads#cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-release
+
+Changelog for this release can be found here:
+https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/releases/tag/v1.3.0
+
+In addition to the official source code release, the container image
+is available here:
+https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/tags?name=v1.3.0