15 November 2021, Apache Solr Operator™ v0.5.0 available

The Solr PMC is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Solr Operator v0.5.0

The Solr Operator is the official and recommended way of managing your Solr ecosystem on Kubernetes.

The Solr Operator v0.5.0 is available for immediate download at: https://solr.apache.org/operator/artifacts.html

Please report any feedback to the mailing lists (https://solr.apache.org/operator/community.html#mailing-lists-chat)

Solr Operator v0.5.0 Release Highlights:

• Support for Kubernetes v1.22+ (including the new Ingress APIs)
• Support for cloud-native backups, and multiple backup repositories per-SolrCloud
  • GCS and S3 Backup Repositories are now fully supported (require Solr 8.9 and Solr 8.10 respectively)
• SolrCloud Backup option has been removed from SolrCloud.spec.dataStorage.backupRestoreOptions, please use SolrCloud.spec.backupRepositories instead
  • When upgrading, the Solr Operator will automatically migrate the information to the new location
• SolrBackup Persistence has been removed
  • Please keep the data in the shared volume, or use a cloud-native backup repository instead (e.g. GCS, S3)
  • Any persistence options provided will be removed and ignored
• Introducing recurring/scheduled backup support in SolrBackup resource
• Ability to bootstrap a custom Solr security.xml from a Secret
• Fix for managed SolrCloud upgrades across multiple SolrCloud resources (with a shared zookeeper connection string)
• Easy enablement of Solr Modules and additional libraries for SolrCloud
• Pod Lifecycle is now customizable for SolrCloud and SolrPrometheusExporter
• SolrCloud can now be run across availability zones with support for PodSpreadTopologyConstraints
• Augment the available Pod customization options for provided Zookeeper Clusters
• The Solr Operator now runs with liveness and readiness probes by default
• The Solr Operator now provides a metrics endpoint, that is enabled by default when using the Solr Operator Helm chart
• Leader election is now enabled for the Solr Operator by default, and supports multiple namespace watching

A summary of important changes is published in the following documentation link. Please read through this page before upgrading.

<https://apache.github.io/solr-operator/docs/upgrade-notes.html>

For the most exhaustive list, see the change log on ArtifactHub or view the git history in the Solr Operator repo.

<https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/apache-solr/solr-operator?modal=changelog>

<https://github.com/apache/solr-operator/releases/tag/v0.5.0>