Nutanix Kubernetes Platform 2.18 brings smarter insights, stronger security, and smoother operations to your containerized workloads.
Review the detailed release notes before deploying any product updates.
New
- Accelerate troubleshooting with the AI Navigator MCP Server, which analyzes live cluster data to provide context-aware root cause analysis.
- Meet strict compliance standards using fully FIPS 140-3 compliant clusters and new hardened Ubuntu Pro images.
- Combine GPU acceleration and FIPS compliance when building images for offline Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
- Deploy essential data services instantly. Nutanix Data Services for Kubernetes is now included by default in air-gapped installations.
- Keep your infrastructure cutting-edge with full support for Kubernetes 1.35, containerd v2, Rocky Linux 9.7, and Flatcar LTS.
Improvements
- Simplify GitOps and cluster management by using the
NKPClusterresource as your single source of truth. - Prevent downtime before it happens with automated preflight checks that catch misconfigurations during cluster updates.
- Save time with automatic installation and registration of NKP clusters to Prism Central.
- Transition Istio deployments seamlessly to the lightweight ambient mode.
- Enhance system observability with Grafana Loki 3 and native OpenTelemetry support.
Fixes
- Ensures GPU workloads schedule reliably by properly labeling all nodes.
- Keeps secure connections active by fixing automated certificate renewals for Gateway API resources.
- Prevents storage-related node outages by aggressively cleaning up unused container images.
- Improves overall system stability by resolving out-of-memory errors across critical controller pods.