# \[RELEASE\] Scylla Operator 1.9.0

**URL:** https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylla-operator-1-9-0/671
**Category:** ScyllaDB
**Tags:** release, operator, operator-release, kubernetes
**Created:** [July 6, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylla-operator-1-9-0/671 "2023-07-06T07:08:26Z")
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The ScyllaDB team is pleased to announce the release of **Scylla Operator 1.9.0**.

Scylla Operator is an open-source project that helps ScyllaDB Open Source and ScyllaDB Enterprise users run ScyllaDB on Kubernetes. The Scylla Operator manages ScyllaDB clusters deployed to Kubernetes and automates tasks related to operating a ScyllaDB cluster, like installation, vertical and horizontal scaling, as well as rolling upgrades.

Scylla Operator 1.9.0 improves stability and brings a few features. As with all of our releases, any API changes are backward compatible.

# Notable changes

- Experimental - Current manual procedure of setting up the local disks has been automated. DaemonSet managed by the Scylla Operator detects local devices, creates a RAID array and formats it to XFS. Check the new API changes in v1alpha1.NodeConfig CRD or updated examples in the repository ([#1107](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1107))
- Experimental - Scylla Operator can automatically install and manage monitoring stack deployment - both Prometheus and Grafana with our dashboards. It’s available via new v1alpha1.ScyllaDBMonitoring CRD ([#1111](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1111)) ([documentation](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/v1.9/monitoring.html))
- Bootstrap time of Scylla Clusters with TLS enabled has been improved. ([#1202](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1202))
- Bug causing ScyllaDB version upgrade being stuck on Pod staying in maintenance mode has been fixed ([#1267](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1267))
- Bug causing crash of Scylla Operator occuring during node replacement has been fixed ([#1290](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1290))

For more changes and details check out the [GitHub release notes](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/releases/tag/v1.9.0).

# Supported versions

- ScyllaDB Open Source \>=5.0, ScyllaDB Enterprise \>=2021.1
- Kubernetes \>=1.21
- Container Runtime Interface API == v1
- ScyllaDB Manager \>=2.6
- ScyllaDB Monitoring \>=4.0

# Upgrade instructions

Upgrading from v1.8.x with `kubectl apply` doesn’t require any extra action, just take the manifest from v1.9.0 tag and substitute the released image. Using helm requires a mandatory manual step for every release because helm can’t handle CRDs updates. For details, see our [upgrade documentation](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/stable/upgrade.html).

## Getting started with Scylla Operator

- [Scylla Operator Documentation](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/)
- Learn how to deploy Scylla on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) [here](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/stable/gke.html)
- Learn how to deploy Scylla on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Engine (EKS) [here](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/stable/eks.html)
- Learn how to deploy Scylla on a Kubernetes Cluster [here](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/stable/generic.html) (including MiniKube example)

## Related Links

- Scylla Operator [source](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator) (on GitHub)
- Scylla Operator [image on DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/scylladb/scylla-operator)
- Scylla Operator [Helm Chart repository](https://storage.googleapis.com/scylla-operator-charts/stable/index.yaml)
- [Scylla Operator documentation](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/stable/)
- [Scylla Operator for Kubernetes lesson](https://university.scylladb.com/courses/scylla-operations/lessons/kubernetes-operator/) in Scylla University
- [Report a problem](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/issues)

We’ll welcome your feedback! Feel free to open an [issue](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/issues) or reach out on the #scylla-operator channel in [Scylla User Slack](http://slack.scylladb.com/).

Regards,

Scylla Operator Team