# \[RELEASE\] ScyllaDB Operator 1.8.0

**URL:** https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-operator-1-8-0/292
**Category:** Release Notes
**Tags:** operator, operator-release
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-operator-1-8-0/292 "2023-01-30T09:49:27Z")
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The ScyllaDB team is pleased to announce the release of **Scylla Operator 1.8.0**.

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

ScyllaDB Operator 1.8.0 improves stability and brings a few features. As with all of our releases, any API changes are backwards compatible.

# Notable changes

- Experimental - Ingress objects are now reconciled for each ScyllaCluster node ([#993](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/993))
- Experimental - Managed TLS Certificates allowing users to enable client-node encryption ([#1021](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1021))
- ScyllaCluster status has been extended with Conditions improving observability ([#1070](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1070))
- PodDisruptionBudgets reconciled by the Operator are using v1 API version which fixes support for newer Kubernetes version, where v1beta1 version was removed. ([#1005](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1005))
- Custom annotations added by users on managed ServiceAccount object are not removed on reconciliation ([#933](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/933))
- Fixed the decommission procedure for drained node ([#967](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/967))
- Idle connections to ScyllaDB API are closed after Operator no longer needs them, fixing OOM issues happening months after ScyllaCluster creation ([#1017](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1017))
- Fixed repository paths to allow vendoring of our source code ([#1098](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/1098))

For more changes and details check out the [GitHub release notes](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/releases/tag/v1.8.0).

# Supported versions

- ScyllaDB ≥5.0, ScyllaDB Enterprise ≥2021.1
- Kubernetes ≥1.21
- Scylla manager ≥2.6
- Scylla monitoring ≥4.0

# Upgrade instructions

Upgrading from v1.7.x with `kubectl apply` doesn’t require any extra action, just take the manifest from v1.8.0 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

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

## Related Links

- ScyllaDB Operator [source](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator) (on GitHub)
- ScyllaDB Operator [image on DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/scylladb/scylla-operator)
- ScyllaDB Operator [Helm Chart repository](https://storage.googleapis.com/scylla-operator-charts/stable/index.yaml)
- [ScyllaDB Operator documentation](https://operator.docs.scylladb.com/stable/)
- [ScyllaDB Operator for Kubernetes lesson](https://university.scylladb.com/courses/scylla-operations/lessons/kubernetes-operator/topic/k8-kubernetes-scylla-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,

ScyllaDB Operator Team