Agones – New Releases

Blog: 1.38.0 - Improved Counters and Lists, Nodepool Upgrades on GKE Terraform, and Pod support for Topology Spread Constraints

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.38.0 release of Agones.

Key highlights of this release include Nodepool Upgrades on GKE Terraform and the support of Pod Topology Spread Constraints, alongside internal upgrades to Golang, Docker, and Debian. We have also made improvements to the Agones documentation, particularly for the Counters and Lists feature.

Improved Counters and Lists: New life cycle management examples in the Agones documentation are now available for the Counters and Lists feature. Try it out, share your feedback, and if you find any bugs, please file issues and PRs.
Nodepool Upgrades on GKE Terraform: It’s an important update for managing node pools in Kubernetes clusters. We’ve separated node pool definitions from the cluster setup, allowing for easier updates and synchronization between control planes and nodes.
Pod Topology Spread Constraints: Want to utilize Pod Topology Spread Constraints on Agones components? Now you can with our new configuration options on our Helm chart.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Nodepool upgrades on GKE Terraform apply by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3612

Implemented enhancements:

Add Feature Template for Issues Created from Agones Website by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3561
controller refresh certificate by @ashutosji in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3489
Kubernetes Config Update: Prioritize InClusterConfig function by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3584
Support topologySpreadConstraints by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3591

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.38.0

Blog: 1.37.0 - Counters And Lists Alpha Release and Multiple Feature Promotions!

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.37.0 release of Agones.

This release sees the first milestone of a over-a-year series of work on the functionality of arbitrary Counters and Lists attached to each GameServer!

We’ve also upgraded the following features: CountsAndLists to alpha, FleetAllocationOverflow to Beta, and PodHostName, ResetMetricsOnDelete, and SplitControllerAndExtensions to Stable - with defaults below.

CountsAndLists: This feature flag provides functionality for a configurable set of Counters or Lists be attached to GameServers with attached allocation and autoscaling functionality to provide a flexible implementation that can handle a wide range of use cases such as player tracking, high density game server room tracking, and could even be used for game specific game server allocation prioritization.

Documentation is a little sparse in this release, but will grow! We’re focusing on the reference material first and will then expand into more in-depth guides and integration patterns.

Note: Counters and Lists will eventually replace the Alpha functionality of Player Tracking, which will subsequently be removed from Agones. If you are currently using this Alpha feature, we would love for you to test (and ideally migrate to!) this new functionality to ensure it will meet all your needs.
FleetAllocationOverflow: Labels and/or annotations to GameServers that exceed the desired number of replicas in a GameServerSet. This occurs when the allocation of GameServers surpasses the specified replica count.
PodHostName: Enables the assignment of the GameServer’s name as the PodHostname.
ResetMetricsOnDelete: This feature instructs the metrics service to unregister and then re-register the relevant metrics view to reset their state immediately whenever an Agones resource is deleted.
SplitControllerAndExtensions: This feature introduces an important change in Agones for high availability. It separates the system’s responsibilities into two binaries: the controller, which now handles Kubernetes object monitoring and uses a leader election system to keep only one active controller at a time, and a new horizontally scalable extensions binary, focused on managing webhook endpoints.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Adds Counter conformance test by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3488
Adds List SDK methods to simple-game-server by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3500
Support appProtocol by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3502
Adds gameserver e2e test for Lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3507
Adds fleet e2e test for lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3510
Disable resync on SDK Server by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3508
Move PodHostName to Stable by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3517
Adds gameserverallocation e2e tests for Lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3516
Move FleetAllocationOverflow to Beta by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3515
Move ResetMetricsOnDelete to Stable by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3518
Adds fleetauotscaler e2e test for Lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3519
Another List fleet autoscaler e2e test by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3521
Adds Go Conformance Tests for Lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3524
Move CountsAndLists to Alpha by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3527
Move SplitControllerAndExtensions to Stable by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3523
Add clusterIP for agones-allocator in helm chart by @govargo in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3526
GKE Autopilot: Add support for Extended Duration pods by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3387
Counter and List Aggregate Fleet Metrics by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3528
CountsAndLists: SDK Reference by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3537
Adds Counters and Lists REST API Conformance Tests by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3546
CountsAndLists: Yaml Examples And References by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3552

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.37.0

Blog: 1.36.0 - Kubernetes 1.28, Unreal Engine Plugin Fix, and Lots of Security Fixes

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.36.0 release of Agones.

In this release:

We’ve added support for Kubernetes 1.28 and have discontinued support for 1.25 to bring the support matrix to 1.26, 1.27 and 1.28 . Please upgrade your clusters accordingly.
We’ve resolved path issues in the Unreal Engine Plugin to ensure compatibility with Unreal Engine 5.3.
We are now using Go 1.20.10 and gRPC 1.57.1, which includes a number of performance improvements and important security fixes.
GameServers that end up in Error state now have a delay before deletion, allowing developers a chance to see why they have failed, and prevent GameServer churn from overwhelming the Kubernetes control plane.
We’ve upgraded to the latest v0.7.1 Docsy- let us know if you see anything broken in the docs!

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Adds CounterActions and ListActions to Allocation.proto by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3407
Terraform template file for the performance test cluster by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3409
In the scenario test, submitting request in a fixed interval, exposing more error type by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3414
Adds GameServerAllocation e2e tests for Counters by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3400
Adds Counter FleetAutoScaler e2e Test by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3418
simple-game-server: Adds a graceful termination delay by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3436
add opt-out ttlSecondsAfterFinished setting for the pre-delete hook by @mikeseese in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3442
Add Cloudbuild step to run performance test by using the scenario test framework. by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3429
Implements UpdateList, AddListValue, and RemoveListValue in the SDK Server by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3445
Adds Go SDK Client List Functions by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3484
Updates LocalSDK UpdateCounter method by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3487

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.36.0

Blog: 1.35.0 - Improved Memory Usage, SDK Server Enhancements, Component Upgrades

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.35.0 release of Agones.

In this release, we’ve improved our internal development toolchain, refined the memory usage of GameServer sub-controllers, and updated essential components including grpc-gateway and Hugo.

Memory Usage Improvement: Increased the number of workers for sub-controllers of the GameServer controller to match other controllers, leading to a much more stable memory footprint for the controller as events don’t get backed up in the worker queues.
SDK Server Enhancements: The SDK server now has less verbose logging on Watch disconnections.
Component Updates: Hugo has been upgraded to version 0.118.2 and grpc-gateway has been upgraded to v2.17.1. Additionally, the joonix/log has been modified to utilize the new joonix.NewFormatter().

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Cloud build script for simple-game-server by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3314
feat: discard disconnected game server streams by @antiphp in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3328
Rust SDK on crates.io by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3332
restapi generation: clean before generation so we don’t leak files by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3353
Implements GetCounter and UpdateCounter on the SDK Server by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3322
Adds Go SDK client Counter functions by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3372
Update Go simple-game-server to have commands for Counter SDK methods by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3378
Adds GameServer e2e tests for Counters by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3381
Updates Fleet and GameServerSet CRDs by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3396
Add conformance test implementation for C# SDK by @yoshd in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3392
Adds fleet e2e test for Counter by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3399

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.35.0

Blog: 1.34.0 - Kubernetes 1.27 Support, Allocation State Filter to Stable, and all the Addresses for GameServers

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.34.0 release of Agones.

In this release, we’ve upgraded Kubernetes compatibility, graduated StateAllocationFilter to stable, and enhanced GameServers and GameServerAllocation address support.

Kubernetes Support: The latest update extends support to Kubernetes versions 1.25, 1.26, and 1.27, enhancing compatibility with current Kubernetes deployments.
Allocation State Filter is now Stable: The allocation state filter feature has been promoted to stable. It determines the specific state that should be filtered when trying to obtain a GameServer through allocation. By default, this filter is set to Ready, but it can also be set to Allocated. When the Allocated option is selected, it can be combined with label or player selectors to access an already Allocated GameServer.
Custom Fleet Autoscaler Synchronization Interval is now Stable: The ability to specify the interval in which the Fleet autoscaler syncs its state and updates its backing Fleet has now also been moved to Stable.
GameServer Address Improvements: GamesServers and GameServerAllocation results now also return the full set of Address records that are attached to the node they came from. This can be useful for dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 nodes, nodes with hostnames and more.
Migrating to Distroless Image: We have migrated from Alpine as the base container image for Agones to Distroless making managing consistent updates to the base image easier for the Agones team.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Graduate CustomFasSyncInterval To Stable by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3235
Alpine ➡️ Distroless as Agones base image by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3270
Adds Counts and Lists AutoScale Policies by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3211
More Local Dev Server Support by @CauhxMilloy in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3252
GameServerAllocation to sort Priorities by Allocated Capacity by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3282
Add Node.Status.Address to GameServer.Status in CRD and SDK by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3299
Add GameServer addresses to the allocation APIs by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3307
Cloud Build Script for supertuxkart by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3291
Add “Choosing a GCP network” to GKE Cluster Creation by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3311
Cloud Build script for crd-client by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3290
Cloud build script for rust-simple by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3313
Cloudbuild script for autoscaler-webhook by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3298
update xonotic example to 0.8.6 by @ashutosji in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3273
Cloud Build script for allocation-endpoint by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3289
Cloud build script for nodejs-simple by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3312
Cloud build script for Xonotic image by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3317
Graduate StateAllocationFilter to Stable by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3308
Sort by Priority for strategy Distributed by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3296
Build Script for cpp-simple by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3320

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.34.0

Blog: 1.33.0 - SDKGracefulTermination To Stable and Returning Metadata on Allocation

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.33.0 release of Agones.

In this release, we have focused on improving the documentation, stabilized the SDKGracefulTermination feature, and are now returning GameServer annotations and labels on allocation response.

The SDKGracefulTermination feature has been promoted to stable. The SDK server will now remain active for the specified terminationGracePeriodSeconds until SDK.Shutdown() has been called to ensure that game servers can successfully run to completion during automatic node upgrades without downtime.
The helm documentation has been restructured into multiple sections making it much easier to understand the configuration options and customize the Agones installation.
GameServerAllocation now has a metadata field returned with the metadata of the allocated GameServer. This can be useful for returning information about the GameServer, Fleet or even the cluster to the allocating process.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Cloud Build config to trigger a build if no build is running by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3174
Add a helm flag to force Agones system components onto dedicated nodes by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3161
Counts and Lists Aggregate Values for Fleet Status and GameServerSet Status by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3180
[Release Automation] Label PRs with GitHub Action by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3151
Add make gen-crd-clients to the CI suite by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3196
Adds Counters and Lists to FleetAutoScaler CRD by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3198
Expose GameServer types by @MiniaczQ in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3205
Label PR by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3216
Remove Feature Expiry Version Shortcodes by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3210
Add labels and annotations to allocation response by @austin-space in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3197
Update Version in site/config.toml by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3227
Move SDKGracefulTermination To Stable by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3231
Delete attribute by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3225
GKE Autopilot: Add primary container annotation for game server container by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3234
Fix goclient request dashboard and add allocator to the drill down; Change goclient workqueue dashboard y axis unit by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3240

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Blog: 1.32.0 - Go 1.20 and Many Features Graduated To Beta!

Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.32.0 release of Agones.

This upgrade ensures that your game servers are equipped with the latest tools and improvements, enhancing their overall performance and stability:

Upgrade to Go version 1.20.
The ResetMetricsOnDelete feature is now beta and enabled by default. Now when a Fleet or FleetAutoscaler is deleted from the system, Agones will automatically clear metrics that utilize their name as a label from the exported metrics, so the metrics exported do not continuously grow in size over the lifecycle of the Agones installation.
The PodHostname feature that allows you to access a GameServer Pod within a cluster by a DNS name is now beta and enabled by default.
The SplitControllerAndExtensions feature which splits the Agones controller into multiple binaries for better reliability is now beta and enabled by default.
The SafeToEvict feature has been promoted to stable.

We encourage you to take advantage of these promoted features to enhance the stability, performance, and functionality of your game servers.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Release Automation: Push images on cloud by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3090
Sort By Counters or Lists during GameServerAllocation 2716 by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3091
Push-Chart to Helm Repo on GCS by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3114
Allocated GameServers updated on Fleet update by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3101
require.NoError in fleet tests instead of continuing by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3124
Move PodHostName to Beta by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3118
Creating a branch for release by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3127
Documentation: Allocated GameServer Overflow by @markmandel in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3131
Move make release-deploy-site into pre-build-release by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3132
Upgrade to Golang version 1.20.4 by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3137
Added labels to the agones.allocator by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3125
GameServerAllocation Actions for Counters and Lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3117
Graduate SafeToEvict to GA by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3146
Move ResetMetricsOnDelete to Beta by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3154
[Release Automation] Update Helm/SDK/Install Packages Version Numbers by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3149
Allocation.proto Updates for Counts and Lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3150
Add parametric host address by @MiniaczQ in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3111
Allow setting a static NodePort for the ping service by @towolf in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3148
Promote SplitControllerAndExtensions to beta by @chiayi in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3165

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.32.0

Blog: 1.31.0 - Fixes for Health Checking, Updated Kubernetes Version and Lots of Improvements!

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.31.0 release of Agones.

In this release we see fixes that ensure that GameServers won’t move to Unhealthy while they are still downloading their images, Kubernetes versions 1.24, 1.25 and 1.26 are now supported, as well as a bunch of other smaller bug fixes and project improvements.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Update Supported Kubernetes to 1.24 1.25 1.26 by @gongmax in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3029

Implemented enhancements:

Add automation to report on recent build flakes by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3012
Fix GKE Autopilot auto-detection for 1.26 by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3032
Adds Counter to SDK alpha.proto by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3002
Add leader election feature to agones-controller by @chiayi in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3025
Adds List to SDK alpha.proto by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3039
Link to Global Scale Demo from Agones Examples page by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3064
Add timeout to SDK k8s client by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3070
Add helm setting for leader election by @chiayi in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3051
Have TestPlayerConnectWithCapacityZero use framework to wait by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3062
Retry build cancellation if it fails by @zmerlynn in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3073
GitHub action for stale issues by @geetachavan1 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3075
GameServer Allocation Filtering for Counts and Lists by @igooch in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3065
Automation: Update Approved Auto-Merge PR’s to latest main by @Kalaiselvi84 in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3066
Add e2e test for leader election by @chiayi in https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/3076

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.31.0

Blog: 1.30.0 - GKE Autopilot and Multiple Kubernetes version support

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.30.0 release of Agones.

This release brings us support for multiple Kubernetes versions (no more being tied to a single version!), support for GKE Autopilot, and a large collection of bug fixes and general improvements. This is also the first release following our new release process whereby we do not publish a release candidate prior to the release.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Add error callback to testSDKClient #2964 (steven-supersolid)

Implemented enhancements:

TypeScript types for Node SDK #2937
Graduate SafeToEvict to Beta #2931
Upgrade windows node image on GKE #2582
Player Tracking for each GameServer #1033
Add extensions status dash and dash name change #3000 (chiayi)
Add variable to go-client request dashboard #2998 (chiayi)
Add more time and logging to extensions test #2996 (chiayi)
Add Extensions Resource Dashboard #2993 (chiayi)
Add integration guide for Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus #2990 (zmerlynn)
Added back metrics support for extensions #2988 (chiayi)
Adds default values for Counters and Lists fields #2983 (igooch)
Kubernetes Update template, Release template, and site content change for multiple k8s version support #2980 (gongmax)
CRDs for AllocationOverflow #2979 (markmandel)
More “packed” behavior when reducing GameServerSet replicas. #2974 (castaneai)
Create e2e test clusters in different regions to mitigate quota limit issue #2969 (gongmax)
Run e2e tests on multiple clusters with different versions #2968 (gongmax)
Pre-Alpha Feature Gate: FleetAllocationOverflow #2967 (markmandel)
Updates counters lists schema status CRDs for gameservers fleets #2965 (igooch)
Create e2e test clusters with multiple k8s versions #2962 (gongmax)
Add e2e test for Extensions #2947 (chiayi)
Arbitrary Counts and Lists Feature/CRD #2946 (igooch)
Add types for nodejs sdk #2940 (vasily-polonsky)
Use GCS as the Terraform state backend #2938 (gongmax)
Disable consul locking if consul is not present #2934 (zmerlynn)
Allocation Endpoint: Fix Makefile to correctly call docker build #2933 (abmarcum)
Added GKE Workload Identity flag to GKE Terraform modules #2928 (abmarcum)
Add doc for “Controlling Disruption”, document SafeToEvict #2924 (zmerlynn)
Enable SplitControllerAndExtensions for e2e testing and changed valueâ€¦ #2923 (chiayi)
Allow 30m more to acquire consul lock #2922 (zmerlynn)
Add GKE Autopilot to e2e #2913 (zmerlynn)
GKE Autopilot: Add terraform module, users #2912 (zmerlynn)
e2e: Use gotestsum for CI e2e runs, change e2e ARGS handling #2904 (zmerlynn)
Wait on free ports on GKE Autopilot #2901 (zmerlynn)
controller/extensions: Add explicit requests/limits for ephemeral storage #2900 (zmerlynn)
Validate the .scheduling field in the fleet and gameserverset #2892 (zmerlynn)
Trim down agones-extensions and add flag to agones-controller #2891 (chiayi)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.30.0

Blog: 1.29.0 - Kubernetes 1.24.0, SDKGracefulTermination feature in beta, New PodHostname feature

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.29.0 release of Agones.

We are bringing a huge release to start 2023!

Update Agones to support for Kubernetes 1.24.0
SDKGracefulTermination feature has now graduated to beta. So by default, the sidecar container will not shutdown immeadiately on TERM signal, but instead wait for Shutdown state to occur.
A new PodHostname feature is now available, if you need to able to access a GameServer Pod within a cluster by a DNS name.
Agones release images have all been moved to Google Artifact Registry
Prior releases will still be accessible in their previous location
Updated dependencies for security fixes While we expect no issues, we also updated the gRPC libraries that Agones uses, so please make sure to test upgrades before deploying to production.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Update Kubernetes to 1.24 #2867
Migrate from github.com/golang/protobuf to google.golang.org/protobuf #2786 (govargo)

Implemented enhancements:

Graduate SDKGracefulTermination to beta #2831
Set the hostName of the Pod to the name of the GameServer #2704
Update from golang/protobuf to google.golang.org/protobuf #2462
Release Automation: Add cloud build target for release builds #2460
Release Automation: Generate version of website to push #2457
Consider moving agones system images from gcr.io to GCP’s artifact registry #2358
CI builds should publish a multi-arch manifest for the agones-sdk image #2280
Generate Changelog - Release Automation: Add cloud build target for release builds #2884 (mangalpalli)
GameServer Pod: Stable Network ID #2826 (markmandel)
Release Automation: Generate version of website to push #2808 (mangalpalli)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.29.0

Blog: 1.29.0 - Release Candidate

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.29.0-rc release of Agones.

We are bringing a huge release to start 2023!

Update Agones to support for Kubernetes 1.24.0
SDKGracefulTermination feature has now graduated to beta. So by default, the sidecar container will not shutdown immeadiately on TERM signal, but instead wait for Shutdown state to occur.
A new PodHostname feature is now available, if you need to able to access a GameServer Pod within a cluster by a DNS name.
Agones release images have all been moved to Google Artifact Registry
Updated dependencies for security fixes

While we expect no issues, we also updated the gRPC libraries that Agones uses, so please make sure to test upgrades before deploying to production.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Update Kubernetes to 1.24 #2867
Migrate from github.com/golang/protobuf to google.golang.org/protobuf #2786 (govargo)

Implemented enhancements:

Graduate SDKGracefulTermination to beta #2831
Set the hostName of the Pod to the name of the GameServer #2704
Update from golang/protobuf to google.golang.org/protobuf #2462
Release Automation: Add cloud build target for release builds #2460
Release Automation: Generate version of website to push #2457
Consider moving agones system images from gcr.io to GCP’s artifact registry #2358
CI builds should publish a multi-arch manifest for the agones-sdk image #2280
Generate Changelog - Release Automation: Add cloud build target for release builds #2884 (mangalpalli)
GameServer Pod: Stable Network ID #2826 (markmandel)
Release Automation: Generate version of website to push #2808 (mangalpalli)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.29.0-rc

Blog: 1.28.0 - OpenShift Support, Player Tracking Metrics and GKE Terraform Improvements

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.28.0 release of Agones.

Highlights for this release include:

Support for OpenShift (where OwnerReferencesPermissionEnforcement is enabled)
Metrics for Player Tracking
GKE Terraform options for regional clusters and autoscaling

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Add a FAQ entry describing when you would use Agones vs. StatefulSets #2770
Documentation: Kubernetes and Agones supported version matrix #2237
Immutable replicas field would allow PodDisruptionBudget on selected GameServer Pods #2806
Update example allocation yaml files to use selectors instead of required #2771
Only refresh certificates if the fsnotify event is relevant #1816
Terraform, GKE - add autoscaling Node Pools option #1467
Terraform, GKE - Option to create a Regional Cluster #1441
Adding AGONES_SDK_GRPC_HOST to NewSDK #1183
GameServer: Implement (immutable) scale subresource, add pdb #2807 (zmerlynn)
Sync Pod host ports back to GameServer in GCP #2782 (zmerlynn)
Players in-game metric for when PlayerTracking is enabled #2765 (estebangarcia)
Implemented PodDisruptionBudget on relevant deployments #2740 (valentintorikian)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.28.0

Blog: 1.28.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.28.0-rc release of Agones.

Highlights for this release include:

Support for OpenShift (where OwnerReferencesPermissionEnforcement is enabled)
Metrics for Player Tracking
GKE Terraform options for regional clusters and autoscaling

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Immutable replicas field would allow PodDisruptionBudget on selected GameServer Pods #2806
Update example allocation yaml files to use selectors instead of required #2771
Only refresh certificates if the fsnotify event is relevant #1816
Terraform, GKE - add autoscaling Node Pools option #1467
Terraform, GKE - Option to create a Regional Cluster #1441
Adding AGONES_SDK_GRPC_HOST to NewSDK #1183
GameServer: Implement (immutable) scale subresource, add pdb #2807 (zmerlynn)
Sync Pod host ports back to GameServer in GCP #2782 (zmerlynn)
Players in-game metric for when PlayerTracking is enabled #2765 (estebangarcia)
Implemented PodDisruptionBudget on relevant deployments #2740 (valentintorikian)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.28.0-rc

Blog: 1.27.0 - Go 1.19 and Cluster Autoscaler Improvements

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.27.0 release of Agones.

In this release Agones upgrades to Go 1.19 (from 1.17!), so we can take advantage of all the improvements therein.

This release has lots of important changes including:

Enable image streaming everywhere by default on GKE
Provide more flexibility on utilising the cluster autoscaler with graceful termination.
Reduced logging verbosity by wrapping an error into function.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Allow cluster autoscaler to scale down game server pods #2747
[GKE] - Should we enable image streaming everywhere? #2746
Support Agones on ARM systems #2216
Update example containers to fix security vulnerabilities #1154

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.27.0

Blog: 1.27.0 - Release Candidate

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.27.0-rc release of Agones.

In this release Agones upgrades to Go 1.19 (from 1.17!), so we can take advantage of all the improvements therein.

This release has lots of important changes including:

Enable image streaming everywhere by default on GKE
Provide more flexibility on utilising the cluster autoscaler with graceful termination.
Reduced logging verbosity by wrapping an error into function.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Allow cluster autoscaler to scale down game server pods #2747
[GKE] - Should we enable image streaming everywhere? #2746
Support Agones on ARM systems #2216
Update example containers to fix security vulnerabilities #1154

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.27.0-rc

Blog: 1.26.0 - Kubernetes 1.23, Fleet and Metrics Optimisation and more!

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.26.0 release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.23, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters.

This release has lots of important bug fixes including:

Remove < Ready GameServers first when scaling down on the same node.
Fleet Autoscaler - Fleet name CRD Validation issue.
Fleet specific prometheus metrics to stop being exported when the fleet is deleted.
Fix for FleetAutoscaler keeps alive all TLS connections permanently causing memory leak on webhook server.
Fix for Default value on website for helm.installTests in helm chart setup.
Clear metric labels on Fleet/Autoscaler delete

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Update Kubernetes to 1.23 #2642
Upgrade Agones to Kubernetes 1.23 #2711 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Move StateAllocationFilter to Beta #2688
Made strategy configurable on relevant deployments #2721 (valentintorikian)
Exposes metrics ports on pods in order to enable GCP Managed Prometheus #2712 (austin-space)
Move StateAllocationFilter to beta #2695 (katsew)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.26.0

Blog: 1.26.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.26.0-rc release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.23, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters.

This release has lots of important bug fixes including:

Remove < Ready GameServers first when scaling down on the same node.
Fleet Autoscaler - Fleet name CRD Validation issue.
Fleet specific prometheus metrics to stop being exported when the fleet is deleted.
Fix for FleetAutoscaler keeps alive all TLS connections permanently causing memory leak on webhook server.
Fix for Default value on website for helm.installTests in helm chart setup.
Clear metric labels on Fleet/Autoscaler delete

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Update Kubernetes to 1.23 #2642
Upgrade Agones to Kubernetes 1.23 #2711 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Move StateAllocationFilter to Beta #2688
Made strategy configurable on relevant deployments #2721 (valentintorikian)
Exposes metrics ports on pods in order to enable GCP Managed Prometheus #2712 (austin-space)
Move StateAllocationFilter to beta #2695 (katsew)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.26.0-rc

Blog: 1.25.0 - Unity SDK Alpha Support, Fleet Custom Sync Interval and more

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.25.0 release of Agones.

This release has lots of enhancements and bug fixes. This includes:

Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta.
Move NodeExternalDNS to stable.
Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1.3.
Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5.
Add Alpha SDK support to the Unity SDK.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5 #2664
End to end tests for SDKGracefulTermination #2647
Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta #2646
Move NodeExternalDNS to stable #2643
Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1.3 #2546
Docs: How to do local container with sdk #2677 (markmandel)
upgrade xonotic version #2669 (mridulji)
NodeExternalDNS/stable #2660 (SaitejaTamma)
Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta #2654 (govargo)
Support for Unity Alpha SDK #2600 (MaxHayman)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.25.0

Blog: 1.25.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.25.0-rc release of Agones.

This release has lots of enhancements and bug fixes. This includes:

Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta.
Move NodeExternalDNS to stable.
Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1.3.
Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5.
Add Alpha SDK support to the Unity SDK.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Upgrade Xonotic to 0.8.5 #2664
End to end tests for SDKGracefulTermination #2647
Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta #2646
Move NodeExternalDNS to stable #2643
Upgrade SuperTuxKart to 1.3 #2546
Docs: How to do local container with sdk #2677 (markmandel)
upgrade xonotic version #2669 (mridulji)
NodeExternalDNS/stable #2660 (SaitejaTamma)
Move CustomFasSyncInterval to Beta #2654 (govargo)
Support for Unity Alpha SDK #2600 (MaxHayman) Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/ { end }

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.25.0-rc

Blog: 1.24.0 - Arm64, Fleet and SDK Bug Fixes

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.24.0 Release of Agones.

This release has lots of important bug fixes and documentation. This includes:

ARM64 image for the simple-game-server example.
Fix for scaling a fleet when a game server is allocated from an older version.
Fix for sdkServer.logLevel nil in Gameserver in local-mode.
sdkServer.logLevel in Gameserver config can now be used in local mode.

We also believe we’ve fixed all the issues with running on ARM64 clusters with this release, so please give a try.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Add metric for number of reserved replicas in a fleet #2609
Make batchWaitTime configurable in the Allocator #2586
Document how to use Informers and Listers to query Agones #1260
Add docs for reserved replicas metric #2611 (markmandel)
Add metric for number of reserved replicas #2610 (govargo)
e2e tests for arm64 simple game server #2604 (Ludea)
Ping arm img #2591 (Ludea)
Make Allocator batchWaitTime configurable #2589 (valentintorikian)
Added Agones Category to all UPROPERTY macro #2587 (Dinhh1)
Add Document about Informers and Listers #2579 (govargo)
Update Rust SDK build image #2635 (markmandel)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.24.0

Blog: 1.24.0 - Release Candidate

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.24.0-rc Release of Agones.

This release has lots of important bug fixes and documentation. This includes:

ARM64 image for the simple-game-server example.
Fix for scaling a fleet when a game server is allocated from an older version.
Fix for sdkServer.logLevel nil in Gameserver in local-mode.
sdkServer.logLevel in Gameserver config can now be used in local mode.

We also believe we’ve fixed all the issues with running on ARM64 clusters with this release, so please give a try (especially while we are in RC and can potentially fix things before stable next week).

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Add metric for number of reserved replicas in a fleet #2609
Make batchWaitTime configurable in the Allocator #2586
Document how to use Informers and Listers to query Agones #1260
Add docs for reserved replicas metric #2611 (markmandel)
Add metric for number of reserved replicas #2610 (govargo)
e2e tests for arm64 simple game server #2604 (Ludea)
Ping arm img #2591 (Ludea)
Make Allocator batchWaitTime configurable #2589 (valentintorikian)
Added Agones Category to all UPROPERTY macro #2587 (Dinhh1)
Add Document about Informers and Listers #2579 (govargo)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.24.0-rc

Blog: 1.23.0 - Kubernetes 1.22 and initial arm support

Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.23.0 release of Agones.

This release introduces initial support for running game servers on linux machines using the ARM architecture! If this is of interest to you, please test it out and give us feedback so that we can ensure that it works reliably before promoting the support to stable.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.22, so if you are installing this release, please remember to upgrade your clusters.

This release has lots of important bug fixes including:

Fix for health controller race condition marking healthy pods as unhealthy.
Check for DeletionTimestamp of fleet and gameserverset before scaling.
GameServer stucks in Shutdown state preventing a rolling update to complete.
Fix for GameServer back to Ready always.
Queue updated GameServers with DeletionTimestamp.
Panic in sidecar in 1.22.0.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade terraform to Kubernetes 1.22 #2551 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.22 #2494
Update golang version used in App Engine #2382
Allocator controller arm64 img #2565 (Ludea)
sdk arm64 images #2521 (Ludea)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.23.0

Blog: 1.23.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.23.0-rc release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.22, so if you are installing this release, please remember to upgrade your clusters.

This release has lots of important bug fixes including:

Fix for health controller race condition marking healthy pods as unhealthy.
Check for DeletionTimestamp of fleet and gameserverset before scaling.
GameServer stucks in Shutdown state preventing a rolling update to complete.
Fix for GameServer back to Ready always.
Queue updated GameServers with DeletionTimestamp.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade terraform to Kubernetes 1.22 #2551 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.22 #2494
Update golang version used in App Engine #2382
Allocator controller arm64 img #2565 (Ludea)
sdk arm64 images #2521 (Ludea)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.23.0-rc

Blog: 1.22.0 - More Bug Fixes, Examples and Load Testing Tools

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.22.0 release of Agones.

This release has lots of important bug fixes, examples and tools. This includes:

Fix for Fleet rolling updates getting stuck when under high load.
Several SDK fixes, for both Go and C++.
Load testing framework for better load scenario testing.
A GCP specific multi-cluster allocation example,
Ability to integrate Agones internal certificates with cert-manager.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Add a multi-cluster allocation example solution to leverage GCP resources to connect to multiple Agones clusters #2495
Agones controller metrics becomes a huge amount of data over time #2424
Allow specifying agones-allocator nodePort via Helm values #1699
Optionally include a ServiceMonitor in the Helm chart #1605
Integrate with cert-manager to manage secrets on the cluster #1461
Load Testing Framework for internal and external usage #412
Add Allocation Endpoint GCP solution for multi-cluster allocation to Agones examples #2499 (pooneh-m)
Add a tool that can run variable allocation load scenarios #2493 (roberthbailey)
updates for next release #2482 (SaitejaTamma)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.22.0

Blog: 1.22.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.22.0-rc Release of Agones.

This release has lots of important bug fixes, examples and tools. This includes:

Fix for Fleet rolling updates getting stuck when under high load.
Several SDK fixes, for both Go and C++.
Load testing framework for better load scenario testing.
A GCP specific multi-cluster allocation example,
Ability to integrate Agones internal certificates with cert-manager.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Agones controller metrics becomes a huge amount of data over time #2424
Allow specifying agones-allocator nodePort via Helm values #1699
Optionally include a ServiceMonitor in the Helm chart #1605
Integrate with cert-manager to manage secrets on the cluster #1461
Load Testing Framework for internal and external usage #412
Add Allocation Endpoint GCP solution for multi-cluster allocation to Agones examples #2499 (pooneh-m)
Add a tool that can run variable allocation load scenarios #2493 (roberthbailey)
updates for next release #2482 (SaitejaTamma)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.22.0-rc

Blog: 1.21.0 - Lots of Bug Fixes!

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is a big bug fix release!

Not only did we fix a ton of flaky tests (which will make contributing easier), but also solved lots of tricky bugs in the process. This includes fixes to the alpha Fleet Autoscaling custom syncing, as well as quality of life improvements where we now validate metadata patches on GameServerAllocation.

If you are using Agones’ metrics, note that there is breaking change, in that the node_name label has been removed from allocation metrics to remove a potential cardinality bomb.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Security fixes:

Update the node-forge dependency to address GHSA-5rrq-pxf6-6jx5 #2435 (roberthbailey)

Breaking changes:

Remove node_name label from allocation metrics #2433 (yoshd)

Implemented enhancements:

Update to node 16 / npm 7 #2450
Fix “kubectl explain” output for Agones CRDs #1194
Adding AcceleratXR to companies using agones #2412 (acceleratxr)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.21.0

Blog: 1.21.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.21.0-rc release of Agones.

This is a big bug fix release!

If you are using Agones’ metrics, note that there is breaking change, in that the node_name label has been removed from allocation metrics to remove a potential cardinality bomb.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Security fixes:

Update the node-forge dependency to address GHSA-5rrq-pxf6-6jx5 #2435 (roberthbailey)

Breaking changes:

Remove node_name label from allocation metrics #2433 (yoshd)

Implemented enhancements:

Update to node 16 / npm 7 #2450
Fix “kubectl explain” output for Agones CRDs #1194
Adding AcceleratXR to companies using agones #2412 (acceleratxr)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.21.0-rc

Blog: 1.20.0 - Updates to gRPC and Simple Game Server Example

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.20.0 release of Agones.

This release brings us the simple game server version 0.6 and grpc client and server on same version

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Security fixes:

Upgrade terraform test dependencies. #2425 (markmandel)

Implemented enhancements:

Update the simple game server to move itself back to the Ready state after allocation #2409 (roberthbailey)
Add a flag to simple-game-server to shutdown after a specified number of seconds #2407 (roberthbailey)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.20.0

Blog: 1.20.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.20.0-rc release of Agones.

This release provides new functionality to the simple game server (now version 0.6), as well as bringing the grpc client and server to be the same version across the project.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Update the simple game server to move itself back to the Ready state after allocation #2409 (roberthbailey)
Add a flag to simple-game-server to shutdown after a specified number of seconds #2407 (roberthbailey)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.20.0-rc

Blog: 1.19.0 - Kubernetes 1.21, SDKWatchSendOnExecute to stable, NodeExternalDNS to beta, Terraform 1.0

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.19.0 release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.21, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters.

The SDKWatchSendOnExecute feature has graduated to stable! And the feature NodeExternalDNS moved from alpha to beta and is enabled by default.

Terraform is upgraded to 1.0.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.21 #2311
Move NodeExternalDNS to Beta #2240
Upgrade client-go to v0.21.5. #2333 (roberthbailey)
Upgrade terraform to Kubernetes 1.21. #2326 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

allow passing certificates as values instead of files in the Helm chart #2364
Move SDK sidecar to first position in container list #2355
Unity package for Unity SDK #2338
Prometheus metrics: Use ServiceMonitor instead of deprecated annotation mechanism #2262
Sidecar REST endpoint should return 400 if healthcheck body is empty #2256
Move SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Stable #2238
Upgrade Terraform to 1.0 #2142
NodeExternalDNS moved to beta #2369 (SaitejaTamma)
expose Helm chart values for custom certs #2367 (rahil-p)
Move the agones sidecar containers to the beginning of the list of containers #2357 (roberthbailey)
SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Stable #2353 (SaitejaTamma)
Update alpine version to 3.14 #2345 (SaitejaTamma)
Support Unity Package Manager #2343 (aaronchapin-tocaboca)
Add a flag to the simple game server so that it can have a delay before marking itself ready #2340 (roberthbailey)
Add ability to specify annotations for the SDK service account #2317 (highlyunavailable)
Add error callback to WatchGameServer in Node.js SDK #2315 (steven-supersolid)
Prometheus metrics: Use ServiceMonitor instead of deprecated annotation mechanism #2290 (zifter)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Blog: 1.19.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.19.0-rc release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.21, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters.

The SDKWatchSendOnExecute feature has graduated to stable! And the feature NodeExternalDNS moved from alpha to beta and is enabled by default.

Terraform is upgraded to 1.0

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.21 #2311
Move NodeExternalDNS to Beta #2240

Implemented enhancements:

allow passing certificates as values instead of files in the Helm chart #2364
Move SDK sidecar to first position in container list #2355
Migrate to use prow GitHub app instead of bot account #2347
Unity package for Unity SDK #2338
Prometheus metrics: Use ServiceMonitor instead of deprecated annotation mechanism #2262
Sidecar REST endpoint should return 400 if healthcheck body is empty #2256
Move SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Stable #2238
Upgrade Terraform to 1.0 #2142
NodeExternalDNS moved to beta #2369 (SaitejaTamma)
expose Helm chart values for custom certs #2367 (rahil-p)
Upgrading grpc client and server on same version #2362 (SaitejaTamma)
Move the agones sidecar containers to the beginning of the list of containers #2357 (roberthbailey)
SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Stable #2353 (SaitejaTamma)
Update alpine version to 3.14 #2345 (SaitejaTamma)
Support Unity Package Manager #2343 (aaronchapin-tocaboca)
Add a flag to the simple game server so that it can have a delay before marking itself ready #2340 (roberthbailey)
Update CRD API reference for Kubernetes 1.21. #2334 (roberthbailey)
Upgrade client-go to v0.21.5. #2333 (roberthbailey)
Update Minikube and Kind dev tooling to Kubernetes 1.21. #2328 (roberthbailey)
Upgrade terraform to Kubernetes 1.21. #2326 (roberthbailey)
Adding Vizor Games to list ‘Companies using Agones’ #2320 (SealTV)
Add ability to specify annotations for the SDK service account #2317 (highlyunavailable)
Add error callback to WatchGameServer in Node.js SDK #2315 (steven-supersolid)
Upgraded Terraform to >=1.0 #2308 (zaratsian)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.19.0-rc

Blog: 1.18.0 - gRPC compatibility fix, RollingUpdateOnReady to stable, SDKGracefulTermination in alpha

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the v1.18.0 release of Agones.

This release fixes a gRPC compatibility issue in the allocator service introduced in Agones 1.11.0. If you have a gRPC client that does not work with the allocator server, you can now disable the REST server or set it to a different port for better client compatibility.

The RollingUpdateOnReady feature has graduated to stable! And the new alpha feature SDKGracefulTermination makes Agones work better with preemptible VMs.

Note: Some helm parameters related to the allocator service were renamed to make them more consistent. In particular, if you were setting the agones.allocator.http.loadBalancerIP so that helm would automatically set up the server certificate, the parameter has been renamed to agones.allocator.service.loadBalancerIP. If you were setting this or any other parameters for the allocator service please check your helm scripts and ensure that you are using the new parameters.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Allow the ports for gRPC and REST to be configured for the allocator service #2272 (roberthbailey)
Changed helm parameters used to configure the allocator service #2272 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Skip volume mounts in the allocator pod if TLS on mTLS is disabled #2276
Allow the allocator service to use the go http/2 server #2263
Move RollingUpdateOnReady to Stable #2239
Explain how namespace parameter works for allocations #2090
Proposal: provide allocator-client.default secret in gameserver namespace #1686
Game Server Allocation advanced filtering: player count, state, reallocation #1239
Skip the secrets and volume mounts in the allocator pod when they aren’t needed #2277 (roberthbailey)
Move RollingUpdateOnReady to stable #2271 (Jeffwan)
Docs: High Density Integration Pattern #2270 (markmandel)
Docs: Integration Pattern - Reusing GameServers #2251 (markmandel)
Support graceful termination #2205 (bennetty)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.18.0

Blog: 1.18.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.18.0-rc release of Agones.

The RollingUpdateOnReady feature has graduated to stable! And the new alpha feature SDKGracefulTermination makes Agones work better with preemptible VMs.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Allow the ports for gRPC and REST to be configured for the allocator service #2272 (roberthbailey)
Changed helm parameters used to configure the allocator service #2272 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Skip volume mounts in the allocator pod if TLS on mTLS is disabled #2276
Allow the allocator service to use the go http/2 server #2263
Move RollingUpdateOnReady to Stable #2239
Explain how namespace parameter works for allocations #2090
Proposal: provide allocator-client.default secret in gameserver namespace #1686
Game Server Allocation advanced filtering: player count, state, reallocation #1239
Skip the secrets and volume mounts in the allocator pod when they aren’t needed #2277 (roberthbailey)
Move RollingUpdateOnReady to stable #2271 (Jeffwan)
Docs: High Density Integration Pattern #2270 (markmandel)
Docs: Integration Pattern - Reusing GameServers #2251 (markmandel)
Support graceful termination #2205 (bennetty)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.18.0-rc

Blog: 1.17.0 - Kubernetes 1.20, deprecated required/preferred, add sync property to FleetAutoScaler

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.17.0 release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.20, so if you are installing this release, remember to upgrade your clusters.

Starting from this release, required and preferred are deprecated in GameServerAllocation Specification, please use selectors for future allocation match labels.

New functionality highlights in this release include:

Added a new property to Fleet Autoscaler for supporting custom sync interval (alpha).
Advanced allocation filters, including player capacity and game server state (alpha).

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.20 #2186
Upgrade client-go to v0.20.9. #2194 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Configurable custom resync period for FleetAutoscaler #1955
Docs: Player Capacity Integration Pattern #2229 (markmandel)
Docs: Canary Testing Integration Pattern #2227 (markmandel)
Create “Integration Patterns” section in docs #2215 (markmandel)
Update the GameServerAllocation Specification to remove required/pref… #2206 (cindy52)
Update proto and allocator for advanced allocation #2199 (markmandel)
GSA: Advanced Filtering via resource API #2188 (markmandel)
Upgrade terraform to Kubernetes 1.20. #2187 (roberthbailey)
Custom fleet autoscaler resync interval #2171 (jie-bao)
GSA: Switch LabelSelector to GameServerSelector #2166 (markmandel)

Security fixes:

Update dev dependencies and audit fix security warning #2233 (steven-supersolid)
Update github.com/gorilla/websocket to address CVE-2020-27813. #2195 (roberthbailey)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.17.0

Blog: 1.17.0 - Release Candidate

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.17.0-rc release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.20, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.20 #2186
Upgrade client-go to v0.20.9. #2194 (roberthbailey)

Implemented enhancements:

Pass game port to container as env variable #2201
Configurable custom resync period for FleetAutoscaler #1955
Docs: Player Capacity Integration Pattern #2229 (markmandel)
Docs: Canary Testing Integration Pattern #2227 (markmandel)
Create “Integration Patterns” section in docs #2215 (markmandel)
Update the GameServerAllocation Specification to remove required/pref… #2206 (cindy52)
Update proto and allocator for advanced allocation #2199 (markmandel)
GSA: Advanced Filtering via resource API #2188 (markmandel)
Upgrade terraform to Kubernetes 1.20. #2187 (roberthbailey)
Allow disabling of all allocator secrets in helm chart #2177 (sudermanjr)
Custom fleet autoscaler resync interval #2171 (jie-bao)
GSA: Switch LabelSelector to GameServerSelector #2166 (markmandel)

Security fixes:

Update dev dependencies and audit fix security warning #2233 (steven-supersolid)
Update github.com/gorilla/websocket to address CVE-2020-27813. #2195 (roberthbailey)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.17.0-rc

Blog: 1.16.0 - Kubernetes 1.19, golang 1.15

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.16.0 release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.19, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters.

If you are using Fleet autoscalers with a webhook that is also configured with an SSL certificate, you will now be required to include a SAN in your certificate as Agones is now using Go 1.15. This migration was previously announced in the v1.11.0 release notes in December of last year.

The helm parameters for setting the service account names were modified to make them more consistent. If you are setting these names you will need to modify your helm scripts to use the new parameters.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.19 #2129
Migrate to using SANs for webhook certificates for Go 1.15 #1899
Review Rust gRPC ecosystem for Rust SDK #1300
Upgrade/go 1.15 #2167 (cindy52)
Upgrade client-go to v0.19.12 #2155 (cindy52)
Update helm configuration to allow annotations to be added to service accounts #2134 (roberthbailey)
Replace grpcio with tonic #2112 (Jake-Shadle)

Implemented enhancements:

Provide an easier way to bring your own certificates via helm chart installation #2175
Remove pre-1.0 documentation from the agones.dev website #2156
It is not possible to configure Agones HELM with Stackdriver in GCloud when the cluster has Workload Identity. #2101
Add “copy to clipboard” buttons to example commands on the website #2096
Add memory and cpu recommendations to minikube starting documentation #1536
Allow disabling of all allocator secrets in helm chart #2177 (sudermanjr)
add copy to clipboard function to code on website #2149 (cindy52)
Refactor ReadyGameServerCache to AllocationCache #2148 (markmandel)
Feature gates for advanced Allocation filtering #2143 (markmandel)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.16.0

Blog: 1.16.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.16.0-rc release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.19, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.19 #2129
Migrate to using SANs for webhook certificates for Go 1.15 #1899
Review Rust gRPC ecosystem for Rust SDK #1300
Upgrade/go 1.15 #2167 (cindy52)
Upgrade client-go to v0.19.12 #2155 (cindy52)
Update helm configuration to allow annotations to be added to service accounts #2134 (roberthbailey)
Replace grpcio with tonic #2112 (Jake-Shadle)

Implemented enhancements:

Provide an easier way to bring your own certificates via helm chart installation #2175
Remove pre-1.0 documentation from the agones.dev website #2156
It is not possible to configure Agones HELM with Stackdriver in GCloud when the cluster has Workload Identity. #2101
Add “copy to clipboard” buttons to example commands on the website #2096
Add memory and cpu recommendations to minikube starting documentation #1536
Allow disabling of all allocator secrets in helm chart #2177 (sudermanjr)
add copy to clipboard function to code on website #2149 (cindy52)
Refactor ReadyGameServerCache to AllocationCache #2148 (markmandel)
Feature gates for advanced Allocation filtering #2143 (markmandel)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.16.0-rc

Blog: 1.15.0 - Azure AKS public IP per node/vm support

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.15.0 release of Agones.

This release brings Azure AKS support for public IP per node/vm.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Azure AKS support for public IP per Node/VM #2083
Unreal plugin WatchGameServer implementation #2064 (highlyunavailable)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.15.0

Blog: 1.15.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.15.0-rc release of Agones.

This release brings Azure AKS support for public IP per node/vm.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Azure AKS support for public IP per Node/VM #2083
Unreal plugin WatchGameServer implementation #2064 (highlyunavailable)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.15.0-rc

Blog: 1.14.0 - Initial Windows Support, RollingUpdateOnReady to beta

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.14.0 release of Agones.

This release introduces initial support for running windows game servers! If this is of interest to you, please test it out and give us feedback so that we can ensure that it works reliably before promoting the support to stable.

It also moves the RollingUpdateOnReady feature to beta and makes it enabled by default.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Implemented enhancements:

Breaking changes:

Move RollingUpdateOnReady to Beta #1970
Update the machine type for GKE clusters in build scripts and terraform modules. #2063 (roberthbailey)
Move RollingUpdateOnReady to Beta #2033 (roberthbailey)

Security fixes:

Update Node.js dependencies and remove bundled sub-dependency #2040 (steven-supersolid)

Implemented enhancements:

Migrate away from Pull Panda #1689
Document best practices for GameServer Allocation #1594
Document the Security and Disclosure process for Agones #745
Support Multiple Cluster spanning the globe #301
Easier to find out about Community Meetings #2069 (markmandel)
Update recommended machine type for GKE #2055
Update simple-game-server to 0.3 #2045
Update the simple game server image to 0.3. #2048 (roberthbailey)
Add Terraform config for Windows clusters #2046 (jeremyje)
Build Agones Windows images by default. #2037 (jeremyje)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.14.0

Blog: 1.14.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.14.0-rc release of Agones.

It also moves the RollingUpdateOnReady feature to beta and makes it enabled by default.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Move RollingUpdateOnReady to Beta #1970
Update the machine type for GKE clusters in build scripts and terraform modules. #2063 (roberthbailey)
Move RollingUpdateOnReady to Beta #2033 (roberthbailey)

Security fixes:

Update Node.js dependencies and remove bundled sub-dependency #2040 (steven-supersolid)

Implemented enhancements:

Update recommended machine type for GKE #2055
Update simple-game-server to 0.3 #2045
Update the simple game server image to 0.3. #2048 (roberthbailey)
Add Terraform config for Windows clusters #2046 (jeremyje)
Build Agones Windows images by default. #2037 (jeremyje)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.14.0-rc

Make sure to add our stable helm repository using helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable

Blog: 1.13.0 - Kubernetes 1.18, Websocket Watch SDK, Empty Ports

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.13.0 release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.18, so please remember to upgrade your clusters with this version.

Worth noting - if you rely on Agones generated client libraries, between Kubernetes 1.17 and 1.18 the API surface of client-go was changed to include a context.Context and Option struct, so you may need to change your code to accommodate that. This tool may be useful for a quick fix.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.18 #1971
Update website supported Kubernetes #2008 (markmandel)
Update client-go to support Kubernetes 1.18.0 #1998 (markmandel)
Remove simple-tcp and simple-udp #1992 (markmandel)
Upgrade dev tooling kubectl to 1.18 #1989 (markmandel)
Upgrade Terraform to 1.18 #1988 (markmandel)

Implemented enhancements:

Update default branch to main #1798
Allow no ports for GameServer #749
Added Cubxity/AgonesKt to third party libraries #2013 (Cubxity)
Update to PodTemplateSpec for 1.18 #2007 (markmandel)
Add support for empty ports #2006 (ItsKev)
add Vela Games to companies that use Agones #2003 (comerford)
Add RollTable to Companies that use Agones #2002 (NullSoldier)
Add Space Game logo to Agones site #2000 (NBoychev)
Add WebSocket capability to WatchGameServer REST API #1999 (highlyunavailable)
Move ContainerPortAllocation to Stable #1961 (markmandel)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.13.0

Blog: 1.13.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.13.0-rc release of Agones.

This release brings us support for Kubernetes 1.18, so if you are testing this release candidate, remember to upgrade your clusters.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.18 #1971
Update website supported Kubernetes #2008 (markmandel)
Update client-go to support Kubernetes 1.18.0 #1998 (markmandel)
Remove simple-tcp and simple-udp #1992 (markmandel)
Upgrade dev tooling kubectl to 1.18 #1989 (markmandel)
Upgrade Terraform to 1.18 #1988 (markmandel)

Implemented enhancements:

Update default branch to main #1798
Allow no ports for GameServer #749
Added Cubxity/AgonesKt to third party libraries #2013 (Cubxity)
Update to PodTemplateSpec for 1.18 #2007 (markmandel)
Add support for empty ports #2006 (ItsKev)
add Vela Games to companies that use Agones #2003 (comerford)
Add RollTable to Companies that use Agones #2002 (NullSoldier)
Add Space Game logo to Agones site #2000 (NBoychev)
Add WebSocket capability to WatchGameServer REST API #1999 (highlyunavailable)
Move ContainerPortAllocation to Stable #1961 (markmandel)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.13.0-rc

Blog: 1.12.0 - Improved GameServer Validation

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.12.0 release of Agones.

A few things to note in this release:

The GameServer CRD now includes the full PodTemplateSpec json schema, to provide better up-front validation. This should be entirely backward compatible, but in case you run into issues, the helm configuration option gameservers.podPreserveUnknownFields is available to disable validation and field pruning.
- If you are using Helm, you might need to update your Helm version and/or do a clean install to apply this update to your cluster if you already have a version of Agones installed, due to the size of the CRD update.
SDKWatchSendOnExecute has been moved to Beta, so by default you will get a copy of the most recent GameServer information with your initial SDK.WatchGameServer(...) request.
The ability to apply port allocation to multiple containers has moved from Beta to Stable!

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Move SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Beta #1904
Move SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Beta stage. #1960 (markmandel)
Utilize ExternalDNS as well as ExternalIP #1928 (nanasi880)

Implemented enhancements:

Utilize ExternalDNS as well as ExternalIP #1921
Move “Port Allocations to Multiple Containers” > Stable #1773
Move ContainerPortAllocation to Stable #1961 (markmandel)
CRD OpenAPI Spec for ObjectMeta & PodTemplateSpec #1956 (markmandel)
Add a “why” section for the Allocator Service documentation #1953 (markmandel)
Add nodeSelector property to Agones helm chart for Allocator #1946 (josephbmanley)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.12.0

Blog: 1.12.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.12.0-rc release of Agones.

A few things to note in this release:

The GameServer CRD now includes the full PodTemplateSpec json schema, to provide better up-front validation. This should be entirely backward compatible, but in case you run into issues, the helm configuration option gameservers.podPreserveUnknownFields is available to disable validation and field pruning.
- If you are using Helm, you might need to update your Helm version and/or do a clean install to apply this update to your cluster if you already have a version of Agones installed, due to the size of the CRD update.
SDKWatchSendOnExecute has been moved to Beta, so by default you will get a copy of the most recent GameServer information with your initial SDK.WatchGameServer(...) request.
The ability to apply port allocation to multiple containers has moved from Beta to Stable!

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Move SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Beta #1904
Move SDKWatchSendOnExecute to Beta stage. #1960 (markmandel)
Utilize ExternalDNS as well as ExternalIP #1928 (nanasi880)

Implemented enhancements:

Utilize ExternalDNS as well as ExternalIP #1921
Move “Port Allocations to Multiple Containers” > Stable #1773
Move ContainerPortAllocation to Stable #1961 (markmandel)
CRD OpenAPI Spec for ObjectMeta & PodTemplateSpec #1956 (markmandel)
Add a “why” section for the Allocator Service documentation #1953 (markmandel)
Add nodeSelector property to Agones helm chart for Allocator #1946 (josephbmanley)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.12.0-rc

Blog: 1.11.0 - Kubernetes 1.17 and REST API for Allocation

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.11.0 release of Agones.

This release includes several breaking changes, that include:

Upgrade supported Kubernetes version to 1.17
Upgrade CRDs to v1 from v1beta1, including adding structured schemas

For this reason, we request that users test this Release Candidate against their current installs to ensure there are no issues before it is moved to stable.

Also, of note: If you are using Fleet autoscalers with a webhook that is also configured with an SSL certificate, and are not using a SAN in your certificate, please update them with this release in preparation for a migration of the project to Go 1.15.

The documentation on creating SSL certificates for Fleet autoscaling webhooks has been updated to include instructions on including a SAN in the certificate, and has been tested to work on the current version of Agones as well.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.17 #1824
Update apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1 to v1 for all CRDs #1799
Move apiregistration & admissionregistration to v1 #1918 (markmandel)
Updated terraform scripts to 1.17 #1916 (markmandel)
Update client-go to 0.17.14 #1913 (markmandel)
Adding SAN to fleet autoscaler certs and updating documentation #1910 (kdima)
Move CRDs from v1beta1 to v1 #1909 (markmandel)
Upgrade terraform and test clusters to 1.17 #1901 (markmandel)

Security fixes:

Updated Go to 1.14.12 #1900 (markmandel)

Implemented enhancements:

Remove support / docs for helm v2 #1853
grpc-gateway powered REST API for MultiCluster Allocation #1495
Support Agones sidecar Windows build #110
Tooling to review pprof heaps #1927 (markmandel)
Move supported site K8s version to shortcodes #1917 (markmandel)
Adding rest to allocation endpoint #1902 (kdima)
#54 Preliminary Windows Image Support #1894 (jeremyje)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.11.0

Blog: 1.11.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.11.0-rc release of Agones.

This release includes several breaking changes, that include:

Upgrade supported Kubernetes version to 1.17
Upgrade CRDs to v1 from v1beta1, including adding structured schemas

For this reason, we request that users test this Release Candidate against their current installs to ensure there are no issues before it is moved to stable.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.17 #1824
Update apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1 to v1 for all CRDs #1799
Move apiregistration & admissionregistration to v1 #1918 (markmandel)
Updated terraform scripts to 1.17 #1916 (markmandel)
Update client-go to 0.17.14 #1913 (markmandel)
Adding SAN to fleet autoscaler certs and updating documentation #1910 (kdima)
Move CRDs from v1beta1 to v1 #1909 (markmandel)
Upgrade terraform and test clusters to 1.17 #1901 (markmandel)

Implemented enhancements:

Remove support / docs for helm v2 #1853
grpc-gateway powered REST API for MultiCluster Allocation #1495
Support Agones sidecar Windows build #110
Tooling to review pprof heaps #1927 (markmandel)
Move supported site K8s version to shortcodes #1917 (markmandel)
Adding rest to allocation endpoint #1902 (kdima)
#54 Preliminary Windows Image Support #1894 (jeremyje)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.11.0-rc

Blog: 1.10.0 - Allocations go faster!

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.10.0 release of Agones.

This release fixes critical performance bugs in the gRPC Allocation endpoint, as well as fixing a memory leak inherited from client-go. Therefore, we recommend upgrading your install of Agones as soon as possible.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Remove the documentation for helm v2 #1859 (roberthbailey)

Security fixes:

update node.js dependencies #1868 (steven-supersolid)

Implemented enhancements:

Adding allocator log level #1879
Adding allocator resources #1873
Add troubleshooting section to allocator and multicluster allocation #1866
Helm setting the annotation of controller and allocator #1848
Change the multi-cluster allocation feature to stable version #1780
Updated C# documentation to use NuGet package #1769
Documented assumed prerequisite knowledge for the project #1759
Multicluster: Add gRPC dial timeout #1700
Add new projects to Third Party section of the site #1882 (danieloliveira079)
Add log level setting in allocator #1880 (8398a7)
Add troubleshooting for allocation gRPC request #1878 (pooneh-m)
Add allocator resources #1874 (8398a7)
[Unreal SDK] Added a response code check to some functions #1870 (dotcom)
Built tools: Update install with Allocation certs #1869 (markmandel)
Add gRPC load test for allocation service #1867 (ilkercelikyilmaz)
Add pod annotations #1849 (8398a7)
Useful Unreal links #1846 (domgreen)
Make the force_update option configurable in Helm/Terraform #1844 (comerford)
[Doc] Mark multicluster allocation feature as stable #1843 (pooneh-m)
Docs: Prerequisite Knowledge section #1821 (markmandel)
adding timeout to remote cluster allocate call and adding total timeout to allocate #1815 (kdima)
Docs: Update C# SDK docs page #1796 (Reousa)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.10.0

Blog: 1.10.0 - Release Candidate

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.10.0-rc release of Agones.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Remove the documentation for helm v2 #1859 (roberthbailey)

Security fixes:

update node.js dependencies #1868 (steven-supersolid)

Implemented enhancements:

Adding allocator log level #1879
Adding allocator resources #1873
Add troubleshooting section to allocator and multicluster allocation #1866
Helm setting the annotation of controller and allocator #1848
Change the multi-cluster allocation feature to stable version #1780
Updated C# documentation to use NuGet package #1769
Documented assumed prerequisite knowledge for the project #1759
Multicluster: Add gRPC dial timeout #1700
Add new projects to Third Party section of the site #1882 (danieloliveira079)
Add log level setting in allocator #1880 (8398a7)
Add troubleshooting for allocation gRPC request #1878 (pooneh-m)
Add allocator resources #1874 (8398a7)
[Unreal SDK] Added a response code check to some functions #1870 (dotcom)
Built tools: Update install with Allocation certs #1869 (markmandel)
Add gRPC load test for allocation service #1867 (ilkercelikyilmaz)
Add pod annotations #1849 (8398a7)
Useful Unreal links #1846 (domgreen)
Make the force_update option configurable in Helm/Terraform #1844 (comerford)
[Doc] Mark multicluster allocation feature as stable #1843 (pooneh-m)
Docs: Prerequisite Knowledge section #1821 (markmandel)
Docs: Update C# SDK docs page #1796 (Reousa)

Documentation: https://development.agones.dev/site/

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones agones/agones --version 1.10.0-rc

Blog: 1.9.0 - Kubernetes 1.16, NuGet and TCP+UDP

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This is the 1.9.0 release of Agones.

Note: In this release we are upgrading the supported Kubernetes version to 1.16, so please make sure to upgrade your clusters.

Check the README for details on features, installation and usage.

Breaking changes:

Upgrade Kubectl to 1.16.15 #1806 (markmandel)
Upgrade client-go and apimachinery to 0.16.15 #1794 (markmandel)
Update GKE Terraform clusters to 1.16 #1772 (markmandel)
Upgrade to Kubernetes 1.16 #1649

Implemented enhancements:

[Doc] add a caveat on setting expiration for cert-manager certificate resources #1781
Helm chart: allow to specify loadBalancerIP #1709
Terraform, Helm module install: Allow gameserver namespaces and port ranges to be specified in terraform #1692
Support using the same port for both TCP/UDP forwarding #1523
Write Tests for Terraform configs #1227
Add player tracking and shutdown to the supertuxkart example server #1825 (sudermanjr)
Add logging for the client certificate verification #1812 (pooneh-m)
Troubleshooting - namespace stuck terminating #1795 (domgreen)
Add load balancer configuration for Helm options #1793 (yoshd)
Added option to hardcode load balancer IP for allocator. #1766 (devloop0)
Add TCPUDP protocol #1764 (Bmandk)
Publish to NuGet for Csharp SDK #1753 (markmandel)
Add Terraform example for GKE custom VPC deployment #1697 (moesy)
Fix Fleets RollingUpdate #1626 (aLekSer)

See CHANGELOG for more details on changes.

Images available with this release:

Helm chart available with this release:

helm install agones/agones --version 1.9.0