Kubernetes: upstream releases, CNCF milestones, and ecosystem growth (2014–2022)

1. Google announces Kubernetes as an open project

   Jun 6, 2014Labels: Google, Kubernetes

   • Kubernetes Wiki
   • CNCF Report

2. First Kubernetes code commit lands on GitHub

   Jun 6, 2014Labels: GitHub, Kubernetes

   • CNCF Report
   • Kubernetes Wiki

3. Kubernetes v1.0 released as stable API baseline

   Jul 21, 2015Labels: Kubernetes 1, API

   • Kubernetes Wiki
   • Canonical Blog

4. CNCF is formed to host cloud-native projects

   Jul 21, 2015Labels: CNCF, Linux Foundation

   • CNCF TechCrunch
   • CNCF Wiki

5. Kubernetes accepted as CNCF’s first hosted project

   Mar 10, 2016Labels: CNCF, Kubernetes

   • CNCF Announcement
   • CNCF Report

6. Kubernetes establishes a regular, time-based release cycle

   Sep 1, 2016Labels: Kubernetes, Release Cycle

   • K8s Releases
   • CNCF Report

7. Kubernetes 1.8 stabilizes Role-Based Access Control

   Sep 29, 2017Labels: Kubernetes 1, RBAC

   • K8s Blog
   • K8s Wiki

8. Kubernetes becomes CNCF’s first graduated project

   Mar 6, 2018Labels: CNCF, Kubernetes

   • CNCF Graduation
   • CNCF Report

9. Kubernetes 1.16 advances CRDs toward stable extensibility

   Sep 1, 2019Labels: Kubernetes 1, CRD

   • K8s Releases
   • K8s Wiki

10. Kubernetes 1.20 deprecates dockershim for runtime standardization

    Dec 8, 2020Labels: Kubernetes 1, dockershim

    • K8s 1 20

11. Kubernetes 1.24 removes dockershim from the kubelet

    May 1, 2022Labels: Kubernetes 1, dockershim

    • K8s Changes
    • Dockershim FAQ

12. 2014–2022: Kubernetes becomes a cloud-native platform standard

    Dec 1, 2022Labels: Kubernetes, Cloud Native

    • CNCF Report
    • CNCF Graduation
    • K8s Releases