Version information
Kubernetes version and support period
Kubernetes version lifecycle
The Kubernetes open-source software (OSS) community releases minor versions three times a year, with a release cycle of approximately 15 weeks. A released minor version goes through a support period of about 14 months (standard patch 12 months, maintenance 2 months) before reaching EOL (End of Life).
Please refer to the following link for Kubernetes release and EOL dates and support periods.
Samsung Cloud Platform Kubernetes Engine (SKE) version release plan
SKE verifies and provides the patch versions in a Stable state among the released OSS minor versions. Therefore, the release timing of the version provided by SKE differs from the release timing of the same OSS version.
Additionally, for previously released versions, considering factors such as the open-source EOL timing, technical support will be terminated sequentially from the older versions (End of Tech support, EoTS).
The release and end dates for OSS and SKE are as follows.
| Version | OSS release | OSS EOL | SKE release | SKE EoTS |
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| v1.29 | 2023-12-13 | 2025-02-28 | 2024-10 | 2026-03-31 |
| v1.30 | 2024-04-17 | 2025-06-28 | 2025-02 | 2026-06-30 |
| v1.31 | 2024-08-13 | 2025-10-28 | 2025-07 | 2026-10-28 |
| v1.32 | 2024-12-11 | 2026-02-28 | 2025-10 | 2027-02-28 |
| v1.33 | 2025-04-23 | 2026-06-28 | 2025-12 | 2027-06-28 |
| v1.34 | 2025-08-27 | 2026-10-27 | 2026-03 | 2027-10-27 |
| v1.35 | 2025-12-17 | 2027-02-28 | 2026-07 | 2028-02-28 |
Feature restrictions when technical support ends (EoTS)
If the Kubernetes version offered by SKE reaches end‑of‑technical‑support (EoTS) status, the features available in that version may be limited.
- Create new cluster → Creation not possible
- Existing cluster upgrade → upgrade possible (upgrade possible even if the newer version is EoTS)
- Create node pool from existing cluster → possible
- Since EOL versions may have vulnerabilities, we recommend upgrading to a newer version.
- You can upgrade the control plane and node pools from the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, and no additional costs are incurred for the upgrade.
- For stable operation, perform compatibility testing of the upgrade version before proceeding with the upgrade.
OS and GPU drivers
The OS and GPU driver version information available for each K8s server type is as follows.
- The OS versions provided may vary by K8s version.
- When using GPU nodes, the related K8s components (nvidia-device-plugin, dcgm-exporter) are provisioned by default in the cluster.
- When deploying the gpu-operator, conflicts may occur due to duplicate component configurations. * Distribution and use are recommended, excluding the default-provided components.
- For end-of-support operating systems, node pool creation is possible, but we recommend using the latest OS version.
| k8s version | Standard and High Capacity | GPU |
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| v1.34 |
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| v1.35 |
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The OS versions and supported GPU server models for each GPU driver version are as follows.
- When creating a GPU node with the GPU-B300-3 server type, you must use an image with GPU driver version 580.126.20.
| GPU driver version | OS version | Supported model (server type) |
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| ND 535.183.06 | Ubuntu 22.04 |
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| ND 570.195.03 | Ubuntu 24.04 |
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| ND 580.126.20 | Ubuntu 24.04 |
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