The Apache Solr PMC is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Solr Operator v0.5.1.
The Apache Solr Operator is a safe and easy way of managing a Solr ecosystem in Kubernetes. This release contains numerous bug fixes, optimizations, and improvements, some of which are highlighted below. The release is available for immediate download at: <https://solr.apache.org/operator/artifacts.html> ### Solr Operator v0.5.1 Release Highlights: * Upgrade GoLang to 1.17 * Fix security vulnerabilities introduced by dependencies, notably github.com/gogo/protobuf and golang.org/x/crypto * Resource checking for pods across all generated resources has been fixed, will not overwrite equivalent resources with different units * Necessary step for GKE Autopilot and the Vertical Pod Autoscaler * Ability to run sidecars of the Solr Operator that use the root user, when installing via the Helm Chart * The zk.external option in the solr helm chart is now functional * Support ArgoCD for the CRDs * Fix bugs in documentation A summary of important changes is published in the documentation at: <https://apache.github.io/solr-operator/docs/upgrade-notes.html> For the most exhaustive list, see the change log on ArtifactHub or view the git history in the solr-operator repo. < https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/apache-solr/solr-operator?modal=changelog > <https://github.com/apache/solr-operator/releases/tag/v0.5.1>
