Flux 1.14.0

This feature release adds a read-only mode to the Flux daemon, adds support for mapping images in HelmRelease resources using YAML dot notation annotations, eases the deployment of Flux with a new fluxctl install command which generates the required YAML manifests, lots of documentation improvements, and many more.

Fixes

• Fetch before branch check to detect upstream changes made after the initial clone fluxcd/flux#2371

Enhancements

• With --git-readonly, fluxd can now sync a git repo without having write access to it. In this mode, fluxd will not make any commits to the repo. fluxcd/flux#1807
• Mapping images in HelmRelease resources using YAML dot notation annotations is now supported fluxcd/flux#2249
• fluxctl has a new install command to ease generating the YAML manifests required to deploy Flux fluxcd/flux#2287
• Kubectl and Kustomize have been upgraded
  • kubectl -> 1.13.8 fluxcd/flux#2327
  • kustomize -> 3.1.0 fluxcd/flux#2299
• The annotation domain has been changed to fluxcd.io, but backwards compatibility with the old (flux.weave.works) domain is maintained fluxcd/flux#2219
• The number of sorts done by ListImagesWithOptions has been reduced fluxcd/flux#2338
• fluxctl will only look for running fluxcd pods while attempting to setup a port forward fluxcd/flux#2283
• --registry-poll-interval has been renamed to --automation-interval to better reflect what it controls; the interval at which automated workloads are checked for updates, and updated. fluxcd/flux#2284
• fluxctl now has a global --timeout flag, which controls how long it waits for jobs sent to fluxd to complete fluxcd/flux#2056

Maintenance and documentation

• Documentation is now hosted on ReadTheDocs fluxcd/flux#2152
• Helm Operator has been removed from the codebase, as it has been moved to a dedicated repository (fluxcd/helm-operator) fluxcd/flux{#2329, #2356}
• Documentation on how to use fluxctl install has been added fluxcd/flux#2298
• Reference about automated image updates has been added to the documentation fluxcd/flux#2369
• Documentation has been added on how to deploy Flux with Kustomize fluxcd/flux#2375
• CLVR, IBM Cloudant, Omise, Replicated, and Yusofleet are now listed as production users (:tada:!) fluxcd/flux{#2331, #2343, #2360, #2373, #2378}
• Various changes to the documentation fluxcd/flux{#2306, #2311, #2313, #2314, #2315, #2332, #2351, #2353, #2358, #2363, #2364, #2365, #2367, #2368, #2372}
• Soon-to-be deprecated version script has been removed from the Snapcraft build configuration fluxcd/flux#2350
• Various typos have been fixed fluxcd/flux{#2348, #2352, #2295}
• Various CI build tweaks (i.a. support preleases containing numbers, Go tarball cleanup after installation, Helm chart release changes) fluxcd/flux{#2301, #2302, #2312, #2320, #2336, #2349, #2361}
• Helm chart repository has been changed to charts.fluxcd.io fluxcd/flux{#2337, #2339, #2341}

Thanks

Many thanks for contributions from @2opremio, @AndriiOmelianenko, @GODBS, @JDavis10213, @MehrCurry, @Sleepy-GH, @adusumillipraveen, @ainmosni, @alanjcastonguay, @aliartiza75, @autarchprinceps, @benmathews, @blancsys, @carlosjgp, @cristian-radu, @Cristian04, @davidkarlsen, @dcherman, @demisx, @derrickburns, @dholbach, @ethan-daocloud, @fred, @gldraphael, @hiddeco, @hlascelles, @ianmiell, @ilya-spv, @jacobsin, @judewin-alef, @jwenz723, @kaspernissen, @knackaron, @ksaritek, @larhauga, @laverya, @linuxbsdfreak, @luxas, @matthewbednarski, @mhumeSF, @mzachh, @nabadger, @obiesmans, @ogerbron, @onedr0p, @paulmil1, @primeroz, @rhockenbury, @runningman84, @rytswd, @semyonslepov, @squaremo, @stealthybox, @stefanprodan, @stefansedich, @suvl, @tjanson, @tomaszkiewicz, @tomcheah, @tschonnie, @ttarczynski, @willholley, @yellowmegaman, @zcourt.