Release Artifacts
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This document describes the artifacts produced by the Kubernetes release
process. The canonical list of artifacts for any release is available at
https://dl.k8s.io/v<version>/.
All binary artifacts include corresponding .sha256 and .sha512 checksums.
Container Images
All container images are published to registry.k8s.io and are available as
multi-architecture manifest lists.
| Image | amd64 | arm64 | ppc64le | s390x |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| conformance | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kube-apiserver | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kube-controller-manager | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kube-proxy | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kube-scheduler | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubectl | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Binaries
Individual binaries are available at https://dl.k8s.io/v<version>/bin/<os>/<arch>/.
| Binary | linux | darwin | windows |
|---|---|---|---|
| apiextensions-apiserver | ✅ | ||
| kube-apiserver | ✅ | ||
| kube-controller-manager | ✅ | ||
| kube-proxy | ✅ | ✅ | |
| kube-scheduler | ✅ | ||
| kubeadm | ✅ | ✅ | |
| kubectl | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubelet | ✅ | ✅ | |
| mounter | ✅ |
Linux binaries are available for amd64, arm64, ppc64le, and s390x. Darwin binaries are available for amd64 and arm64. Windows/amd64 provides client and node binaries. Windows/arm64 provides only kubectl. See the platform support table for details.
Tar Archives
| Archive | darwin | linux | windows | portable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kubernetes-client-[system-arch].tar.gz | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| kubernetes-server-[system-arch].tar.gz | ✅ | |||
| kubernetes-node-[system-arch].tar.gz | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| kubernetes-test-[system-arch].tar.gz | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubernetes-src.tar.gz | ✅ | |||
| kubernetes.tar.gz | ✅ |
The available architectures per OS match those listed in the binaries section above.
Packages
Packages are published to https://pkgs.k8s.io. See the pkgs.k8s.io documentation for repository setup instructions.
RPMs
| Package | aarch64 | ppc64le | s390x | x86_64 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cri-tools-[version].[arch].rpm | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubeadm-[version].[arch].rpm | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubectl-[version].[arch].rpm | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubelet-[version].[arch].rpm | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubernetes-cni-[version].[arch].rpm | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Debs
| Package | amd64 | arm64 | ppc64el | s390x |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cri-tools-[version].[arch].deb | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubeadm-[version].[arch].deb | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubectl-[version].[arch].deb | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubelet-[version].[arch].deb | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| kubernetes-cni-[version].[arch].deb | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |