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Kubernetes 1.24 Drops Dockershim, Makes Space for Stateful Workloads

The latest release of the https://kubernetes.io/ container orchestration engine, nicknamed “Stargazer,” looks out to better support databases, microservices and other emerging use cases, while shedding earlier missteps that have stymied the K8s core developers’ productivity. Overall, this release comes with 46 “enhancements,” according to the https://cncf.io/?utm_content=inline-mention, which manages the open source project.

Those still using the Docker runtime engine must find a replacement, or a commercial workaround, to use it with new releases of Kubernetes: As of 1.24, the Dockershim will no longer be supported.

The original Docker engine itself was not compliant of course, and so a shim itself was made to operate the runtime on K8s.

Good news for microservices developers: Kubernetes 1.24 supports Google’s https://thenewstack.io/grpc-delivers-on-the-promise-of-a-proxyless-service-mesh/.