github.com/galamsiva2020/kubernetes-heapster-monitoring@v0.0.0-20210823134957-3c1baa7c1e70/docs/deprecation.md (about) 1 # Heapster Deprecation Timeline 2 3 This is the (proposed) timeline for Heapster deprecation. Any changes 4 made to the timeline will be reflected here. Note that this is the 5 timeline for the official Heapster repository. Individual distributions 6 are encouraged to follow suit in deprecating Heapster, but may continue to 7 support it on their own. 8 9 ## Summary 10 11 | Kubernetes Release | Action | Policy/Support | 12 |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 13 | Kubernetes 1.11 | Initial Deprecation | No new features or sinks are added. Bugfixes may be made. | 14 | Kubernetes 1.12 | Setup Removal | The optional to install Heapster via the Kubernetes setup script is removed. | 15 | Kubernetes 1.13 | Removal | No new bugfixes will be made. Move to kubernetes-retired organization. | 16 17 ## Milestones 18 19 ### Initial Deprecation (Kubernetes 1.11) 20 21 Heapster is marked deprecated as of Kubernetes 1.11. Users are encouraged 22 to use 23 [metrics-server](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/metrics-server) 24 instead, potentially supplemented by a third-party monitoring solution, 25 such as Prometheus. 26 27 No new features will be added (including, but not limitted to, new sinks, 28 enhancements to existing sinks, enhancements to sources, and enhancements 29 to processing). 30 31 The Heapster maintainers will continue to accept bugfixes for critical 32 bugs. People filing bugs will be encouraged to reproduce with 33 metrics-server, and file there. 34 35 Similarly, **the legacy HPA clients and setup flags in Kubernetes should 36 be marked as deprecated.** 37 38 ### Setup Removal (Kubernetes 1.12) 39 40 Support for installing Heapster will be removed from the Kubernetes setup 41 scripts. 42 43 Additional warnings will be made in the Kubernetes release notes. 44 45 ### Removal (Kubernetes 1.13) 46 47 Heapster will be migrated to the kubernetes-retired organization. No new 48 code will be merged by the Heapster maintainers.