TiDB Operator 1.1.8 Release Notes

    TiDB Operator version: 1.1.8

    • Support arbitrary Volume and VolumeMount for , TiDB, TiKV, TiFlash, Backup and Restore, which enables using NFS or any other kubernetes supported volume source for backup/restore workflow (#3517, )

    • Support skipping TLS when connecting TidbInitializer to TiDB Server (#3564, )

    • Support tableFilters for restoring data using TiDB Lightning (#3521, )

    • ACTION REQUIRED: If TidbMonitor CRs are deployed, update the spec.initializer.version to v4.0.9 after upgrading TiDB Operator to v1.1.8, or some metrics will not be shown correctly in the Grafana dashboards. Prometheus crape job names are changed from ${component} to ${namespace}-${TidbCluster Name}-${component}.

    • Fix the issue that TiDB cluster fails to deploy if spec.tikv.storageVolumes is configured (#3586, )
    • Fix codecs error for non-ASCII character password in the TidbInitializer job (#3569, )
    • Fix the issue that TiFlash Pods are misrecognized as TiKV Pods. The original issue can potentially cause TiDB Operator to scale in TiKV Pods to a number smaller than tikv.replicas, when there are TiFlash Pods in the TidbCluster (#3514, )
    • Fix the issue that deploying Backup CR without configured will crash tidb-controller-manager Pod when TLS is enabled for TiDB client (#3535, )