Rundeck 5.8 is ready! Check out new updates and enhancements:
Dynamic Cluster Discovery
Description: New EKS (AWS), AKS (Azure), and GKE (Google) resource-model plugins automatically discover new clusters and add the clusters as nodes to the inventory.
Customer Value: This reduces manual effort, minimizes errors, and accelerates the deployment of infrastructure changes, enabling teams to scale efficiently.
Cloud Provider Authentication 
Description: AWS, Azure, and GCP provide a mechanism to retrieve the Kubernetes auth through API’s. New Job step plugins can use the cloud provider credentials to retrieve the necessary k8s authentication to communicate with the clusters.
Customer Value: Teams save time by avoiding manual credential management, improving productivity, speeding up time-to-value, and ensuring compliance.
Multi-Cluster Optimization
Description: Empowers teams to scale their operations effortlessly across multiple clusters. Clusters are now added as nodes to the inventory, so customers can easily target any number of clusters with a given operation.
Customer Value: Execute bulk operations reliably and consistently, leading to improved operational efficiency and reduced downtime.
Native Runner Support 
Description: Customers can now easily place a Runner in their clusters, and Runbook Automation can use the Service Account of the pod that the Runner is hosted in as a means of authentication.
Customer Value: This native integration reduces complexity, ensures secure access, and enhances the portability of automation workflows across environments.
No python dependency
Description: Eliminates the need to work in Python, reducing dependency risks and setup complexity.
Customer Value: This results in faster deployments, fewer compatibility issues, and lower maintenance costs, especially in environments with strict language or package requirements.
To learn more, read the full release here.
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