2024 Annual Report: SIG Cluster Lifecycle

sig-cluster-lifecycle/annual-report-2024.md

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    - Governance and leadership changes
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+- No major SIG level KEPs.
+- No governance or leadership changes.
+- The SIG started participating in the cross-SIG WG etcd operator with SIG etcd.
+- We retired the inactive etcdadm and cluster-api-provider-nested subprojects.
+- kubeadm released v1beta4 and added phase support for `upgrade apply` phases.
+- minikube added support for multi-control plane clusters (HA) and improved the GPU support.
+- CAPI started work on v1beta2 and a new process for cluster Conditions.
+- kOps improved its Azure support and added the `reconcile` command to handle k8s skew issues.
+- kubespray added support for more Linux distributions and exposed more configuration options.
+
 2. Are there any areas and/or subprojects that your group needs help with (e.g. fewer than 2 active OWNERS)?
 
+- In 2023 we collected a
+[subproject self-assessment](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0CqmfaOIK4bCbEDhh0qiF5wCHi6Uvy0uR_k8egOtafalpow/viewanalytics),
+which still has a valid list of areas that need help.
+
+The most common areas where we need help are:
+- Contributing to code
+- Reviewing code
+
+Subprojects that might need help with additional OWNERS, in no particular order,
+and maybe an incomplete list:
+- cluster-api
+- cluster-api-addon-provider-helm
+- cluster-api-ipam-provider-in-cluster
+- cluster-api-provider-aws
+- cluster-api-provider-gcp
+- cluster-api-provider-kubemark
+- cluster-api-provider-openstack
+- cluster-api-provider-packet
+- kubeadm
+
+We encourage contributors who are interested in our subprojects to reach out to the
+SIG mailing list or to individual subproject Slack channels.
 
 3. Did you have community-wide updates in 2024 (e.g. KubeCon talks)?
 
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+KubeCon EU 2024:
+- [how-to-deploy-an-ai-optimized-k8s-cluster-with-kubespray](https://kccnceu2024.sched.com/event/1YhhP/how-to-deploy-an-ai-optimized-k8s-cluster-with-kubespray-kay-yan-daocloud-mohamed-zaian-new-work-se)
+
+KubeCon NA 2024:
+- [luster-api-deep-dive-roadmap-to-api-graduation](https://kccncna2024.sched.com/event/1howc/cluster-api-deep-dive-roadmap-to-api-graduation-christian-schlotter-broadcom-vince-prignano-apple)
+- [bare-metal-kubernetes-with-kops-gathering-community-wisdom](https://kccncna2024.sched.com/event/1howo/bare-metal-kubernetes-with-kops-gathering-community-wisdom-justin-santa-barbara-google-ciprian-hacman-microsoft)
+
+KubeCon China 2024:
+- [kubespray-unleashed-navigating-bare-metal-services](https://kccncossaidevchn2024.sched.com/event/1eYXD/kubespray-unleashed-navigating-bare-metal-services-in-kubernetes-for-llm-and-rag-kubespraydaepnanokubernetesllmreragzhu-ya-lie-shu-kay-yan-daocloud-alan-leung-equinix)
+
 4. KEP work in 2024 (v1.30, v1.31, v1.32):
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+<!--
   - Alpha
     - [4656 - Add kubelet instance configuration to configure CRI socket for each node](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/4656-add-kubelet-instance-configuration) - v1.32
 
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+While we have a few SIG level KEPs in `kubernetes/enhancements`, kubeadm is the only
+subproject that we have that is part of the Kubernetes release and more actively receives KEPs.
+
+In 2024 there were 2 new kubeadm KEPs:
+- [4471-cp-join-kubelet-local-apiserver](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/kubeadm/4471-cp-join-kubelet-local-apiserver)
+- [4656-add-kubelet-instance-configuration](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/kubeadm/4656-add-kubelet-instance-configuration)
+
 ## [Subprojects](https://git.k8s.io/community/sig-cluster-lifecycle#subprojects)
 
 
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 ## Operational
 
 Operational tasks in [sig-governance.md]:
-- [ ] [README.md] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
-- [ ] [CONTRIBUTING.md] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
-- [ ] Other contributing docs (e.g. in devel dir or contributor guide) reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
-- [ ] Subprojects list and linked OWNERS files in [sigs.yaml] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
-- [ ] SIG leaders (chairs, tech leads, and subproject leads) in [sigs.yaml] are accurate and active, and updated if needed
-- [ ] Meeting notes and recordings for 2024 are linked from [README.md] and updated/uploaded if needed
+- [x] [README.md] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
+- [x] [CONTRIBUTING.md] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
+- [x] Other contributing docs (e.g. in devel dir or contributor guide) reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
+- [x] Subprojects list and linked OWNERS files in [sigs.yaml] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
+- [x] SIG leaders (chairs, tech leads, and subproject leads) in [sigs.yaml] are accurate and active, and updated if needed
+- [x] Meeting notes and recordings for 2024 are linked from [README.md] and updated/uploaded if needed
 
 
 [CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://git.k8s.io/community/sig-cluster-lifecycle/CONTRIBUTING.md