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Release-1.14.0 Highlights: What's New in CAPM3, IPAM and BMO

By Moshiur Rahman

The Metal3 community has published new releases across three core projects: Cluster API Provider Metal3 (CAPM3) v1.14.0, Bare Metal Operator (BMO) v0.14.0, and IP Address Manager (IPAM) v1.14.0. This post highlights the key changes in each release, with a focus on major breaking changes and user-facing improvements. It is intended...

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What's New in Cluster API Provider Metal3 (CAPM3) v1beta2

By Muhammad Adil Ghaffar

Cluster API Provider Metal3 (CAPM3) has a new API version: v1beta2. It is now the storage version, and it brings CAPM3 in line with the upstream Cluster API v1beta2 contract. Most of the changes are about making status easier to read for both humans and tools, tidying up a few...

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Copilot Review Prow Plugin

By Peppi-Lotta Kurjenhovi

Metal3 admins have had the option to trigger Copilot reviews on the Metal3 projects PRs for the past 6 months now and during this time Copilot’s PR review capabilities have significantly improved the Metal3 team’s workflow. Github copilot review uses a model that is tuned for review work and admins...

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Deploying OCI Container Images to Bare Metal with a Custom IPA Hardware Manager

By Serhii Ivanov

What if you could deploy any OCI container image directly to bare metal, without building traditional disk images? Back in 2021, Dmitry Tantsur implemented custom deploy steps for Ironic, enabling alternative deployment methods beyond the standard image-based approach. This feature powers OpenShift’s bare metal provisioning with CoreOS, yet it remains...

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Metal3.io Becomes a CNCF Incubating Project

By Honza Pokorný

We are pleased to share some incredible news with our community! The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee has officially voted to accept Metal3 as an incubating project. This milestone represents years of hard work, collaboration, and innovation, and we couldn’t be more excited about what lies ahead! Our Journey from Sandbox...

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