<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi StarlingX Community,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve just received this reminder email that our Kubernetes certification expires soon.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Based on the email below we need to certify STarlingX with a Kubernetes version v1.19 or above __before May 26th__ in order to keep the v1.18 certification as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do we have a high enough version in StarlingX 5.0 to proceed? If so, do we have a volunteer who can run the test suite so I can upload the results to get certified again?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks and Best Regards,</div><div class="">Ildikó</div><div class=""><br class="">
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Erin Thacker <<a href="mailto:ethacker@linuxfoundation.org" class="">ethacker@linuxfoundation.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Your v1.18 Certified Kubernetes Expires May 26, 2021</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 19, 2021 at 23:20:06 GMT+2<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:ildiko@openstack.org" class="">ildiko@openstack.org</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Hello Open Infrastructure Foundation,</span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We’re very pleased that your product was included in our v1.18 Certified Kubernetes offerings. However, unless you have acquired a newer certification for your product, StarlingX, your Kubernetes v1.18 certification will expire on May 26, 2021.  Any previous certifications you have for this product will expire as well.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">As stated in </span><a href="https://github.com/cncf/k8s-conformance/blob/master/terms-conditions/Certified_Kubernetes_Terms.md#qualifying-offerings-and-self-testing" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Certified Kubernetes Conformance Program – Terms and Conditions</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">, a Participant’s permission to use the Certified Kubernetes Marks and Participant Kubernetes Combinations with its Qualifying Offerings is time-limited. The Certified Kubernetes Marks and Participant Kubernetes Combinations may be used with a Qualifying Offering for a particular version of Kubernetes (e.g., Kubernetes x.y) until the later of:</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><ul class=""><li class=""><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">12 months after the release date of Kubernetes x.y, or</span></div></li><li class=""><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">9 months after the release date of the next minor release (e.g., Kubernetes x.y+1)</span></div></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">v1.18.0 was released on March 25, 2020</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.18.0" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.18.0</span></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">v1.19.0 was released on August 26, 2020</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.19.0" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.19.0</span></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Therefore, the expiration date for v1.18 is May 26, 2021.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Please make sure to certify your product for Kubernetes v1.19, v1.20, or v1.21 prior to </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 242, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">May 26th, in order to have your v1.18 certification remain in effect.  </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">To view all Certified Kubernetes Distributions & Platforms, please follow this link:</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LxSqBzjOxfGx3cmtZ4EbB_BGCxT_wlxW_xgHVVa23es" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LxSqBzjOxfGx3cmtZ4EbB_BGCxT_wlxW_xgHVVa23es</span></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="mixmax_signature">Erin Thacker</div><div class="">Project Coordinator</div><div class="">Cloud Native Computing Foundation</div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0;width:0px;height:0px" src="https://linuxfoundation.mxpalm.com/api/track/v2/sB7coQ0nKLqtrnJXw/icmcv5ibvlGdhRmb19mZ4VnbpxGQyV2ajFGa0VmI/gInJ3bus2YhR3cuVGcvB0brlGZslmI/?sc=false" alt="" class=""> </div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>