- the ability to rollback to etcd2 can be preserved by setting the storage media type flag on `kube-apiserver`

  ```
  --storage-media-type application/json
  ```

  to continue to use `application/json` as the storage media type which can be changed to
  `application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf` at a later time.

## Major updates and release themes

    * Healthz server (/healthz) will be served on 0.0.0.0:10256 by default.
    * Metrics server (/metrics and /proxyMode) will be served on 127.0.0.1:10249 by default.
    * Metrics server will continue serving /healthz.


# v1.7.2

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io) & [Examples](https://releases.k8s.io/release-1.7/examples)

## Downloads for v1.7.2


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- Kubeadm: remove the deprecated "kubeadm alpha kubelet config enable-dynamic" command. To continue using the feature please defer to the guide for "Dynamic Kubelet Configuration" at...

- Kube-apiserver: redirect responses are no longer returned from backends by default. Set `--aggregator-reject-forwarding-redirect=false` to continue forwarding redirect responses. ([#112358](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112358), [@enj](https://github.com/enj)) [SIG API Machinery]

- The Service trafficDistribution field, including the PreferClose option, has graduated
  to GA. Services that do not have the field configured will continue to operate
  with their existing behavior. Refer to the documentation
  https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#traffic-distribution

- DRA: removed support for the v1alpha4 kubelet gRPC API (added in 1.31, superseded in 1.32). DRA drivers using the helper package from Kubernetes  >= 1.32 use the v1beta1 API and continue to be supported. ([#132574](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132574), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly))

  - [Cluster Lifecycle Stability and Usability Improvements](#cluster-lifecycle-stability-and-usability-improvements)
  - [Continued improvement of CSI](#continued-improvement-of-csi)
    - [Additional Notable Feature Updates](#additional-notable-feature-updates)
  - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)

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