k0rdent Enterprise 1.3.0 Released
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Released on March 25, 2026, Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise 1.3.0 advances the platform's ability to operate in constrained, regulated, and large-scale environments. The release expands where and how k0rdent can be deployed, deepens service lifecycle control, and overhauls the observability stack for multi-tenant operations.
Key highlights include:
A redesigned KOF observability stack with unified deployment and identity-based access control
Deploy seamlessly in secure and restricted environments
k0rdent Enterprise 1.3.0 introduces new installation capabilities designed for enterprise-controlled infrastructure.
Authenticated registry support enables installations from private registries requiring credentials—eliminating dependency on public registries. Combined with internal certificate authority support, this allows deployments even in tightly secured, air-gapped environments.
Pull-through registry support further simplifies operations by enabling image access through an internal proxy cache. This removes the need to manage full airgap bundles while still maintaining strict control over external dependencies.
Together, these enhancements allow organizations to deploy k0rdent across a wide spectrum of network topologies—from fully air-gapped systems to semi-isolated environments—without workarounds.
More efficient hosted control planes at scale
k0rdent Enterprise 1.3.0 introduces ingress-based access for hosted control planes, allowing API server and konnectivity components traffic to be routed through a shared ingress layer instead of dedicated load balancers per cluster.
For large-scale environments, this delivers:
Reduced infrastructure cost
Lower operational overhead
Simplified networking
It also improves deployability in restricted environments where provisioning multiple load balancers is impractical. Combined with earlier enhancements such as external database-backed and region-scoped control planes, this continues to increase control plane density and efficiency.
Extending bare metal capabilities with multi-tenancy
Bare metal provider v0.5.0, included with k0rdent Enterprise 1.3.0, introduces two major capabilities:
DHCP-less provisioningWith Redfish VirtualMedia DHCP-less boot, operators can provision hosts without relying on DHCP. Instead, they provide network configuration via cloud-init-compatible data, enabling precise control over IP addressing, routing, and DNS—ideal for edge and restricted environments.
Multi-tenant bare metal clustersUsing Template Lifecycle Management and the Metal3 HostClaim model, multiple teams can now share bare metal infrastructure while maintaining strict tenancy boundaries. This aligns bare metal workflows with the multi-tenant capabilities already available in cloud environments.
Smarter and safer service lifecycle management
k0rdent 1.3.0 introduces key improvements that make service operations more predictable and scalable:
Service dependency management ensures correct deployment and upgrade order
Sequential upgrades reduce risk by controlling rollout progression
Helm lifecycle actions add explicit uninstall support for clean service removal
Together, these features reduce operational complexity and help platform teams manage large fleets of services with greater confidence.
A redesigned observability stack for multi-tenant scale
The KOF (k0rdent Observability and FinOps) stack receives its most significant update to date.
Unified deploymentA new umbrella Helm chart consolidates metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting into a single FluxCD-driven deployment—simplifying both installation and upgrades.
Enhanced multi-tenancy capabilitiesThe observability stack now includes:
Tenant validation via claims — the authenticated user's identity (established at sign-in) is used to scope all data queries, ensuring tenants can only retrieve their own metrics, logs, and traces and cannot access another tenant's data
This enables multiple teams to safely share a centralized observability platform while maintaining strict data isolation.
Enhanced visibility and scalability
Cross-cluster log aggregation via Vlogxy — a k0rdent-built log proxy that ships as part of KOF, analogous to promxy for metrics but targeting VictoriaLogs — routes tenant-aware log queries across per-cluster logging instances, enabling teams to query logs from multiple clusters through a single interface without maintaining separate logging stacks per cluster
VictoriaTraces replaces Jaeger for improved tracing scalability
KOF UI improvements surface OpenTelemetry misconfigurations proactively
These changes deliver a more scalable, secure, and operationally mature observability experience.
Additional enhancements
k0rdent Enterprise 1.3.0 also includes:
Global proxy configuration support across providers
Centralized identity and authorization management ensures consistent access control across ClusterDeployments, reducing configuration drift as environments scale.
Support for Cluster API Provider for KubeVirt (CAPK), enabling Kubernetes cluster creation on KubeVirt-based virtualization infrastructure
Over 80 bug fixes across UI, controllers, services, and observability components
Updated component and provider versions
This release also updates key platform components and providers, ensuring compatibility, stability, and access to the latest upstream improvements across the k0rdent ecosystem.
Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise 1.3.0 extends the platform's reach across air-gapped, constrained, and large-scale multi-tenant environments, improves hosted control plane efficiency, and delivers a more capable and operationally mature observability stack. Check out the Release Notes for the full detail, or contact us to learn more.
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