feat: (IAC-1266) (IAC-1186) Update kubectl to 1.27 and add support for ingress-nginx v1.9.X

Dockerfile

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y \
   && update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pip pip /usr/bin/pip3 1
 
 FROM baseline as tool_builder
-ARG kubectl_version=1.26.10
+ARG kubectl_version=1.27.9
 
 WORKDIR /build
 

docs/CONFIG-VARS.md

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ The EBS CSI driver is currently only used for kubernetes v1.23 or later AWS EKS
 | INGRESS_NGINX_NAMESPACE | NGINX Ingress Helm installation namespace | string | ingress-nginx | false | | baseline |
 | INGRESS_NGINX_CHART_URL | NGINX Ingress Helm chart URL | string | See [this document](https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx) for more information. | false | | baseline |
 | INGRESS_NGINX_CHART_NAME | NGINX Ingress Helm chart name | string | ingress-nginx | false | | baseline |
-| INGRESS_NGINX_CHART_VERSION | NGINX Ingress Helm chart version | string | "" | false | If left as "" (empty string), version 4.3.0 is used for Kubernetes clusters whose version is <= 1.23.X, and version 4.7.1 is used for Kubernetes clusters whose version is >= 1.24.X. | baseline |
+| INGRESS_NGINX_CHART_VERSION | NGINX Ingress Helm chart version | string | "" | false | If left as "" (empty string), version 4.3.0 is used for Kubernetes clusters whose version is <= 1.24.X, and version 4.9.0 is used for Kubernetes clusters whose version is >= 1.25.X. | baseline |
 | INGRESS_NGINX_CONFIG | NGINX Ingress Helm values | string | See [this file](../roles/baseline/defaults/main.yml) for more information. Altering this value will affect the cluster. | false | | baseline |
 
 ### Metrics Server

docs/user/Dependencies.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The following list details our dependencies and versions (~ indicates multiple p
 | ~              | docker           | >=20.10.10  |
 | ~              | git              | any         |
 | ~              | rsync            | any         |
-| ~              | kubectl          | 1.25 - 1.27 |
+| ~              | kubectl          | 1.26 - 1.28 |
 | ~              | Helm             | 3           |
 | pip3           | ansible          | 8.6.0       |
 | pip3           | openshift        | 0.13.1      |
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ As described in the [Docker Installation](./DockerUsage.md) section add addition
 ```bash
 # Override kubectl version
 docker build \
-	--build-arg kubectl_version=1.26.10 \
+	--build-arg kubectl_version=1.27.9 \
 	-t viya4-deployment .
 ```
 

roles/baseline/defaults/main.yml

@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ METRICS_SERVER_CONFIG:
 ## Ingress-nginx - Defaults
 ingressVersions:
   k8sMinorVersionCeiling:
-    value: 23
+    value: 24
     api:
       chartVersion: 4.3.0
   k8sMinorVersionFloor:
-    value: 24
+    value: 25
     api:
-      chartVersion: 4.7.1
+      chartVersion: 4.9.0
 
 ## Ingress-nginx - Ingress
 ##