Merge pull request #3786 from kinarashah/v18

Updates for RKE v1.8.0

README.md

@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 
 Rancher Kubernetes Engine, an extremely simple, lightning fast Kubernetes installer that works everywhere.
 
+## 🚨 Important Notice: RKE End of Life Announcement
+
+> Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) is reaching its **end of life**. **Version 1.8** will be the final release in the RKE 1.x series. We strongly recommend migrating to Rancher's newer Kubernetes distribution, RKE2, to stay supported, secure, and take advantage of the latest features and updates. For more details, please refer to the official [SUSE EOL article](https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000021513).
+
 ## Latest Release
-* v1.5
-  * v1.5.8 - Read the full release [notes](https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/tag/v1.5.8).
-* v1.4
-  * v1.4.17 - Read the full release [notes](https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/tag/v1.4.17).
+* v1.7
+  * v1.7.2 - Read the full release [notes](https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/tag/v1.7.2).
+* v1.6
+  * v1.6.6 - Read the full release [notes](https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/tag/v1.6.6).
 
 ## Download
 

codegen/codegen.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultDevURL     = "https://releases.rancher.com/kontainer-driver-metadata/dev-v2.10/data.json"
+	defaultDevURL     = "https://releases.rancher.com/kontainer-driver-metadata/dev-v2.11/data.json"
 	defaultReleaseURL = "https://releases.rancher.com/kontainer-driver-metadata/release-v2.10/data.json"
 	dataFile          = "data/data.json"
 )

metadata/metadata.go

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func readFile(file string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return os.ReadFile(file)
 }
 
-const RKEVersionDev = "v1.7.99"
+const RKEVersionDev = "v1.8.99"
 
 func initAddonTemplates(data kdm.Data) {
 	K8sVersionToTemplates = data.K8sVersionedTemplates