Supersedes the previous kubectl-image repoint. The velero chart's pre-install
`velero-upgrade-crds` HOOK job runs docker.io/bitnami/kubectl, whose public
Docker Hub catalog Bitnami removed (Aug 2025); `bitnami/kubectl:1.31` 404s,
leaving the hook in Init:ImagePullBackOff so Velero never installs.
Repointing the hook to the exact-version rancher/kubectl:v1.31.5 (prior commit)
does not work: that image is distroless, and the hook's init runs
`/bin/sh -c "cp $(which sh)/... $(which kubectl) /tmp"` — with no /bin/sh it
crashes StartError (verified on-cluster).
The hook exists ONLY to UPDATE CRDs on chart upgrades — it is NOT how CRDs are
first installed. The chart ships all 13 Velero CRDs in its native `crds/`
directory, which Helm applies unconditionally on install (before hooks),
independent of this flag; the CRDs are already present on-cluster from Helm's
crds/ handling. Setting `upgradeCRDs: false` drops the fragile external
kubectl-image dependency entirely while CRDs still install. Trade-off: Helm
won't manage crds/ after install, so CRD schema upgrades become a
manual/Renovate step; acceptable given Velero's CRDs are stable.
All other Velero values (BSL -> versitygw s3://velero, kopia FSB node-agent, the
two Schedules, the velero-cloud-credentials secret) are unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
The velero chart's pre-install `velero-upgrade-crds` hook defaults its kubectl
image to docker.io/bitnami/kubectl, whose public Docker Hub catalog Bitnami
removed (Aug 2025). `docker.io/bitnami/kubectl:1.31` now 404s, leaving the hook
job in Init:ImagePullBackOff so Velero never installs (no Deployment,
node-agent, or BackupStorageLocation).
Set kubectl.image to the Rancher-maintained mirror docker.io/rancher/kubectl,
pinned to the cluster's exact k8s minor v1.31.5 (multi-arch amd64/arm64,
verified pullable via the Docker Hub registry API). All other Velero values
(BSL → versitygw s3://velero, kopia FSB node-agent, the two Schedules, the
velero-cloud-credentials secret) are unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
jakman85andClaude Opus 4.8