Announcing Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) 0.9.0 Alpha 2

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) version 0.9.0 Alpha 2 has been released, offering a pre-release version aimed at managing Elasticsearch and Kibana on Kubernetes, with a focus on testing rather than production deployment. This update extends support beyond Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and vanilla Kubernetes to include Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Amazon EKS. It introduces Elastic APM Server as a new custom resource for enhanced application performance monitoring, supporting multiple programming languages and integrating with standards like OpenTracing. The release also enhances custom resources for Elasticsearch and Kibana, allowing custom plugins, bundles, configurations, and Docker repository specifications, which is particularly beneficial for air-gapped environments. Security features have been upgraded, with default deployment security and support for custom HTTP certificates and authentication methods like SAML and OpenID. Users are encouraged to explore the release notes for additional details and provide feedback through the Discuss forum or GitHub repository.