v1.53.0

What's Changed

• Bump docker version to 20.10 by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1337
• Upgrade to alpine 3.16 for machine-controller's image by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1342
• Azure: Support for accelerated networking by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1344
• Improvements for CI by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1346
• Remove support for Kubernetes 1.21 by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1343
• vcd: ipAllocationMode should be an optional field by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1348
• set --node-ip depending on external CCM availaibilty in dualstack by @PratikDeoghare in #1336
• Rename vSphere os image templates by @moadqassem in #1364
• Disable a subset of azure tests temporarily by @moadqassem in #1365
• Equinix: use m3.small.x86 for CentOS E2E tests by @xmudrii in #1363
• Add IPFamily options in vSphere cloud config API by @rastislavs in #1366
• Fix unmarshalling for configvarstring in cloudProviderSpec by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1367
• Fix logic for finding node by ProviderID by @xmudrii in #1351
• fix typos by @xrstf in #1371
• Enable OperatingSystemManager in E2E tests by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1369
• Enable --resolv-conf=/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf kubelet flag for Flatcar by @kron4eg in #1379
• Add label on machine to differentiate between the tool used for managing machine configurations by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1382
• Update OSM to v0.6.0 by @ahmedwaleedmalik in #1383

New Contributors

• @rastislavs made their first contribution in #1366

Full Changelog: v1.52.0...v1.53.0