add announcement blog for kubernetes provider v1.2.0 release (#392)

Author: vishesh92

blog/2025-12-29-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-v1.2.0/banner.jpg

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: CloudStack Kubernetes Provider v1.2.0 Release
+tags: [announcement]
+authors: [vishesh]
+slug: cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-v1.2.0
+---
+
+[![](banner.jpg "CloudStack Kubernetes Provider v1.2.0 Release")](/blog/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-v1.2.0)
+
+The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
+[CloudStack Kubernetes Provider
+v1.2.0](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/releases/tag/v1.2.0)
+that facilitates Kubernetes deployments on CloudStack.
+
+It allows Kubernetes to dynamically allocate IP addresses and the
+respective networking rules on CloudStack to ensure seamless TCP, UDP
+and TCP-Proxy LoadBalancer deployments on Kubernetes. This was
+historically part of the Kubernetes codebase which was later removed
+and donated to the project to allow for further maintenance of the
+provider plugin.
+
+This release contains various bug fixes and improvements. Some of the
+highlighted features include:
+* Support for NetworkACLs for LB on VPC networks
+* Support configuring source CIDR list
+* ARM support for docker images
+
+<!-- truncate -->
+
+# Documentation
+
+* https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/blob/v1.2.0/README.md
+* https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/latest/plugins/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider.html
+
+# Downloads
+
+The official source code for the v1.2.0 release can be downloaded from
+the downloads page:
+https://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads#cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-release
+
+Changelog for this release can be found here:
+https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/releases/tag/v1.2.0
+
+In addition to the official source code release, the container image
+is available here:
+https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/cloudstack-kubernetes-provider/v1.2.0

blog/2025-12-29-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-v1.2.0/index.md

@@ -93,3 +93,9 @@ harikrishna:
   title: PMC Member
   url: https://github.com/harikrishna-patnala
   image_url: /img/authors/harikrishna.png
+
+vishesh:
+  name: Vishesh Jindal
+  title: PMC Member
+  url: https://github.com/vishesh92
+  image_url: /img/authors/vishesh.png

blog/authors.yml

@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ here](https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/latest/plugins/cloudstack-kubernetes
 
 ### Source Release
 
-The current release is `v1.1.0`.
+The current release is `v1.2.0`.
 
-<a className="button button--primary button--lg" href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/cloudstack/releases/kubernetes-provider-1.1.0/apache-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-1.1.0-src.tar.bz2">Get the v1.1.0 Source</a>&nbsp;
+<a className="button button--primary button--lg" href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/cloudstack/releases/kubernetes-provider-1.2.0/apache-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-1.2.0-src.tar.bz2">Get the v1.2.0 Source</a>&nbsp;
 <a className="button button--secondary button--sm" href="https://dlcdn.apache.org/cloudstack/KEYS">KEYS</a>&nbsp;
-<a className="button button--secondary button--sm" href="https://dlcdn.apache.org/cloudstack/releases/kubernetes-provider-1.1.0/apache-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-1.1.0-src.tar.bz2.asc">PGP</a>&nbsp;
-<a className="button button--secondary button--sm" href="https://dlcdn.apache.org/cloudstack/releases/kubernetes-provider-1.1.0/apache-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-1.1.0-src.tar.bz2.sha512">SHA512</a><br/>
+<a className="button button--secondary button--sm" href="https://dlcdn.apache.org/cloudstack/releases/kubernetes-provider-1.2.0/apache-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-1.2.0-src.tar.bz2.asc">PGP</a>&nbsp;
+<a className="button button--secondary button--sm" href="https://dlcdn.apache.org/cloudstack/releases/kubernetes-provider-1.2.0/apache-cloudstack-kubernetes-provider-1.2.0-src.tar.bz2.sha512">SHA512</a><br/>
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