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docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/architecture/architecture.md

@@ -35,37 +35,16 @@ The following are architectural highlights of Palette-provisioned Edge native cl
 
 ## Limitations
 
-- The Palette Optimized Canonical distribution that supports Canonical Kubernetes is a Tech Preview feature and does not
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+
+- The <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized Canonical" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-canonical" /> pack does not
   support the following:
 
   - ARM64 architecture
   - Palette VerteX
   - Custom installation paths for Kubernetes and its dependencies in [agent mode](../../../deployment-modes/agent-mode/)
-  - High availability mode with one or two nodes.
-
-- When scaling down a Palette Optimized Canonical Kubernetes cluster with two nodes, ensure you do not delete the leader
-  node. In this configuration, one node is the leader (and voter), while the other is a spare. Deleting the leader will
-  render the cluster inaccessible, as database updates are not replicated to the spare node.
-
-:::info
 
-The Palette Optimized Canonical Kubernetes distribution uses distributed SQLite (Dqlite) as its datastore. Each node
-assumes one of the following roles at any given time:
-
-- Voter - replication and leader election voting are enabled.
-- Stand-by - only replication is enabled.
-- Spare - neither replication nor election is enabled.
-
-Run the `k8s status` command on a control plane node to view the current roles of all nodes in the cluster.
-
-```bash hideClipboard title="Example output"
-cluster status:           ready
-control plane nodes:      10.10.216.81:6400 (voter), 10.10.217.4:6400 (voter), 10.10.220.115:6400 (voter)
-high availability:        yes
-datastore:                k8s-dqlite
-```
-
-:::
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 
 ## Minimum Device Requirements
 
@@ -89,19 +68,12 @@ ARM64 support is only verified for the Nvidia Jetson Orin device family.
 
 Palette provides the following distributions for edge installations.
 
-| Name                                                                                                        | Kubernetes Distribution | OS               | CNIs            | CSIs      |
-| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------- | --------------- | --------- |
-| Palette Optimized K3s                                                                                       | K3s                     | openSUSE, Ubuntu | Calico, Flannel | Rook Ceph |
-| Palette Optimized RKE2                                                                                      | RKE2                    | openSUSE, Ubuntu | Calico, Flannel | Rook Ceph |
-| [Palette eXtended Kubernetes Edge (PXK-E)](../../../glossary-all.md#palette-extended-kubernetes-edge-pxk-e) | CNCF                    | openSUSE, Ubuntu | Calico, Flannel | Rook Ceph |
-| Palette Optimized Canonical                                                                                 | Canonical Kubernetes    | Ubuntu           | Calico, Cilium  | Longhorn  |
-
-:::preview
-
-The **Palette Optimized Canonical** Kubernetes distribution is a Tech Preview feature and is subject to change. Do not
-use this feature in production workloads.
-
-:::
+| Name                                                                                                       | Kubernetes Distribution | OS               | CNIs            | CSIs      |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------- | --------------- | --------- |
+| <VersionedLink text="Palette eXtended Kubernetes Edge (PXK-E)" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-k8s" /> | CNCF                    | openSUSE, Ubuntu | Calico, Flannel | Rook Ceph |
+| <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized Canonical" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-canonical" />        | Canonical Kubernetes    | Ubuntu           | Calico, Cilium  | Longhorn  |
+| <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized K3s" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-k3s" />                    | K3s                     | openSUSE, Ubuntu | Calico, Flannel | Rook Ceph |
+| <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized RKE2" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-rke2" />                  | RKE2                    | openSUSE, Ubuntu | Calico, Flannel | Rook Ceph |
 
 ## Supported Configurations
 
@@ -112,7 +84,7 @@ table below describes these aspects and the available options.
 | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | Management Mode                   | - Central: The site has a connection to Palette and is managed centrally via Palette Management Console<br/> - Local: The site does not have a connection to Palette and is managed locally.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | OS                                | - Ubuntu<br/>- OpenSUSE<br/>- Bring Your Own OS (BYOOS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
-| Kubernetes Flavor                 | - Palette eXtended K8s for Edge FIPS (PXK-E) <br /> - Palette eXtended K8s for Edge (PXK-E) <br/> - Palette Optimized K3s <br/> - Palette Optimized RKE2<br/>- Palette Optimized Canonical                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| Kubernetes Flavor                 | - <VersionedLink text="Palette eXtended Kubernetes Edge (PXK-E)" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-k8s" /> (FIPS and non-FIPS) <br/> - <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized Canonical" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-canonical" /> <br/> - <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized K3s" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-k3s" /> <br/>- <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized RKE2" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-rke2" />                                             |
 | Kubernetes Version                | - 1.26.x<br/>- 1.27.x<br/>- 1.28.x<br/>- 1.29.x<br/>- 1.30.x<br/>- 1.31.x<br/>- 1.32.x <br/>- 1.33.x                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | FIPS Mode                         | - True: Enforce usage of FIPS packs and other required FIPS configuration to meet FIPS compliance<br/>- False                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | Edge Host Registration Mode       | - Manual: A unique Edge host ID is manually entered into the Palette Management Console <br/> - Auto: Edge hosts automatically register with the Palette through the usage of a registration token supplied in the user-data<br/>- QR Code: Scan a QR code that takes you to a web application that registers the Edge host with Palette. This method is considered advanced with the benefit of simplifying the Edge host registration without needing a tenant token or a manual entry. |

docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/architecture/two-node.md

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ change the number of nodes.
   [Deployment Modes](../../../deployment-modes/deployment-modes.md).
 - Two-node clusters can only have exactly two nodes in the control plane pool. You cannot adjust the number of the nodes
   in the control plane pool after cluster creation.
-- Two-node clusters only support K3s. Other Kubernetes distributions are not supported.
+- Two-node clusters only support K3s and Palette Optimized Canonical Kubernetes. Other Kubernetes distributions are not
+  supported.
 
 ## Use Cases
 

docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/edgeforge-workflow/palette-canvos/build-installer-iso.md

@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ Use the following instructions to build the Edge Installer ISO. The optional ste
    the provider images. Refer to [Edge Artifact Build Configuration](./arg.md) for all available configuration
    parameters.
 
-   :::preview
-
-   The `K8S_DISTRIBUTION` argument, defined in the `.arg` file, accepts `canonical` as a valid value. This value
-   corresponds to the **Palette Optimized Canonical** pack, which is a Tech Preview feature and is subject to change. Do
-   not use this feature in production workloads.
-
-   :::
-
 7. Customize these arguments to use during the build process. The following is an example `.arg` file.
 
    ```

docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/edgeforge-workflow/palette-canvos/build-provider-images.md

@@ -159,14 +159,6 @@ artifacts at the same time.
 
     Refer to [Edge Artifact Build Configurations](./arg.md) for all available configuration parameters.
 
-    :::preview
-
-    The `K8S_DISTRIBUTION` argument, defined in the `.arg` file, accepts `canonical` as a valid value. This value
-    corresponds to the **Palette Optimized Canonical** pack, which is a Tech Preview feature and is subject to change.
-    Do not use this feature in production workloads.
-
-    :::
-
 11. (Optional) If you want to build multiple versions of provider images using different Kubernetes versions, remove the
     `K8S_VERSION` argument from the `.arg` file. Open the `k8s_version.json` file in the `CanvOS` directory. Remove the
     Kubernetes versions that you don't need from the JSON object corresponding to your Kubernetes distribution.

docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/edgeforge-workflow/palette-canvos/palette-canvos.md

@@ -147,14 +147,6 @@ customization.
 
    Refer to [Edge Artifact Build Configurations](./arg.md) for all available configuration parameters.
 
-   :::preview
-
-   The `K8S_DISTRIBUTION` argument, defined in the `.arg` file, accepts `canonical` as a valid value. This value
-   corresponds to the **Palette Optimized Canonical** pack, which is a Tech Preview feature and is subject to change. Do
-   not use this feature in production workloads.
-
-   :::
-
    Using the arguments defined in the `.arg` file, the final provider images you generate will have the following naming
    convention, `[IMAGE_REGISTRY]/[IMAGE_REPO]:[CUSTOM_TAG]`. For example, one of the provider images will be
    `spectrocloud/ubuntu:k3s-1.27.2-v4.4.12-palette-learn`.
@@ -598,14 +590,6 @@ required Edge artifacts.
     OS distribution. The `.arg` file uses the default values for the remaining arguments. Refer to
     [Edge Artifact Build Configurations](./arg.md) for all available configuration parameters.
 
-    :::preview
-
-    The `K8S_DISTRIBUTION` argument, defined in the `.arg` file, accepts `canonical` as a valid value. This value
-    corresponds to the **Palette Optimized Canonical** pack, which is a Tech Preview feature and is subject to change.
-    Do not use this feature in production workloads.
-
-    :::
-
     ```bash
     cat << EOF > .arg
     IMAGE_REGISTRY=$IMAGE_REGISTRY

docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/site-deployment/cluster-deployment.md

@@ -33,14 +33,22 @@ Use the following steps to create a new host cluster so that you can add Edge ho
 - In a multi-node cluster with PXK-E as its Kubernetes layer, you cannot change custom Network Interface Card (NIC).
   When you add an Edge host to such a cluster, leave the NIC field as its default value.
 
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+
 - For multi-node clusters, do not use the
   <VersionedLink text="Local Path Provisioner Pack" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=csi-local-path-provisioner" />. This
   is because whenever a node is drained during an upgrade or for any other reason, the volumes will not dynamically move
   with the local path provisioner.
 
-- Two-node clusters operating in high availability mode only support K3s and no other Kubernetes distributions.
-- Palette Optimized Canonical Kubernetes clusters require at least three nodes to operate in high availability mode.
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+- Two-node clusters operating in high availability mode only support K3s and Palette Optimized Canonical Kubernetes.
+  Other Kubernetes distributions are not supported.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 
 ### Prerequisites
 

docs/docs-content/deployment-modes/agent-mode/architecture.md

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ The following are architectural highlights of clusters deployed using agent mode
 
 ## Limitations
 
-- The Palette Optimized Canonical distribution that supports Canonical Kubernetes is a Tech Preview feature and does not
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+
+- The <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized Canonical" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-canonical" /> distribution does not
   support the following:
 
   - Non-Edge environments
@@ -66,16 +68,14 @@ The following are architectural highlights of clusters deployed using agent mode
 
 Agent mode deployments support the following Kubernetes distributions:
 
-- PXK-E
-- K3s
-- Canonical
-
-:::preview
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 
-The **Palette Optimized Canonical** distribution that supports Canonical Kubernetes is a Tech Preview feature and is
-subject to change. Do not use this feature in production workloads.
+  - <VersionedLink text="Palette eXtended Kubernetes Edge (PXK-E)" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-k8s" />
+  - <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized Canonical" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-canonical" />
+  - <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized K3s" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-k3s" />
+  - <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized RKE2" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-rke2" />
 
-:::
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
 
 ## Minimum Device Requirements
 

docs/docs-content/release-notes/release-notes.md

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ The [CanvOS](https://github.com/spectrocloud/CanvOS) version corresponding to th
 
 #### Improvements
 
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+
+- The <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized Canonical" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-canonical" /> pack has exited Tech Preview and is now ready for production workloads.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
 #### Bug Fixes
 
 ### VerteX

docs/docs-content/troubleshooting/edge/edge.md

@@ -362,10 +362,14 @@ remove the container manually. The kubelet then restarts the component using the
 
 ## Scenario - Canonical Edge Clusters in Proxied Environments Experience Failure upon Reboot
 
-When rebooting nodes in an Edge cluster using Palette Optimized Canonical deployed in a proxied environment, the nodes
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+
+When rebooting nodes in an Edge cluster using <VersionedLink text="Palette Optimized Canonical" url="/integrations/packs/?pack=edge-canonical" /> deployed in a proxied environment, the nodes
 may fail to come back online. To prevent this, add the second IP address in the `service_cidr` range from the Canonical
 pack to the `NO_PROXY` list in your Edge installer `user-data`.
 
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
 ### Debug Steps
 
 1. Log in to [Palette](https://console.spectrocloud.com).