https://github.com/stolostron/backlog/issues/24211

Related issue: #22429, #22428, #24196, and #24193

With the release of Go 1.18, Go 1.16 is now at end of life.

For security compliance, all upstream projects need to be upgraded minimally to 1.17 and preferably 1.18.

Devs, please check off your component below when it has been upgraded to 1.18. Thanks!

2.6.x upstream golang levels that need to be upgraded to latest:

•  acm-prometheus-config-reloader 1.17 [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 prometheus-operator#11
•  acm-prometheus-operator 1.17 [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 prometheus-operator#11
•  endpoint-monitoring-operator 1.17 [release-2.6] Upgrade go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1061
•  grafana 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 grafana#78
•  grafana-dashboard-loader 1.17 - [release-2.6] Upgrade go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1061
•  kube-rbac-proxy 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 kube-rbac-proxy#14
•  kube-state-metrics 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 kube-state-metrics#20
•  management-ingress 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 management-ingress#60
•  metrics-collector 1.17 - [release-2.6] Upgrade go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1061
•  multicluster-observability-operator 1.17 - [release-2.6] Upgrade go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1061
•  node-exporter 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 node-exporter#16
•  observatorium 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 observatorium#47
•  observatorium-operator 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 observatorium-operator#86
•  prometheus 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 prometheus#24
•  prometheus-alertmanager 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 prometheus-alertmanager#30
•  rbac-query-proxy 1.17 - [release-2.6] Upgrade go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1061
•  thanos 1.17 - [release-2.6] Updated go to 1.18 thanos#37
•  thanos-receive-controller 1.17 (external)

2.5.x upstream golang levels that need to be upgraded to latest:

•  acm-prometheus-config-reloader 1.17 - TBD
•  acm-prometheus-operator 1.17 - TBD
•  endpoint-monitoring-operator 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1088
•  grafana 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 grafana#82
•  grafana-dashboard-loader 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1088
•  kube-rbac-proxy 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 kube-rbac-proxy#18
•  kube-state-metrics 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 kube-state-metrics#23
•  management-ingress 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 management-ingress#63
•  metrics-collector 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1088
•  multicluster-observability-operator 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1088
•  node-exporter 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 node-exporter#19
•  observatorium 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 observatorium#50
•  observatorium-operator 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 observatorium-operator#89
•  prometheus 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 prometheus#27
•  prometheus-alertmanager 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 prometheus-alertmanager#32
•  rbac-query-proxy 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go version to 1.18 multicluster-observability-operator#1088
•  thanos 1.17 - [release-2.5] Updated go to 1.18 thanos#40
•  thanos-receive-controller 1.17 (external)

2.4.x upstream golang levels that need to be upgraded to latest:

•  endpoint-monitoring-operator 1.17
•  grafana 1.17
•  grafana-dashboard-loader 1.17
•  kube-rbac-proxy 1.17
•  kube-state-metrics 1.17
•  management-ingress 1.17
•  metrics-collector 1.17
•  multicluster-observability-operator 1.17
•  node-exporter 1.17
•  observatorium 1.17
•  observatorium-operator 1.17
•  prometheus 1.17
•  prometheus-alertmanager 1.17
•  rbac-query-proxy 1.17
•  thanos 1.17
•  thanos-receive-controller (external)

2.3.x upstream golang levels that need to be upgraded to latest:

•  endpoint-monitoring-operator 1.17
•  grafana 1.17
•  grafana-dashboard-loader 1.17
•  management-ingress 1.17
•  metrics-collector 1.17
•  multicluster-observability-operator 1.17
•  observatorium 1.17
•  observatorium-operator 1.17
•  prometheus-alertmanager 1.17
•  rbac-query-proxy 1.17
•  thanos 1.17
•  thanos-receive-controller 1.17 (external)