release: Kata Containers 1.7.0-alpha0

- doc: update architecture.md link
- VMCache: check if vm_cache_endpoint file exists before VMCache server…
- vsock: Pass info about vsock being used or not to the agent.
- qemu: fix qemu leak when failed to start container
- hypervisor: return cpu->threadID mapping
- tests: do cleanUp() always in the end
- cgroups: remove duplicate fields from state
- shimv2: optionally plug rootfs block storage instead of mounting it
- linter: remove deadcode linter check for generic item
- virtcontainers: firecracker: disable ACPI
- config: validate proxy path
- lint: Change go linter from gometalinter to golangci-lint
- Factory: Fix fake return value issue on creating template
- config: Add config flag "experimental"
- Add more build targets
- Update collect script for dax nvdimm images
- Allow data collection to be hidden
- config: Make VMCache can work with vsock
- ci: check curl before use it
- virtcontainers: improve security and mount the rootfs as read-only fs
- refactor: improve readability of `bumpAttachCount`

57b103a vsock: Pass info about vsock being used or not to the agent.
fb64a3e doc: update architecture.md link
b6f382e VMCache: check if vm_cache_endpoint file exists before VMCache server runs
dd6d1e4 fc: return vcpu thread info properly
6fda03e hypervisor: make getThreadIDs return vcpu to threadid mapping
ad697cc vendor: add prometheus/procfs dependency
0e2be42 vendor: fix containerd/cgroups dependency
52c66d2 shimv2: plugin the block backed rootfs directly instead of mount it
628ea46 virtcontainers: change container's rootfs from string to mount alike struct
c0aedeb virtcontainers: firecracker: disable ACPI
096fa04 qemu: fix qemu leak when failed to start container
2e5194e linter: remove deadcode linter check for generic item
dca7a6f config: validate proxy path
dd6e8eb tests: do cleanUp() always in the end
ad7d9b7 cgroups: remove duplicate fields from state
f442876 lint: Update go linter from gometalinter to golangci-lint.
5d761ce scripts: Handle images with a DAX/NVDIMM header
bdf6b2d scripts: Handle missing partitions in collect script
ad228e3 build: Add missing targets to show-usage
e6a7091 build: Allow runtime to be built+installed without shim
206ffc6 build: Don't build the runtime when building shim binary
639e827 config: Make VMCache can work with vsock
aec0d26 ci: check curl before use it
9b73900 katautils: mask systemd-random-seed
6498466 virtcontainers: improve security and mount the rootfs as read-only fs
26a9b72 refactor: improve readability of `bumpAttachCount`
5a271f0 scripts: Allow data collection script output to be hidden
4f34a54 scripts: Refactor collect script
eadf977 Factory: Fix fake return value issue on creating template
da80c70 config: enhance Feature structure
111774c config: add docs for experimental
050f03b config: Add config flag "experimental"

Signed-off-by: Eric Ernst <[email protected]>

VERSION

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-1.6.0-rc2
+1.7.0-alpha0