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# Release 1.11.0-rc0

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Highlights for this rc0 release include:

  • Add SELinux support for running VM Confinement
  • Make SELinux support configurable
  • cloud-hypervisor: Boot from persistent memory device
  • Different virtiofs fixes
  • Kernel updated to LTS 5.4.32

agent Changes

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27490d4 release: Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0
305c6f9 protocols: fix client unit tests for go 1.13
6cbeed5 mount: Use "virtiofs" instead of "virtio_fs"
cfc96dd build: Add support to strip the agent golang binary
7c0a967 agent: signal from keyboard must not be fatal
8325ad8 agent: fix epoll fd left in the kata-agent when exec process

proxy Changes

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9412389 release: Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0
32085dd travis: specify golang version

runtime Changes

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21711ee release: Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0
d78ffd6 makefile: Make SELinux support configurable
7aa3168 clh: Boot from persistent memory device
e8fc25a version: Update clh to master
8c850d9 config: Add scsi_mod.scan=none for virtio-scsi
bf9758b katautils: Use config paths set during the build
07d0a4f version: Update kernel to lts 5.4.32
432f9be clh: virtiofs: Add no_posix_lock option
ab8050c kata_agent: Don't use dax if virtio_fs_cache is 0
6218b2a kata_agent: Remove sharedDirVirtioFSOptions
95ccc0f agent: Use "virtiofs" instead of "virtio_fs"
4c1cacd versions: Switch to virtio-fs-dev branch for kernel
8e0f891 v2: Open log fifo with RDWR instead of WRONLY
afbd03c qemu-ppc64le: Switch off large decrementer capability
0294fcb versions: Update go to 1.13.9
5eec8bd qemu_ppc64le: EXpose fs support explicitly
fd625b3 qemu: Don't crash if virtiofsd path is non existent
e4eb553 virtcontainers: Add SELinux support for running VM Confinement
39e354f clh: Implement capabilities
0a1ffc1 types: Make FS sharing disable by default
4d034b1 versions: update go to v1.14
7997218 Makefile: Allow change default hypervisor via env var
669b6e3 clh: Report warning when requested vCPUs exceeds maxVCPU allowed
aab82f6 clh: Add memory hotplug
2f94873 clh: Use MemUnit to create VM
b6a7d8d utils: Add memory unit abstraction
5e7d253 clh: add vmInfo method
ebb8fd5 versions: Update clh to latest master
3b53114 virtcontainers: improve algorithm to check Large bar devices
7aff546 virtcontainers: check PCI resource format before using it
2c310fe virtcontainers: handle persistent memory volumes
434b302 virtcontainers: hotplug block drives that are pmem devices as nvdimm
84e0ee1 virtcontainers: reimplement createBlockDevices
abbdf07 virtcontainers: add Pmem attribute to BlockDrive
ee941e5 virtcontainers: Implement function to get the pmem DeviceInfo
9ff44db virtcontainers: implement function to get the backing file
0a4e2ed virtcontainers: move GetDevicePathAndFsType to utils_linux
2c7f27e vendor: update govmm
e62a8aa versions: Update containerd commit
4d2574a virtcontainers: Don't create vfio devices in the guest
d0a730c shimv2: move container rootfs mounted flag to container level
d60902a FC: change minimum supported version of Firecracker to v0.21.1
aadf8c4 AArch64: enable firecracker v0.21.1 on AArch64
44e2349 FC: Fix error of overlong firecracker API unix socket
c3bafd5 FC: Change default API socket path
2945bcd FC: Removed redundant --seccomp-level jailer parameter
d2cae59 FC: Removed redundant RescanBlockDevice action
37b91b3 FC: Remove logger.options
f61eca8 clh: Add comments around clh api
6a4e667 virtiofsd: Check if PID is valid
3251bea version: Update clh to master
c518464 clh: Add vfio support

shim Changes

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157eb5a release: Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0
3d4166a vendor: Update kata agent to 5bf8d4c
6153de8 vendor: Update logrus to v1.4.2
21a5451 travis: specify golang version.

Compatibility with Docker

Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0 is compatible with Docker v18.06-ce

Compatibility with CRI-O

Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0 is compatible with CRI-O 0eec454168e381e460b3d6de07bf50bfd9b0d082

Compatibility with cri-containerd

Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0 is compatible with cri-contaienrd 3a4acfbc99aa976849f51a8edd4af20ead51d8d7

OCI Runtime Specification

Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0 support the OCI Runtime Specification v1.0.0-rc5

Compatibility with Kubernetes

Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0 is compatible with Kubernetes 1.17.3-00

Kata Linux Containers image

Agent version: 1.11.0-rc0

Default Image Guest OS:

description: |
Root filesystem disk image used to boot the guest virtual
machine.
url: "https://github.com/kata-containers/osbuilder"
architecture:
aarch64:
name: "ubuntu"
version: "latest"
ppc64le:
name: "centos"
version: "latest"
s390x:
name: "ubuntu"
version: "latest"
x86_64:
name: &default-image-name "clearlinux"
version: "latest"
meta:
image-type: *default-image-name

Default Initrd Guest OS:

description: |
Root filesystem initrd used to boot the guest virtual
machine.
url: "https://github.com/kata-containers/osbuilder"
architecture:
aarch64:
name: &default-initrd-name "alpine"
version: &default-initrd-version "3.7"
ppc64le:
name: *default-initrd-name
version: *default-initrd-version
s390x:
name: *default-initrd-name
version: *default-initrd-version
x86_64:
name: *default-initrd-name
version: *default-initrd-version

Kata Linux Containers Kernel

Kata Containers 1.11.0-rc0 suggest to use the Linux kernel v5.4.32
See the kernel suggested Guest Kernel patches
See the kernel suggested Guest Kernel config

Installation

Follow the Kata installation instructions.

Issues & limitations

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