Release v0.18.0

Release v0.18.0

Mostly improvements and maintenance work: adds Fedora 44 support, enhances libvirt with new console, graphical console, journal output, and configurable virtiofsd support, improves boot and SSH reliability, and includes various CI, documentation, and infrastructure updates.

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.18.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

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What's Changed

• Updates for Fedora 44 release by @jeckersb in #271
• Justfile: Remove fedora-bootc:42, add fedora-bootc:{43,44} by @jeckersb in #272
• docs: Fix incorrect flag in to-disk example by @gursewak1997 in #275
• Add --virtiofsd CLI option and VIRTIOFSD_BIN env var support by @nickryand in #266
• libvirt: add --console-log and --platform-console-log options by @cgwalters in #264
• libvirt: Add opt-in --graphical-console flag for SPICE display by @jeckersb in #195
• ephemeral: Fix boot for images without virtiofs dracut module by @cgwalters in #273
• Fix SSH polling, disable Ignition+FCOS for now by @cgwalters in #281
• ci: Enable merge queue support by @cgwalters in #283
• kit: extract CommonSshOptions into ssh_options.rs by @tnk4on in #280
• libvirt: Set LC_ALL=C for virsh commands by @tnk4on in #286
• Add support for journal output by @cgwalters in #268
• Sync common files from infra repository by @bootc-bot[bot] in #288
• Sync common files from infra repository by @bootc-bot[bot] in #289
• chore: Configure Renovate by @bootc-bot[bot] in #287
• Release 0.18.0 by @bootc-bot[bot] in #278

New Contributors

• @nickryand made their first contribution in #266
• @tnk4on made their first contribution in #280

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.18.0