# Release 1.8.0-alpha0

agent Changes

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0666ef0 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0
ca2f724 grpc: add unit test for onlineResources function
353263d docs: Fix typos and formatting
c66349b mount: Add a proper rollback path to addStorages()
5064045 docs: Add missing document link
5f9df74 updateInterface: enable hot-add nic on arm64
560dc87 vendor: update vsock package version

proxy Changes

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ce2cfac release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0
9f6fba5 CI: allow osx builds to fail

runtime Changes

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726720d vc: Add some defaultQemuMachineOptions for qemu 4.0
a7daa2b docs: Explain Kata Containers are Linux-based
648825c release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0
bbe5584 fc-toml: remove proxy section in config
b780c16 virtcontainers: support vm factory in QEMU 4
1af68aa docs: Fix spelling and formatting
a41894d runtime: Enable file based backend
bdae295 runtime : delete redundant code in CreateContainer
19288aa data/kata-collect-data: support kata containers snap
eabfd99 shimv2: Improve shim shutdown logic
590ed09 vendor: update gogo/protobuf, containerd and agent vendors
7bf6c67 cache: Call vm.Disconnect() when close vm
19115ef kata_proxy: Set Setsid to true when exec kata-proxy
f89834a virtcontainers: avoid unnecessary error checking in startVM
a27a3e7 virtcontainers: kill hypervisor if startSandbox fails
82e51d4 data: Revert pull request #1405
722ac5a nemu-config: fix nemu for ci
b203fdb versions: Update cri-containerd yaml
d6b3bff shimv2: remove use containerd ns as netns
f301c95 shimv2: shutdown the sandbox when sandbox container exited
0d535f5 shimv2: kill a container return directly once the container termianted
5e1f5ca shimv2: fix the issue of passing the wrong container id
0d98e24 ci: Build kata-runtime before running static checks
f7cc028 vc:Execute TestQemuPPC64leMemoryTopology depending on qemu version
071030b shimv2: Close vhostfd after vm get vhostfd
da2749c docs: Add missing docs
1563263 docs: Simplify link
7381cd5 agent: fix agent debug console
1789b65 virtcontainers: Set correct Shmsize for ppc64le
6be5e5f nemu-config: Add machine_type to config file
d66d855 katautils: don't mask systemd units
89e0dfa qemu: stop qemu process when virtiofsd quits
d0aae80 qemu: print virtiofsd logs when debug is on
c22b15d versions: Update golang to 1.11.10
00d03c1 kata_proxy: Open a special goroutine do cmd.Wait
5d527d7 versions: Update CRI-O version to 1.14.1
bdb1047 network: delete IP addrs on bridge model to prevent ARP conflict

shim Changes

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69a9838 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0
86e8784 CI: allow osx builds to fail

Compatibility with Docker

Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0 is compatible with Docker v18.06-ce

Compatibility with CRI-O

Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0 is compatible with CRI-O v1.14.1

Compatibility with cri-containerd

Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0 is compatible with cri-contaienrd 1.2.6

OCI Runtime Specification

Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0 support the OCI Runtime Specification v1.0.0-rc5

Compatibility with Kubernetes

Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0 is compatible with Kubernetes 1.14.1-00

Kata Linux Containers image

Agent version: 1.8.0-alpha0

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: fedora
version: latest
ppc64le:
name: centos
version: latest
s390x:
name: ubuntu
version: latest
x86_64:
name: clearlinux
version: latest
meta:
image-type: clearlinux

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: alpine
version: "3.7"
ppc64le:
name: alpine
version: "3.7"
s390x:
name: alpine
version: "3.7"
x86_64:
name: alpine
version: "3.7"

Kata Linux Containers Kernel

Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha0 suggest to use the Linux kernel v4.19.28
See the kernel suggested Guest Kernel patches
See the kernel suggested Guest Kernel config

Installation

Follow the Kata installation instructions.

Issues & limitations

More information Limitations