# Release 1.8.0-alpha2
agent Changes
- Agent side support for ACRN hypervisor.
Shortlog
3548e65 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2
9b59925 mount: Virtio-blk container rootfs mount for ACRN hypervisor
0ead592 docs: Fix capitalization
proxy Changes
Shortlog
9074db6 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2
runtime Changes
- A few bugfixes.
- Error handling enhancements.
Shortlog
a1fa8d0 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2
1b2b6b8 docs: Fix typos and formatting
0fb4396 vc: Fix TestQemuPPC64leMemoryTopology after qemu version bump
e08f13e vc: error handling for bindUnmount functionalities
61fff89 vc: Add vendor package go-multierror
9c48536 katautils: fix shim v2 fail to work with libnetwork
7e6fcdd kernelRootParams: define agnostic commonkernelRootParams
efc754f containerd-shim-kata-v2: Use O_NONBLOCK for tty stdin.
shim Changes
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c49cb63 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2
Compatibility with Docker
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2 is compatible with Docker v18.06-ce
Compatibility with CRI-O
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2 is compatible with CRI-O v1.14.1
Compatibility with cri-containerd
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2 is compatible with cri-contaienrd 1.2.6
OCI Runtime Specification
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2 support the OCI Runtime Specification v1.0.0-rc5
Compatibility with Kubernetes
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha2 is compatible with Kubernetes 1.14.1-00
Kata Linux Containers image
Agent version: 1.8.0-alpha2
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-alpha2 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