0.6.1

Multipass version 0.6.1

With the impending trusty end-of-life we decided to allow launching it
despite it becoming unsupported.

multipass launch <release> now works for any release still published
by http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com, supported or not.

To see the available releases, use multipass find --show-unsupported.

Release 0.6.0

Multipass version 0.6.0

Highlights

• multipass shell <instance> will now start the instance if not running (#631)
• --cloud-init - option to launch will read the config from standard input (#628)
• multipass launch is much faster due to removing the wait on cloud-init to complete (#619)
• we'll now stick to the Semantic Versioning standard proper (#692)
• we added update notifications on the CLI (#688)
• HTTPS image downloads now work in the snap and Windows (#702)

Notes

We had to disable some concurrency in the daemon to avoid crashes (#585) so some operations will take longer now. The good news is that we're already working on a proper solution for that (#682), which will be part of our next release.

Significant bugfixes

#569: Transient "Downloaded image hash does not match" error
#689: Mount fails periodically with transport endpoint is not connected
#652: Multipass loses snapcraft project mount when unpacked squashfs is within
#555: failure to contact image providers causes multipassd to abort startup
#585: multipassd SIGSEGV on clean while launching
#386: Network timeout too aggressive
#626: Restart multipassd on proxy changes
#588, #616, #677: Fix how we handle memory requests between the client and backends

You can find the full list of changes in our v0.6.0 project and even more detailed in the full commit log.

Feedback

Please file issues here for problems and feature requests, or come to our discourse to chat. We're also on #multipass on Freenode. See you there :)

Release 0.6.0-pre1

Merge #600

600: [debian] drop cmake-extras from build deps r=ricab a=Saviq

We're not using it after all.

Co-authored-by: Michał Sawicz <michal@sawicz.net>

Release 0.5.0

Highlights

• First beta release for Windows!
  • only Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise, build 1803 or later is currently supported
  • see Installing Multipass on Windows for more information
• Switched to Semantic Versioning

Bugs fixed

• Fix daemon hangs when suspending a suspended instance. (#559)
• Persistify deleted state and load it on daemon startup. (#536)

Release 2018.12.1

Highlights

• On Linux, suspending/resuming the instance to/from disk is now supported. (#374)
• Better handling of delayed shutdown including posting wall messages to logged in users and allowing log ins to the instance unless 1 minute or less remains until shutdown. (#461, #501)
• On Linux, all CPU flags should be passed into the running instance on newly created instances. (#516)
• Fixed some races around mount handling. (#514, #520)

Bugs fixed:

• make the recover command idempotent (#528)
• explicitly stop mounts when deleting an instance to avoid a race (#520)
• be smarter about what group owns the multipass socket (#513, #523)
• pass through all CPU flags when launching QEMU or libvirt instances (#516)
• use info log level for metrics issues (#515)
• fix potential race when starting a mount (#514)
• use wall shutdown messages for users logged into VM when delayed shutdown is initiated (#501)
• fix crash if exception during daemon start up (#487)
• refactor CLI code (#468)
• add default uid/gid mapping (#331)
• fix file metadata passthrough
• display uid/gid maps in info command (#439)
• add support for the suspend command (#374)
• shell to machine in delayed stop state (#461)
• improve uid/gid validation (#479)
• avoid leaking the libvirt bridge (#327, #413)
• add a restart command (#217)
• upgrade 3rd-party versions (#471)

2018.11.1-pre3

Bugs fixed

• add default uid/gid mapping (#331)
• fix file metadata passthrough
• display uid/gid maps in info command (#439)
• add support for the suspend command (#374)
• shell to machine in delayed stop state (#461)
• improve uid/gid validation (#479)
• avoid leaking the libvirt bridge (#327, #413)
• add a restart command (#217)
• upgrade 3rd-party versions (#471)

2018.11.1-pre2

Bugs fixed

• add default uid/gid mapping (#331)
• fix file metadata passthrough
• display uid/gid maps in info command (#439)
• add support for the suspend command (#374)
• shell to machine in delayed stop state (#461)
• improve uid/gid validation (#479)

2018.11.1-pre1

Bugs fixed

• add default uid/gid mapping (#331)
• fix file metadata passthrough
• display uid/gid maps in info command (#439)

2018.10.1

Highlights:

• enable RPC encryption
• add remote operation support
• bootstrap metrics reporting
• #369 add --time and --cancel options to multipass stop for delayed shutdown support
• #312 forward log messages to clients when --verbose used
• #387 support snapcraft core and core18 aliases for build environments

Bugs fixed:

• #63 -vvv is not the same as -v -v -v
• #155 --verbose is ineffectual
• #299 Launching an instance using the core alias does not work
• #302 qemu dnsmasq confused with multiple mpqemubr* bridges
• #306 Lack of information when copy-files fails
• #316 Multipass doesn't handle internet connection issues well
• #319 daemon dies without networking
• #333 copying files from instance with wild cards is unpredictable
• #335 System-type files should not be shown in mounts
• #337 Sometimes recursively removing a directory fails in a mount
• #349 Wrong error code returned when client is unable to connect to daemon
• #359 Multipass changes used subnet across boots
• #368 Some snap builds in LP are broken
• #371 random start error with mounted dir
• #376 Fresh install of edge snap stuck on Starting... when launching
• #377 ebtables package is missing in the snap
• #381 multipass info fails for Ubuntu Core images
• #383 qemu backend - dnsmasq leases don't expire, ip addresses
• #394 info failed: ssh: Timeout connecting to (IP)
• #400 libvirt backend looks for ebtables in the wrong place
• #401 Launching by aliases from SimpleStreams remotes is broken
• #402 Launching images via aliases that match multiple remotes may use the incorrect image
• #412 Can't launch core images
• #414 Timing out on SSH results in Launched: even when status is UNKNOWN
• #419 Some internal commands to the instance time out too quickly
• #425 mount on startup sometimes fail due to the instance not being ready yet

Updated third-party libraries:

• fmtlib
• libssh
• yaml-cpp

2018.6.1

Release 2018.6.1

Highlights:
- support custom VM images (#24)
- support "core" as an alias (#87)
- switched to a dedicated "multipass" user inside the instance
  - avoid hardcoding "/home/ubuntu" in your commands

Significant improvements:
- multiple bash completion fixes (#206, #207, #220, #239)
- fixed image caching if removed from streams (#200)
- caching info data to display when instance is stopped (#199)
- support for custom SSH keys (#52)
- (re)storing instance state (#130)
- verify downloaded images (#275)