v0.5.0

Highlights

This release adds the following for devices running macOS 13.0 or newer.

• Support for native macOS Virtualization.Framework
• Support for faster virtiofs volume mounts
• Support for faster x86_64 virtualization on M1 devices via Rosetta2

QEMU is still being utilised on all other OSes, and can still be used on macOS 13 by passing --vm-type qemu to colima start or setting vmType: qemu in the config.

Note

Existing instances will remain on QEMU, only newly created instances will use native macOS virtualization.

Breaking Changes

• --network-driver flag and network.driver config has been removed.
• --kubernetes-ingress flag has been replaced with --kubernetes-disable flag and kubernetes.ingress config has been replaced with kubernetes.disable config. This is to support a more flexible way of disabling k3s features. Ingress still remains disabled by default.

Fixes

• Propagation of HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables to the Docker daemon. Fixes #161, #294, #435.
• Custom user-specified Kubernetes version getting reset on startup. Fixes #417.
• Forcefully stopping the VM colima stop -f not working when VM status is unknown.

Other Updates

Application

• Added socket path and IP address to output of status command.
• New --vm-type command to toggle between QEMU and Virtualization.Framework. Values are qemu and vz.
• Colima now releases unused VM disk space to the host on startup.
• Ubuntu layer --layer now runs systemd instead of basic tini.

Kubernetes (k3s)

• Update to v1.25.4+k3s1
• New --kubernetes-disable flag and kubernetes.disable config to disable k3s features.
• Enable cni config for cri-dockerd. Fixes #448, #385.

Network

• New --dns-host flag for custom domain name resolutions.

Containerd

• Update to v1.1.0

Volumes

• Support for virtiofs volumes (requires macOS 13 and Lima v0.14.0).

Commits

• vm: multiple minor fixes by @abiosoft in #442
• feat: add kubernetes-disable flag by @pmalek in #443
• k3s: configurable disabled features by @abiosoft in #444
• fix: when vm /etc/hosts contains empty line could cause index out of range by @XGFan in #446
• net: switch to socket_vmnet by @abiosoft in #459
• misc: update links by @abiosoft in #464
• vm: fix layer for large uids by @abiosoft in #474
• vm: switch layer init from tini to systemd for better vm experience by @abiosoft in #475
• vm: propagate environment variables to rc services by @abiosoft in #476
• docs: Update FAQ for docker scan plugin by @usmansaleem in #477
• vm: add /etc/ssl/certs as certs copy target by @droctothorpe in #484
• ci: upgrade golangci-lint GitHub action package from v2 to v3 by @austinvazquez in #489
• ci: upgrade GitHub actions packages from v2 to v3 by @austinvazquez in #488
• vm: add support for macOS Virtualization.Framework by @abiosoft in #504
• vm: prevent auto-migrating instances to vz by @abiosoft in #507
• fix: persist kubernetes config by @hftsin in #505
• chore: refactor macOS version detection by @hftsin in #510
• vm: minor improvements by @abiosoft in #511
• dns: support for custom hosts by @FabianPonce in #512
• chore: pre v0.5.0 cleanups by @abiosoft in #513

New Contributors

• @pmalek made their first contribution in #443
• @XGFan made their first contribution in #446
• @usmansaleem made their first contribution in #477
• @droctothorpe made their first contribution in #484
• @austinvazquez made their first contribution in #489
• @hftsin made their first contribution in #505
• @FabianPonce made their first contribution in #512

Full Changelog: v0.4.6...v0.5.0