v2.1.1

Release 2.1.1

This major new release of Elemental Toolkit includes support for BTRFS and Snapper based snapshots as a key feature. This encompasses a major refactor of how OS images are managed and laid out into disk. While it is possible to upgrade from an old image to a new image based on Elemental toolkit v2, it is not possible to downgrade.

What's Changed

• Add installer test by @davidcassany in #1851
• Improve CI stability by @davidcassany in #1843
• Update release workflow by @frelon in #1850
• Move recovery hostname to cloud-config-defaults by @frelon in #1852
• Configurable build-disk deploy command by @frelon in #1853
• Remove existing file during build-disk by @frelon in #1857
• Update golang.org/x/net dependency by @frelon in #1860
• Add basic support for RISC-V 64bit architecture by @ldevulder in #1856
• Add target for rpi disk by @frelon in #1859
• Refactor grub as a bootloader interface by @davidcassany in #1867
• Fix initrd and kernel ISO paths by @davidcassany in #1869
• Log errors of runner commands only in debug mode by @davidcassany in #1870
• Add other example distros by @davidcassany in #1868
• Bump yip by @davidcassany in #1872
• Add force flag in systemd-firstboot yip's plugin by @davidcassany in #1873
• Refactor early system mounting by @frelon in #1866
• Update go in build-docs action by @frelon in #1877
• Wrap mount.Interface to our own interface by @davidcassany in #1875
• Add btrfs support in partitioner by @davidcassany in #1878
• Fix RISCV64 (VisionFive2) Tumbleweed example build by @ldevulder in #1871
• Do not run CI on pushes to main, the test already happens on the PR by @davidcassany in #1881
• Make network configuration part of the example, not defaults by @davidcassany in #1876
• Rename overlay -> ephemeral mounts by @frelon in #1880
• Add backwards-compatibility for liveCD detection by @frelon in #1879
• Cleanup caches when PR is closed by @frelon in #1882
• Refactor some elemental package methods to be used as stand alone functions by @davidcassany in #1883
• Drop elemental object and make elemental methods stateless by @davidcassany in #1884
• Load mount-layout from .env-files by @frelon in #1885
• Provide early boot systemd unit files within the associated dracut module by @davidcassany in #1886
• Changes to cleanup-cache workflow by @frelon in #1887
• Add disable-boot-entry flag to reset-command by @frelon in #1888
• Change trigger to pull_request_target by @frelon in #1889
• Adding new snapshotter interface by @davidcassany in #1890
• Split arm and x86_64 tests by @davidcassany in #1892
• Add loopdevice implementation by @davidcassany in #1891
• Add default cloud-init-paths to build commands by @frelon in #1893
• Update github.com/go-git/go-git to v5.11.0 by @frelon in #1894
• Update copyright year (2024) by @frelon in #1899
• Change default rootfs feature by @frelon in #1900
• Fix partitions typo by @frelon in #1902
• Move grub-config to /etc/elemental by @frelon in #1903
• Mount readonly EFI partition to /run/elemental/efi by @frelon in #1905
• Include SUT utilities within the repository by @davidcassany in #1908
• Bump twpayne/vfs module to latest version by @davidcassany in #1909
• Install grub.cfg into EFI System Partition by @frelon in #1904
• Use v1.3.0 as upgrade base image by @frelon in #1910
• Bind mount /oem in elemental-setup-initramfs by @frelon in #1912
• Improve support for old boot arguments by @davidcassany in #1915
• Use rancher/yip v1.4.8 by @frelon in #1916
• Update dependencies by @frelon in #1917
• Include elemental partitions in mount command by @davidcassany in #1918
• Test that persistence is working by @frelon in #1919
• This commit does removes the assumption of a boot folder (/boot) just for grub setup by @davidcassany in #1920
• Refactor to switch to snapshotter interface by @davidcassany in #1906
• Add dependabot config by @frelon in #1929
• Bump the go_modules group across 1 directories with 1 update by @dependabot in #1932
• Remove BindMount for /oem in initramfs stage by @frelon in #1934
• Bump yip to v1.4.10 by @frelon in #1926
• Add back the BindPath for /oem by @frelon in #1935
• Bump github actions by @frelon in #1933
• Install podman in example Dockerfiles by @frelon in #1931
• Prevent unnecessary copy of image tree to tmp folder by @davidcassany in #1938
• Add Volumes in Mount spec by @davidcassany in #1937
• Remove references to old ACTIVE and PASSIVE images by @davidcassany in #1943
• Make linter happy by @frelon in #1947
• Add formatting to log message by @frelon in #1948
• Bump the go_modules group across 1 directories with 1 update by @dependabot in #1936
• Use at least xorriso 1.5.6 by @frelon in #1951
• Use go 1.22 by @frelon in #1942
• Umount OEM before switching root by @davidcassany in #1952
• Workflow toolkit by @frelon in #1946
• Add types for pull_request_target by @frelon in #1954
• Toolkit needs by @frelon in #1956
• Improved upgrade test by @frelon in #1960
• Embed file permissions for features by @frelon in #1961
• Move elemental services to /etc by @frelon in #1962
• Fix docs publishing error by @frelon in #1963
• Btrfs snapshotter implementation by @davidcassany in #1957
• Build toolkit on nightly by @frelon in #1965
• Use backup legacy grub.cfg location by @frelon in #1967
• Regenerate docs by @frelon in #1968
• Remove tumbleweed dracut patches by @frelon in #1964
• Make snapshotter root dynamic based on the reported mountpoint by @davidcassany in #1971
• Ensure /run/elemental/efi is RW for upgrades by @davidcassany in #1976
• Fix regression introduced in 547cb93 by @davidcassany in #1977
• Relay on the snapshotter setup of the installed system for upgrades by @davidcassany in #1979
• Fix env vars for upgrade install by @davidcassany in #1980
• Fix grub setup to properly set fallback by @davidcassany in #1981
• Add upgrade-recovery subcommand by @anmazzotti in #1974
• Keep previous behavior for persistent binded paths by @davidcassany in #1984
• Add support to /dev/disk/by-path device reference by @fgiudici in #1986
• Adding snapshotter.type flag install command by @davidcassany in #1987
• fix broken link in docs by @furlongm in #1985
• Image variable includes full image path already by @davidcassany in #1989
• Fix Recovery only upgrades by @anmazzotti in #1988
• Do not migrate legacy images if snapshots are already present by @davidcassany in #1990
• Adding debug messages for snapper configuration by @davidcassany in #1991
• Make ext2 the default FS for recovery on disks by @davidcassany in #1995
• Fix build-disk action unit tests by @davidcassany in #1997
• Fix racy workflows by @frelon in #1996
• Align sysroot mount options with SLE Micro, which in turn is applying… by @davidcassany in #1998
• bump elemental-toolkit to v2 by @davidcassany in #1969
• Fix unterminated quoted string by @frelon in #1999
• Update v2 linker args by @frelon in #2000
• Switches tests to Ubuntu and KVM for tests by @davidcassany in #2001
• Use v2.0.0 reference image for tests by @davidcassany in #2003
• Fix downgrade tests, there are no hooks when upgrading from passive by @davidcassany in #2004
• Bump google/go-containerregistry by @frelon in #2005
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 24.0.0+incompatible to 24.0.7+incompatible by @dependabot in #2006
• Remove deprecated feature immutable-rootfs by @frelon in #2007
• Bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.32.0 to 1.33.0 by @dependabot in #2009
• Remove flaky assert in downgrade test by @frelon in #2012
• Use elemental instead of cos by @frelon in #2014
• Change location of bootargs.conf by @frelon in #2013
• Extract recovery kernel by @frelon in #2016
• Bump github.com/docker/docker from 24.0.7+incompatible to 24.0.9+incompatible by @dependabot in #2020
• Fix passive snapshots listing in grub.cfg by @davidcassany in #2022
• Test qemu secure boot by @frelon in #2017
• Use ContainSubstring in secure boot test by @frelon in #2023
• make configurable boot-assessment checks by @davidcassany in #2018
• Update github.com/canonical/go-efilib by @frelon in #2019
• docs: fix build-iso example by @fgiudici in #2026
• Skip symlink if kernel already exists by @frelon in #2028
• Iterate over passive snapshots on boot-assessment by @davidcassany in #2027
• Fix doc typo by @anmazzotti in #2029
• Backwards compatible recovery boot configuration by @frelon in #2030
• Fix the fix by @frelon in #2033
• Wait for relevant elemental init stages by @davidcassany in #2034
• Remove empty mount paths by @frelon in #2036
• Change description of boot assessment service by @frelon in #2037
• Snapshottable recovery system by @frelon in #2032
• Backport squashfs improvements to v2.1.x by @frelon in #2044
• [backport] Remove pre-existing Elemental initrds by @davidcassany in #2096
• [backport] CI refactor to v2.1.x branch by @davidcassany in #2146
• [backport] Disable boot entry if efivars is read-only (#2059) by @davidcassany in #2145

New Contributors

• @ldevulder made their first contribution in #1856

Full Changelog: v1.1.6...v2.1.1