Release v0.6.0

[marquiz]

Release Process

• In the issue description, add a changelog section, describing changes since the last release.
• Local release preparations
  • Perform mandatory internal release checks and preparations.
  • Run make release-tests to run an extended set of tests prior to a release.
  • Sync/tidy up dependencies.
    • Run go mod tidy.
    • Run git commit -m 'go.mod,go.sum: update dependencies.' go.{mod,sum}, if necessary.
  • Run git tag -a -m "CRI Resource Manager release $VERSION" $VERSION.
  • Create source+dependencies tarball with make vendored-dist.
  • Create binary tarball with make binary-dist.
  • Build RPM packages with make cross-rpm.
  • Build DEB packages with make cross-deb.
  • Build container images with make images.
• Final verification of artefacts
  • Verify the installation of binary packages.
  • Verify runnability of container images.
• Publishing
  • Push the tag with git push $VERSION.
  • Create a new draft release corresponding to the tag.
    • Upload all artefacts to the release.
    • Write the change log to the release.
    • Mark the release as a non-production pre-release if necessary.
    • Save as draft.
  • Check that new container images are published for the tag.
    • https://hub.docker.com/r/intel/cri-resmgr-agent/tags
    • https://hub.docker.com/r/intel/cri-resmgr-webhook/tags
  • Get the change log OK'd by other maintainers.
  • Publish the draft as a release.
  • Add a link to the tagged release in this issue.
• Close this issue.

Changelog

This release is mostly about bringing dependencies up to recent versions. It contains only a small number of functional improvements and fixes.

Major changes

• build:
  • update K8s dependencies to v1.22.2
  • bump golang version to v1.16
• fixes and improvements:
  • container cgroup directory discovery fixes
  • RDT pod QoS class discovery fixes in discovery mode
  • agent configuration: authorize access to adjustments
  • clean up cgroup and group control abstraction.
  • remove SST code and pull it in from goresctrl
• testing, demos:
  • end-to-end tests: a large number of end-to-end test fixes and other test infra improvements
  • blockio demo: fix detecting already installed cri-resmgr
  • blockio demo: always drop caches before measuring blockio speed

Detailed Changelog

Merged changes:

• end-to-end testing:
  • more robust coldstart test
  • always try to enable 'SystemdCgroup = true' for tests with containerd.
  • use distinctive VM names for packaging tests.
  • add support for testing with cross-built distro binaries.
  • ubuntu-21.04 cross-build and tests.
  • centos-7 test cluster bootstrapping fixes.
  • use latest fedora image for cross-build.
  • update sid image URL.
  • add support for distro=ubuntu-21.04
  • force non-interactive 'apt-get install'.
  • support distro=opensuse-tumbleweed
  • add vm-put-pkg, install a package from host to vm
  • fix cloud-init error on distro=debian-sid
  • make sure tests have 'pidof' installed on fedora.
  • fix sysctl settings that break cilium CNI on Fedora
  • support running tests with CRI-O and cri-resmgr in NRI mode
  • wait for cloud-init to finish during VM bootstrap.
  • fix opensuse cloud-init and handle wrong containerd
  • follow HTTP redirects when fetching apt repo keys.
  • fix (EOL'd) Ubuntu Groovy image URL.
  • allow installing cri-o from distro repos.
  • add support for k8s=X.Y.Z to set Kubernetes version
  • distro=sles uses official package repositories
  • enable reinstalling pretty much everything on VMs
  • add support for distro=sles
  • add an init container test
  • improve isolcpus test robustness
  • clean up vm after successful reserved-resources test run
  • blockio test for k8scri=crio and k8scri=containerd
  • support CRI-O, containerd, and containerd + cri-resmgr as NRI
  • cri-resource-manager configuration is optional in test suites
  • allow templating in test suite variable files
  • add function for checking if local binary is out-of-date
  • change e2e test framework title
  • support annotations in common pod templates
  • add vm functions for dlv debugging
  • add vm-install-runc
  • add vm-put-docker-image to script API
  • enable running without govm if VM_IP is set
  • fix (remove) empty names from allowed resources printing
  • switch k8s install source in opensuse
  • fix reinstalling containerd on opensuse
  • distro install crio
  • distro: enable running fedora with cgroups=v2
  • fix error message after installing golang from tar
  • always install git-core with golang
  • run apt-get install -y with default answers to dpkg
  • Fix govm installation documentation
  • lib: Use proper locale for bc to work
  • require host dependencies jq and pv
  • add goresctrl debugging support to "run.sh debug"
  • add tests for topology-aware mixed CPU allocations
  • test topology-aware allocations with kernel isolcpus set
  • fix agent installation
  • fuzz topology-aware
• demos:
  • blockio: fix detecting already installed cri-resmgr
  • blockio: always drop caches before measuring blockio speed
• docs:
  • fix pkg urls in quick-start instructions
• build:
  • update to K8s deps to v1.22.2
  • bump to golang v1.16
  • drop travis CI support
  • run tests before golanci-lint on github
• other fixes, improvements:
  • remove split out SST code and pull it in from goresctrl
  • add cleaned up cgroup, group control abstraction.
  • container cgroup directory discovery fixes
  • RDT pod QoS class discovery fixes in discovery mode
  • authorize agent access to adjustments

Merged PRs:

• PR e2e: more robust coldstart test #731
• PR 0.6.0 release preparation: always try to enable 'SystemdCgroup = true' for tests with containerd. #730
• PR 0.6.0 release preparation: use distinctive VM names for packaging tests. #728
• PR 0.6.0 release preparation: add support for testing with cross-built distro binaries. #729
• PR 0.6.0 release preparation: ubuntu-21.04 cross-build and tests. #725
• PR 0.6.0 release preparation: centos-7 test cluster bootstrapping fixes. #727
• PR 0.6.0 release preparation: use latest fedora image for cross-build. #726
• PR 0.6.0 release preparation: update sid image URL. #724
• PR e2e: add support for distro=ubuntu-21.04 #721
• PR go.mod: update to K8s deps to v1.22.2 #722
• PR Bump to golang v1.16 #720
• PR distro: force non-interactive 'apt-get install'. #719
• PR Drop travis CI support #717
• PR Integrate with goresctrl #711
• PR github: run tests before golanci-lint #715
• PR control/rdt: fix discovery of pod qos classes in discovery mode #714
• PR e2e: support distro=opensuse-tumbleweed #713
• PR e2e: add vm-put-pkg, install a package from host to vm #712
• PR e2e: fix cloud-init error on distro=debian-sid #710
• PR e2e: make sure tests have 'pidof' installed on fedora. #706
• PR e2e: fix sysctl settings that break cilium CNI on Fedora #707
• PR e2e: support running tests with CRI-O and cri-resmgr in NRI mode #703
• PR e2e: wait for cloud-init to finish during VM bootstrap. #696
• PR e2e: fix opensuse cloud-init and handle wrong containerd #701
• PR e2e: follow HTTP redirects when fetching apt repo keys. #699
• PR e2e: fix (EOL'd) Ubuntu Groovy image URL. #698
• PR e2e: allow installing cri-o from distro repos. #697
• PR scripts: add CRI-O support to kube-cgroups #694
• PR e2e: add support for k8s=X.Y.Z to set Kubernetes version #656
• PR docs: fix pkg urls in quick-start instructions #660
• PR e2e: distro=sles uses official package repositories #690
• PR e2e: enable reinstalling pretty much everything on VMs #689
• PR e2e: add support for distro=sles #688
• PR e2e: add an init container test #657
• PR edited e2e-test.md #687
• PR scripts: kube-cgroups prints cgroup entries per pod/container #654
• PR e2e: improve isolcpus test robustness #685
• PR e2e: clean up vm after successful reserved-resources test run #684
• PR e2e: blockio test for k8scri=crio and k8scri=containerd #683
• PR e2e: support CRI-O, containerd, and containerd + cri-resmgr as NRI #682
• PR e2e: cri-resource-manager configuration is optional in test suites #681
• PR e2e: allow templating in test suite variable files #680
• PR e2e: add function for checking if local binary is out-of-date #679
• PR e2e: change e2e test framework title #678
• PR e2e: support annotations in common pod templates #677
• PR e2e: add vm functions for dlv debugging #676
• PR e2e: add vm-install-runc #675
• PR e2e: add vm-put-docker-image to script API #674
• PR e2e: enable running without govm if VM_IP is set #673
• PR e2e: fix (remove) empty names from allowed resources printing #672
• PR e2e: switch k8s install source in opensuse #671
• PR e2e: fix reinstalling containerd on opensuse #670
• PR e2e: distro install crio #669
• PR e2e: distro: enable running fedora with cgroups=v2 #668
• PR e2e: fix error message after installing golang from tar #667
• PR e2e: always install git-core with golang #666
• PR e2e: run apt-get install -y with default answers to dpkg #665
• PR e2e: Fix govm installation documentation #662
• PR e2e: lib: Use proper locale for bc to work #663
• PR e2e: require host dependencies jq and pv #661
• PR Basic edits to docs #651
• PR e2e: add goresctrl debugging support to "run.sh debug" #649
• PR blockio demo: fix detecting already installed cri-resmgr #648
• PR blockio demo: always drop caches before measuring blockio speed #647
• PR cache: add a directory to findContainerDir search path #646
• PR docs: a bunch of grammatical and stylistic fixes by DougTW. #643
• PR e2e: add tests for topology-aware mixed CPU allocations #644
• PR e2e: test topology-aware allocations with kernel isolcpus set #645
• PR fixes: fixes for fedora 33 #642
• PR cgroups: add cleaned up cgroup, group control abstraction. #639
• PR docs: update Pygments requirements #641
• PR e2e: fix agent installation #638
• PR cri-resmgr-agent: authorize access to adjustments. #637
• PR e2e: fuzz topology-aware #621

[marquiz]

We have an issue with our base image (of agent and webhook container images) 🤯

[klihub]

@marquiz @askervin @kad @jukkar

Release draft put up for review/editing.

[kad]

draft looks good to me.

[klihub]

v0.6.0 published.