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Runs bootc containers as ephemeral VMs and builds disk images from them

v0.19.053 days after v0.18.0
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Release v0.19.0

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.19.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

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What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0

Release v0.18.0

Mostly improvements and maintenance work: adds Fedora 44 support, enhances libvirt with new console, graphical console, journal output, and configurable virtiofsd support, improves boot and SSH reliability, and includes various CI, documentation, and infrastructure updates.

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.18.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.17.0...v0.18.0

Release v0.17.0

Updated OpenSSL

What's Changed

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.17.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0

Release v0.15.0

Usability improvements and maintenance work: adds a new command to create base disk images, improves CLI help output, fixes containers-storage: image reference handling, improves foreground ephemeral run guidance.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.14.0...v0.15.0

Release v0.14.0

Mostly improvements and maintenance work: adds Ignition config injection for libvirt, enhances integration testing with new macros and broader framework support, improves varlink/QEMU fd passing via the CmdFds API, and cleans up inactive Packit configuration.

What's Changed

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.14.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.13.0...v0.14.0

Release v0.13.0

Focus on packaging and distribution improvements, expanded platform integration, and enhanced ephemeral/libvirt functionality. This release introduces initial varlink IPC support, and adds Ignition config injection for ephemeral guests.

What's Changed

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.13.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.12.0...v0.13.0

Release v0.11.0

There's mainly bugfixes here, but a key one is

which fixes several important things in bcvk ephemeral.

A small new feature is

Besides that we mainly have some preparatory work on distribution packaging (we now also publish binaries as OCI artifacts), some CI/infra tweaks as well etc.

Other changes

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.11.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.\

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.10.0...v0.11.0

Release v0.10.0

Mostly maintenance and stability work: libvirt/QEMU robustness fixes, improved ephemeral guest handling including mounts, UKI detection, and DNS/SSH behavior, expanded docs, and new installer and packaging options.

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.9.0...v0.10.0

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.10.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.

Release v0.9.0

Mostly bug fixes: libvirt/QEMU cleanup and fixes around secure boot, firmware interop, and temp file handling, plus improvements for ephemeral guests covering DNS resolution and signature handling, along with routine infra file syncing.

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.9.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.

Release v0.8.0

No major changes, just one SELinux fix for virtiofsd to increase compatibility with using it for container storage, and one to support running on Arch Linux.

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0

Installation

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the assets below.

Linux x86_64 (glibc)

curl -LO https://github.com/bootc-dev/bcvk/releases/download/v0.8.0/bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo mv bcvk-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/bcvk

Checksums

Verify the integrity of your download with the provided SHA256 checksums.