LXD 4.10 has been released

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Introduction

The LXD team is very excited to announce the release of LXD 4.10!

This is a lighter release as the LXD team was off between the 18th of December and 4th of January but a lot of bugfixes and a few new improvements have made it in anyway.

Enjoy!

New features and highlights

VLAN information in network state

Similarly to bond and bridge information, a new vlan struct was added to the network state endpoint. This exposes the lower device and the VLAN id of the interface.

root@abydos:~# lxc query /1.0/networks/bond-sw01.100/state
{
	"addresses": [],
	"bond": null,
	"bridge": null,
	"counters": {
		"bytes_received": 213651991756,
		"bytes_sent": 42453202,
		"packets_received": 97607519,
		"packets_sent": 431818
	},
	"hwaddr": "0a:0f:7c:6e:db:d9",
	"mtu": 1500,
	"state": "up",
	"type": "broadcast",
	"vlan": {
		"lower_device": "bond-sw01",
		"vid": 100
	}
}

Proxy device support for VMs (NAT only)

Virtual machines can now make use of the proxy device type.
This is restricted to NAT mode only (nat=true) and so requires the same protocol be used on both sides.

Bridge port isolation

A new security.port_isolation option on bridged network interfaces allows restricting communication between instances.

New sub-commands for image properties

Three new sub-commands to lxc image were added to help with accessing, setting and unsetting image properties.

  • lxc image get-property
  • lxc image set-property
  • lxc image unset-property

Example:

stgraber@castiana:~$ lxc image get-property 305db7054652 os
Ubuntu
stgraber@castiana:~$ lxc image set-property 305db7054652 foo bar
stgraber@castiana:~$ lxc image get-property 305db7054652 foo
bar
stgraber@castiana:~$ lxc image unset-property 305db7054652 foo
stgraber@castiana:~$

Multi-queue networking in VMs

Network interfaces in virtual machines are now automatically setup to have a number of RX and TX queues matching the number virtual CPUs assigned to the virtual machine.

This should provide much improved network performance especially when dealing with high speed networking.

Complete changelog

Here is a complete list of all changes in this release:

Full commit list
  • lxd/network/network/interface: Adds Project function
  • lxd/network/driver/common: Adds Project function
  • lxd/network/driver/common: Remove cluster notification and DB record removal from delete() function
  • lxd/network/driver: Always delete when requested, ignore LocalStatus() pending
  • lxc/networks: Remove revert removal on failure of clustered network in networksPost
  • lxd/networks: Allow re-create of pending network when pending nodes already exist in networksPost
  • lxd/networks: Adds revert to doNetworksCreate
  • lxd/networks: Moves cluster notification an DB record removal into networkDelete
  • shared/api: Fix typo
  • shared/api: Add NetworkStateVLAN
  • lxd/resources: Add VLAN struct
  • api: Add network_state_vlan
  • lxd/instance/qmp: Update for go-qmp change
  • lxd/backup: Fix URL in lifecycle events
  • Add DeepSource config
  • Use result of type assertion to simplify cases
  • Replace .Sub(time.Now()) with time.Until() handler
  • Remove unnecessary fmt.Sprintf() on string
  • Omit comparison with boolean constant
  • lxd/db/networks: Adds duplicate key detection to getNetworkConfig
  • lxd/db/networks: Adds NetworkErrored function
  • lxd/db/networks: Changes UpdateNetwork to not set created status
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Reject instance port start if cannot find DHCP options
  • lxd/networks: Updates doNetworksCreate to accept a Network rather than load its own
  • lxd/networks: Debug log consistency in doNetworksCreate
  • lxd/networks: doNetworksCreate usage
  • lxd/networks: When auto creating pending nodes, don’t pass global config into DB function in networksPost
  • lxd/networks: Adds networkPartiallyCreated helper function
  • lxd/networks: Updates networksPostCluster to detect existing global config and skip create if already exists
  • lxd/api/cluster: Skip non-created networks when joining
  • lxd/device/nic: Don’t allow NICs to use networks that are not created
  • lxd/db/networks: Renames ClusterTx GetNonPendingNetworks to GetCreatedNetworks
  • lxd/db/networks: Renames Cluster GetNonPendingNetworks to GetCreatedNetworks
  • lxd/api/cluster: cluster.GetCreatedNetworks usage
  • lxd/network: tx.GetCreatedNetworks usage
  • lxd/networks: s.Cluster.GetCreatedNetworks usage
  • lxd/patches: tx.GetCreatedNetworks usage
  • test/suites/clustering: More network clustering tests
  • lxd/db/networks: Tighten restrictions in CreatePendingNetwork to only allow pending nodes to be added while network is pending
  • lxd/networks: Allow single node cluster network create using --target
  • lxd/db/cluster/update: Adds patch updateFromV41 function
  • lxd/storage/pools/utils: Debug log consistency in storagePoolCreateLocal
  • lxd/db/storage/pools: Adds duplicate key detection to getStoragePoolConfig
  • lxd/storage/pools: storagePoolsPost comments line width
  • lxd/db/storage/pools: Adds StoragePoolErrored function
  • lxd/db/storage/pools: Renames GetNonPendingStoragePoolNames to GetCreatedStoragePoolNames
  • lxd/api/cluster: cluster.GetCreatedStoragePoolNames usage
  • lxd/storage/pools/utils: Renames id arg to poolID in storagePoolCreateLocal
  • lxd/storage: s.Cluster.GetCreatedStoragePoolNames usage
  • lxd/storage/pools: Restructures storagePoolsPost to align with networksPost
  • lxd/storage/pools: Updates storagePoolsPostCluster to reject global config on re-create attempts
  • lxd/storage/pools: Adds storagePoolPartiallyCreated function
  • test/suites/clustering: Updates storage pool status tests
  • lxd/db/storage/pools: Improve errors in CreatePendingStoragePool
  • test/suites/clustering: Adds additional storage pool state tests
  • lxd/db/cluster/update: Adds patch updateFromV42 function
  • lxd/device: Add support for bridge port isolation
  • api: Add instance_nic_port_isolation extension
  • lxd/instance/drivers/qmp/monitor: Handle closed event channel from qmp package in run
  • lxd/instance/drivers/driver/qemu: Logs when instance is stopped in getMonitorEventHandler
  • lxd/instance/operationlock: Fixes deadlock caused by call to Reset in Create
  • lxd/instance/operationlock: Store operation in instanceOperations before calling go routine
  • lxd/instance/operationlock: Exit go routine started in Create when the operation is done
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Detect IPv6 DHCP options correctly
  • lxd/device: allow adding proxy device to VM instances
  • lxd/instance/drivers: run device post-start hooks in QEMU driver
  • doc: update proxy doc to reflect VM support
  • lxd/device/nic/routed: Switches to network.InterfaceExists for clarity
  • lxd/device/nic/routed: Remove host side veth interface if exists in postStop
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Adds support for physical uplink interface to be a bridge
  • lxd/db/networks: Corrects comment on GetCreatedNetworks
  • lxd/network/driver/physical: Clarify error when changing parent interface when in use
  • lxd/network/driver/bridge: Don’t apply updates to node when network is pending
  • lxd/network/driver: Don’t apply changes to node if network is pending
  • lxd/storage/backend/lxd: Only apply local node changes if both pool and node status are not pending
  • lxc/image: Add support for directly getting, setting and unsetting image properties
  • i18n: Update translation templates
  • lxd/db/cluster/update: Modifies updateFromV43 and updateFromV42 to use IFNULL(node_id, -1) to avoid nodes with 0 ID
  • lxd/db/cluster: Adds updateFromV43 patch that adds unique index to storage_pools_config and networks_config table
  • doc: features.networks is not enabled by default for projects
  • shared/util: Adds StringHasPrefix function
  • lxd/device/disk: Adds sourceIsLocalPath function
  • lxd/device/disk: Use shared.StringHasPrefix when validating ceph/cephfs prefixes
  • lxd/device/disk: Use d.sourceIsLocalPath when validating source host path exists
  • lxd/instance/qemu: Enable multiqueue on tap NICs
  • lxd/instance/qemu: Use a minimum of 2 network queues
  • lxd/storage/drivers/driver/zfs/volumes: Error quoting in RestoreVolume
  • lxd/storage/backend/lxd: Don’t fail in DeleteInstanceSnapshot if volume DB record already deleted
  • lxd/storage/backend/lxd: Fix deleting subsequent snapshots for ZFS in RestoreInstanceSnapshot
  • lxd/instances/post: Use source.Project when loading instance to get instance type in containersPost
  • lxd/instances/post: Rename project to targetProject to differentiate between source.Project in containersPost
  • lxd/instances/post: Error quoting in containersPost
  • lxd/instances/post: Add comment about default instance type for migration in containersPost
  • lxd/instances/project: Import project package normally and rename project var to projectName
  • lxd/instances/post: Populate req.Source.Project with project.Default if not specified in containersPost
  • test/suites/projects: Adds tests for copying snapshot to another project
  • doc/image-handling: Fix typo
  • shared/proxy: Support CIDR ranges in no_proxy
  • simplestreams: Drop duplicated slash
  • lxd/instance/drivers/qmp: Fix race in Disconnect
  • test/suites/static/analysis: Fixes ineffassign usage due to upstream changes
  • lxd/instance: Copy snapshot expiry in instanceCreateAsCopy
  • lxd/migration: Rebuilds protobuf using protoc v3.14 and latest google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go
  • lxd/migration: Adds expiry_date field to snapshots protobuf
  • lxd/migrate/instance: Populate expiry date in snapshotToProtobuf
  • lxd/migrate/storage/volumes: Populate zero expiry date in volumeSnapshotToProtobuf
  • lxd/storage/migration: Populate expiry date in snapshotProtobufToInstanceArgs
  • lxd/migration/migration/volumes: Updates TypesToHeader and MatchTypes to use a pointer to MigrationHeader
  • lxd/migrate/instance: Avoid copying migration.MigrationHeader due to new internal state lock added by protobuf
  • lxd/migrate/storage/volumes: Avoid copying migration.MigrationHeader due to new internal state lock added by protobuf
  • lxd/migrate/instance: Fix snapshotToProtobuf to not use loop pointer for device name
  • lxd/storage/migration: Conistently use accessor functions in snapshotProtobufToInstanceArgs
  • test/suites/snapshots: Adds test for local copy of snapshot expiry date
  • test/suites/migration: Adds test for copying snapshot expiry date during migration
  • test/suites/migration: Adds test to ensure snapshot devices are copied during migration
  • lxd/storage/quota/projectquota: Consistent comment endings and error quoting
  • lxd/storage/drivers/driver/dir/utils: Updates setQuota to remove old quota if volID has changed
  • lxd/storage/drivers/driver/dir/utils: Modifies setupInitialQuota to not use initQuota
  • lxd/api/internal: Updates internalImportFromRecovery to reinitialise root disk quota
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds mayExist argument to LogicalRouterAdd
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds mayExist argument to LogicalRouterSNATAdd
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Simplifies LogicalRouterRouteAdd
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds mayExist argument to LogicalRouterPortAdd
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds LogicalRouterSNATDeleteAll function
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Clear unused keys in LogicalSwitchSetIPAllocation
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds support for clearing unused settings in LogicalRouterPortSetIPv6Advertisements
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds LogicalRouterPortDeleteIPv6Advertisements function
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Enforce that ipv6.address if specified is at least a /64 subnet
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Pass update flag to mayExist where possible
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Delete SNAT rules from route before adding new ones
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Improve SNAT failure errors
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Pass update to mayExists when setting up default routes
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Create internal router port before DHCP option setup
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Modifies IPv6 RA settings and removes them entirely when IPv6 disabled
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Don’t return DHCPv6 subnet if IPv6 prefix smaller than /64
  • lxd: Rename Operation types
  • lxd/db: Rename operation type descriptions
  • lxd/network/network/interface: Adds handleDependencyChange function
  • lxd/network/driver/common: Adds notifyDependentNetworks function and no-op placeholder handleDependencyChange function
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Adds handleDependencyChange function
  • lxd/network/driver/physical: Calls notifyDependentNetworks when config is updated
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds LogicalRouterDNATSNATDeleteAll function
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Clarifies DNAT_AND_SNAT related function comments
  • lxd/network/openvswitch/ovn: Adds LogicalSwitchPortExists function
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Moves instance NIC port config parsing into InstanceDevicePortConfigParse function
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Updates InstanceDevicePortAdd to accept an uplinkConfig argument
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Clarifies argument names in the context of an OVN dependent network in handleDependencyChange
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Updates handleDependencyChange to handle changes to uplink network’s ovn.ingress_mode setting
  • lxd/device/nic/ovn: Updates NIC to use d.network.InstanceDevicePortConfigParse and updated d.network.InstanceDevicePortAdd
  • lxd/resources: Always initialize lists
  • lxd/storage/utils: Improves error message in VolumeUsedByExclusiveRemoteInstancesWithProfiles
  • lxd/db/instances: Updates InstanceList to accept filter to pass to GetInstances()
  • lxd/db/instances: Clarifies comment and arg name on GetLocalInstancesInProject
  • lxd/db/instances/test: cluster.InstanceList usage
  • lxd/storage/utils: s.Cluster.InstanceList usage
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: n.state.Cluster.InstanceList usage
  • lxd/patches: InstanceList usage
  • lxd/network/network/utils/sriov: Adds SR-IOV allocation functions
  • lxd/network/network/utils/sriov: Updates SRIOVGetHostDevicesInUse to use InstanceList()
  • lxd/network/network/utils/sriov: Adds network usage support to SRIOVGetHostDevicesInUse
  • lxd/network/network/utils/sriov: SRIOVGetHostDevicesInUse usage
  • lxd/network/network/utils/sriov: Updates SRIOVFindFreeVirtualFunction args to not need Device
  • lxd/network/network/utils/sriov: Adds SRIOVGetVFDevicePCISlot function
  • lxd/network/network/utils: Adds InterfaceBindWait function
  • lxd/device/pci: Adds PCI device management package
  • lxd/device/infiniband/sriov: SRIOV network function usage
  • lxd/device/nic/physical: Use pci package
  • lxd/device/gpu: Use pci package
  • lxd/device/nic/sriov: network.InterfaceBindWait
  • lxd/device/nic/sriov: Use pci package
  • lxd/device/nic/sriov: SRIOV network function usage
  • lxd/device/nic/sriov: Comment clarity in setupSriovParent
  • lxd/device/nic/sriov: Removes networkGetVFDevicePCISlot function
  • lxd/device/device/utils/generic: Removes pci functions
  • lxd/device/device/utils/network: Removes networkInterfaceBindWait function
  • lxd/device/device/utils/instance: Removes instanceGetReservedDevices function
  • lxd/network/driver/bridge: Comment improvements
  • lxd/network/driver/ovn: Updates addChassisGroupEntry to generate chassis priority using stable random value
  • i18n: Update translations from weblate
  • lxd/init: Clarify https listener question
  • doc: Fixes typo in macvlan NIC section

Try it for yourself

This new LXD release is already available for you to try on our demo service.

Downloads

The release tarballs can be found on our download page.

Binary builds are also available for:

  • Linux: snap install lxd
  • MacOS: brew install lxc
  • Windows: choco install lxc
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Packaged and sent to openSUSE. :smiley_cat:

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Excellent, thanks!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqpRm3id40w

Goes over the changes in this release.

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