# Release 1.8.0-alpha1
Pre-releaseagent Changes
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cf50209 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1
06a0743 tmp: Add tmp.mount to kata-containers.target
proxy Changes
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9e2a698 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1
runtime Changes
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9b8fca5 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1
7acdaa2 shimv2: Revert shimv2, vendor commits
a75db86 NEMU: Disable default hugepages enabling for virtio-fs
94c2c12 versions: update qemu version to 4.0.0
6c03e2a factory: make vm templating work with vosck
shim Changes
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d4dd3e6 release: Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1
Compatibility with Docker
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1 is compatible with Docker v18.06-ce
Compatibility with CRI-O
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1 is compatible with CRI-O v1.14.1
Compatibility with cri-containerd
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1 is compatible with cri-contaienrd 1.2.6
OCI Runtime Specification
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1 support the OCI Runtime Specification v1.0.0-rc5
Compatibility with Kubernetes
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1 is compatible with Kubernetes 1.14.1-00
Kata Linux Containers image
Agent version: 1.8.0-alpha1
Default Image Guest OS:
description: |
Root filesystem disk image used to boot the guest virtual
machine.
url: https://github.com/kata-containers/osbuilder
architecture:
aarch64:
name: fedora
version: latest
ppc64le:
name: centos
version: latest
s390x:
name: ubuntu
version: latest
x86_64:
name: clearlinux
version: latest
meta:
image-type: clearlinux
Default Initrd Guest OS:
description: |
Root filesystem initrd used to boot the guest virtual
machine.
url: https://github.com/kata-containers/osbuilder
architecture:
aarch64:
name: alpine
version: "3.7"
ppc64le:
name: alpine
version: "3.7"
s390x:
name: alpine
version: "3.7"
x86_64:
name: alpine
version: "3.7"
Kata Linux Containers Kernel
Kata Containers 1.8.0-alpha1 suggest to use the Linux kernel v4.19.28
See the kernel suggested Guest Kernel patches
See the kernel suggested Guest Kernel config
Installation
Follow the Kata installation instructions.
Issues & limitations
More information Limitations