Component: container

7.20rc2 Testing 2025-Sep-11 (7 months ago)

• added option to execute commands inside a container using "/container/shell cmd= user=" (additional fixes);
• fixed shell exit causing freeze;

7.20beta4 Testing 2025-Jun-13 (10 months ago)

• added repull command;
• can use KVM (x86 and arm64) in container QEMU for faster virtualization;
• fixed QEMU VM to host bridge;
• stability improvements (additional fixes);

7.20beta2 Testing 2025-May-27 (11 months ago)

• stability improvements;
• support for direct access to hardware devices;
• terminate containers on shutdown, allow them to clean up properly;
• added "device" option to pass a device from /system/hardware menu to a container;
• added /container/log menu, keep 100 messages per container;
• added default print brief mode;
• added initial support for container in container setups;
• added option to execute commands inside a container using "/container/shell cmd= user=";
• added per-container memory limiting and monitoring;
• added SCTP support;
• added support for cpuset, cpu, memory, pids cgroups;
• allow picking passthrough devices by descriptive name;
• allow read-only mounts;
• allow to mount individual files, not just directories;
• allow to specify multiple envlists;
• allow to use multiple veths in a container, change the in container interface name to same as in RouterOS;
• display any error prominently in WinBox;
• do not allow multiple containers with same root directory;
• enable check-certificate by default for new remote imports;
• fixed containers that use inotify interface;
• fixed environment variables not being passed to "/container/shell" properly;
• improved compatibility when running containers with custom "cmd" and "entrypoint" commands;
• improved error and log messages;
• prevent user from setting "root-dir=/" for a container;
• show a more descriptive error when tar extraction fails, particularly "No space left on device";
• show config.json to user;
• show explicit stopped flag for container;

7.19.1 Stable 2025-May-23 (11 months ago)

• stability improvements;

7.19 Stable 2025-May-22 (11 months ago)

• allow changing container name;
• fixed repository name handling to prevent redirect issues when basic authentication is used;
• try to derive a user readable container name from remote image or file;

7.19beta5 Testing 2025-Mar-12 (1 year ago)

• fixed repository name handling to prevent redirect issues when basic authentication is used;

7.18.2 Stable 2025-Mar-11 (1 year ago)

• fixed repository name handling to prevent redirect issues when basic authentication is used;

7.19beta2 Testing 2025-Feb-28 (1 year ago)

• allow changing container name;
• try to derive a user readable container name from remote image or file;

7.18 Stable 2025-Feb-24 (1 year ago)

• add default registry-url=https://lscr.io;
• allow HTTP redirects when accessing container registry;
• allow specifying registry using remote-image property;
• improved image arch choice;
• use parent directory of container root-dir for unpack by default, so that container layer files are downloaded directly on target disk;

7.18beta2 Testing 2025-Jan-21 (1 year ago)

• add default registry-url=https://lscr.io;
• allow HTTP redirects when accessing container registry;
• allow specifying registry using remote-image property;
• improved image arch choice;
• use parent directory of container root-dir for unpack by default, so that container layer files are downloaded directly on target disk;

7.17 Stable 2025-Jan-16 (1 year ago)

• allow import from .tar.gz file;
• do not log start, end events unless logging is enabled;
• fixed user and group ID range;
• improved "start-on-boot" stability;
• improved container shell;

7.17rc3 Testing 2024-Dec-10 (1 year ago)

• improved "start-on-boot" stability;

7.17rc1 Testing 2024-Nov-22 (1 year ago)

• do not log start, end events unless logging is enabled;

7.17beta5 Testing 2024-Nov-13 (1 year ago)

• fixed user and group ID range;
• improved container shell;

7.17beta2 Testing 2024-Sep-27 (1 year ago)

• allow import from .tar.gz file;

7.16 Stable 2024-Sep-20 (1 year ago)

• clear VETH address on container exit and mark interface as running only when VETH is in use;

7.16beta1 Testing 2024-Jun-05 (1 year ago)

• clear VETH address on container exit and mark interface as running only when VETH is in use;

7.15 Stable 2024-May-29 (1 year ago)

• do not allow negative number for "ram-high" setting;

7.15beta8 Testing 2024-Mar-21 (2 years ago)

• do not allow negative number for "ram-high" setting;

7.14 Stable 2024-Feb-29 (2 years ago)

• improved VETH interface management responsiveness and reliability;
• restrict "/container/shell" menu for users without "write" permissions;

7.14beta3 Testing 2023-Dec-19 (2 years ago)

• improved VETH interface management responsiveness and reliability;
• restrict "/container/shell" menu for users without "write" permissions;

7.11 Stable 2023-Aug-15 (2 years ago)

• added IPv6 support for VETH interface;
• added option to use overlayfs layers;
• adjust the ownership of volume mounts that fall outside the container's UID range;
• fixed duplicate image name;
• fixed IP address in container host file;

7.11rc1 Testing 2023-Jul-28 (2 years ago)

• fixed IP address in container host file;

7.11beta5 Testing 2023-Jul-17 (2 years ago)

• added IPv6 support for VETH interface;
• adjust the ownership of volume mounts that fall outside the container's UID range;

7.11beta4 Testing 2023-Jul-05 (2 years ago)

• fixed duplicate image name;