This release is only intended for use on previeww at this time. Notes will be updated and release will be marked as a full release after feedback from community and long running benchmarks complete.
Node 8.1.1 is a minor release of the Cardano node. This contains a fix from ouroboros-network for P2P topologies that don't contain DNS names in local roots.
Known Issues
- Please see list of 8.1.0 issues
Technical Specification
Minimum System Requirements
- An Intel or AMD x86 processor with two or more cores, at 1.6GHz or faster (2GHz or faster for a stake pool or relay)
- 24GB of RAM
- 150GB of free storage (250GB recommended for future growth)
Platforms
- Linux 64-bit (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS; Mint 19.3, 20; Debian 10.3)
- Windows 64-bit (8.1, 10, 11)
- MacOS 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 11
GHC/Cabal supported versions
- GHC 8.10.7/Cabal 3.8.1.0
Supported roles
| Platform | Block Production | Relay | Client (Desktop) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Windows | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| MacOS | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
Downloads
- Docker image
- Static binaries: See release artifacts. This section will be removed in future releases as are now part of the GH release artifacts.
- Configuration files
NOTE: Linux is showing a git revision of 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 in --version because of a corruption issue in set-git-rev that only affects static musl built binaries. This is expected, and if it concerns you, please build from source.
Documentation
- Cardano Node documentation
- Cardano CLI
- Internal API docs for ledger, consensus and network
- Compatibility matrix
Changelogs
Node
NONE
Consensus
*NONE*Ledger
*NONE*Network
- fix for P2P topology containing only IP addresses
Cardano-cli
*NONE*Cardano-api
*NONE*Submit-api
*NONE*Sign off
| Role | Approval |
|---|---|
| Cardano Head of Engineering | ✔️ |
| Cardano Head of Product | ✔️ |
| Test Engineer | N/A for pre-release |
| Site Reliability Engineer | N/A for pre-release |
| Release Engineer | ✔️ |