The v0.2.0 release is the first Beta release of Harvester. 🍻

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Downloads

ISO

💿 harvester-v0.2.0-amd64.iso

Additional downloads for PXE

📁 harvester-v0.2.0-initrd-amd64
📁 harvester-v0.2.0-vmlinuz-amd64

Highlights

• Raw block device support
  • Now raw block devices will be used by default, which greatly improves the VM boot-up time and IO performance.
• VM Live Migration
  • Users can now migrate one VM from one node to another node without downtime.
• VM backup/restore
  • Users can now backup/restore VMs to an S3 or NFS server outside of the cluster, after setting up the backup target. DOC
• PXE support 
  • Users can now easily install Harvester on any node that supports PXE boot, with existing PXE server support. DOC
  • Users can also install Harvester in Equinix Metal, using iPXE support. DOC
• Zero downtime upgrade
  • NOTE: Due to pending OS changes in the roadmap, the upgradability to the GA release cannot be guaranteed at this moment.
• Per node NIC configuration
  • Users can now specify different NICs per node for VLAN configuration.
• Install Rancher with Harvester
  • Rancher now ships with Harvester, providing Kubernetes management support on top of Harvester. DOC
• Provision Kubernetes cluster using Harvester and Rancher
  • Users can now use the built-in Rancher to provision new Kubernetes clusters on top of the Harvester cluster. DOC
• Support bundle
  • Support bundle will help the developers to troubleshooting issues in the users' environment.

Note

Upgrade

Upgrading from the previous versions is not supported.

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Contributors

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