Add 'foo' to README.md

.editorconfig

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-root = true
-
-[*]
-charset = utf-8
-end_of_line = lf
-insert_final_newline = true
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true

.editorconfig-checker.json

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Verbose": false,
-  "Debug": false,
-  "IgnoreDefaults": false,
-  "SpacesAfterTabs": false,
-  "NoColor": false,
-  "Exclude": [
-    "src/runtime/vendor",
-    "src/tools/log-parser/vendor",
-    "tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/vendor",
-    "tests/vendor",
-    "src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/client",
-    "\\.img$",
-    "\\.dtb$",
-    "\\.drawio$",
-    "\\.svg$",
-    "\\.patch$"
-  ],
-  "AllowedContentTypes": [],
-  "PassedFiles": [],
-  "Disable": {
-    "EndOfLine": false,
-    "Indentation": false,
-    "IndentSize": false,
-    "InsertFinalNewline": false,
-    "TrimTrailingWhitespace": false,
-    "MaxLineLength": false,
-    "Charset": false
-  }
-}

.github/actionlint.yaml

@@ -8,23 +8,25 @@ self-hosted-runner:
   # Labels of self-hosted runner that linter should ignore
   labels:
     - amd64-nvidia-a100
-    - amd64-nvidia-h100-snp
     - arm64-k8s
+    - containerd-v1.7
+    - containerd-v2.0
+    - containerd-v2.1
+    - containerd-v2.2
     - garm-ubuntu-2004
     - garm-ubuntu-2004-smaller
     - garm-ubuntu-2204
     - garm-ubuntu-2304
     - garm-ubuntu-2304-smaller
     - garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
-    - ppc64le
-    - ppc64le-k8s
-    - ppc64le-small
+    - k8s-ppc64le
     - ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le
-    - ubuntu-24.04-s390x
     - metrics
+    - ppc64le
     - riscv-builder
     - sev-snp
     - s390x
     - s390x-large
     - tdx
-    - ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    - ubuntu-22.04-arm
+    - ubuntu-24.04-s390x

.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/cargo-deny-skeleton.yaml.in

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ runs:
       uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       with:
         profile: minimal
-        toolchain: nightly
+        toolchain: nightly 
         override: true
 
     - name: Cache

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ updates:
       - "/src/tools/agent-ctl"
       - "/src/tools/genpolicy"
       - "/src/tools/kata-ctl"
+      - "/src/tools/runk"
       - "/src/tools/trace-forwarder"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"

.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml

@@ -47,23 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: Install yq
-        run: |
-          ./ci/install_yq.sh
-        env:
-          INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
-        run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
         env:
@@ -88,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
-        vmm: ['clh', 'cloud-hypervisor', 'dragonball', 'qemu', 'qemu-runtime-rs']
+        vmm: ['clh', 'cloud-hypervisor', 'dragonball', 'qemu', 'stratovirt']
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
@@ -134,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
-        vmm: ['clh', 'qemu', 'dragonball', 'qemu-runtime-rs']
+        vmm: ['clh', 'qemu', 'dragonball', 'stratovirt']
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
@@ -164,22 +147,49 @@ jobs:
           name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
           path: kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
-
       - name: Install kata
         run: bash tests/integration/nydus/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/nydus/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
-
       - name: Run nydus tests
         timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/nydus/gha-run.sh run
 
+  run-runk:
+    name: run-runk
+    # Skip runk tests as we have no maintainers. TODO: Decide when to remove altogether
+    if: false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: lts
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/runk/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/runk/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run runk tests
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: bash tests/integration/runk/gha-run.sh run
+
   run-tracing:
     name: run-tracing
     strategy:
@@ -269,6 +279,50 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: bash tests/functional/vfio/gha-run.sh run
 
+  run-docker-tests:
+    name: run-docker-tests
+    strategy:
+      # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
+      # all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail them
+      # all due to a single flaky instance.
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        vmm:
+          - qemu
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run docker smoke test
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh run
+
   run-nerdctl-tests:
     name: run-nerdctl-tests
     strategy:
@@ -282,7 +336,6 @@ jobs:
           - dragonball
           - qemu
           - cloud-hypervisor
-          - qemu-runtime-rs
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
@@ -357,16 +410,8 @@ jobs:
           name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
           path: kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
-
-      - name: Install kata & kata-tools
-        run: |
-          bash tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
-          bash tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
 
       - name: Run kata agent api tests with agent-ctl
         run: bash tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh run

.github/workflows/basic-ci-s390x.yaml

@@ -47,25 +47,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: Install yq
-        run: |
-          ./ci/install_yq.sh
-        env:
-          INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
-        run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
@@ -123,3 +106,44 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run containerd-stability tests
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: bash tests/stability/gha-run.sh run
+
+  run-docker-tests:
+    name: run-docker-tests
+    strategy:
+      # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
+      # all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail them
+      # all due to a single flaky instance.
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        vmm: ['qemu']
+    runs-on: s390x-large
+    env:
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-s390x${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run docker smoke test
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh run

.github/workflows/build-checks-preview-riscv64.yaml

@@ -82,17 +82,11 @@ jobs:
           ./ci/install_yq.sh
         env:
           INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
+      - name: Install golang
         if: contains(matrix.component.needs, 'golang')
         run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        if: contains(matrix.component.needs, 'golang')
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+          echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
       - name: Setup rust
         if: contains(matrix.component.needs, 'rust')
         run: |

.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml

@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ name: Build checks
 jobs:
   check:
     name: check
-    runs-on: >-
-      ${{
-        ( contains(inputs.instance, 's390x') && matrix.component.name == 'runtime' ) && 's390x' ||
-        ( contains(inputs.instance, 'ppc64le') && (matrix.component.name == 'runtime' || matrix.component.name == 'agent') ) && 'ppc64le' ||
-        inputs.instance
-      }}
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.instance }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -73,8 +68,6 @@ jobs:
             needs:
               - rust
               - protobuf-compiler
-        instance:
-          - ${{ inputs.instance }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Adjust a permission for repo
@@ -94,19 +87,11 @@ jobs:
           ./ci/install_yq.sh
         env:
           INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
+      - name: Install golang
         if: contains(matrix.component.needs, 'golang')
         run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        if: contains(matrix.component.needs, 'golang')
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-          # Setup-go doesn't work properly with ppc64le: https://github.com/actions/setup-go/issues/648
-          architecture: ${{ contains(inputs.instance, 'ppc64le') && 'ppc64le' || '' }}
+          ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+          echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
       - name: Setup rust
         if: contains(matrix.component.needs, 'rust')
         run: |

.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml

@@ -41,22 +41,30 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         asset:
           - agent
+          - agent-ctl
           - busybox
           - cloud-hypervisor
           - cloud-hypervisor-glibc
           - coco-guest-components
+          - csi-kata-directvolume
           - firecracker
+          - genpolicy
+          - kata-ctl
+          - kata-manager
           - kernel
+          - kernel-confidential
           - kernel-dragonball-experimental
           - kernel-nvidia-gpu
+          - kernel-nvidia-gpu-confidential
           - nydus
           - ovmf
           - ovmf-sev
-          - ovmf-tdx
           - pause-image
           - qemu
           - qemu-snp-experimental
           - qemu-tdx-experimental
+          - stratovirt
+          - trace-forwarder
           - virtiofsd
         stage:
           - ${{ inputs.stage }}
@@ -114,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "oci-name=${oci_image%@*}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "oci-digest=${oci_image#*@}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - uses: oras-project/setup-oras@22ce207df3b08e061f537244349aac6ae1d214f6 # v1.2.4
+      - uses: oras-project/setup-oras@5c0b487ce3fe0ce3ab0d034e63669e426e294e4d # v1.2.2
         if: ${{ env.PERFORM_ATTESTATION == 'yes' }}
         with:
           version: "1.2.0"
@@ -143,11 +151,11 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: store-extratarballs-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
-        if: ${{ matrix.asset == 'kernel' || startsWith(matrix.asset, 'kernel-nvidia-gpu') }}
+        if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.asset, 'kernel-nvidia-gpu') }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
-          name: kata-artifacts-amd64-${{ matrix.asset }}-modules${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}-modules.tar.zst
+          name: kata-artifacts-amd64-${{ matrix.asset }}-headers${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}-headers.tar.zst
           retention-days: 15
           if-no-files-found: error
 
@@ -164,8 +172,6 @@ jobs:
           - rootfs-image
           - rootfs-image-confidential
           - rootfs-image-mariner
-          - rootfs-image-nvidia-gpu
-          - rootfs-image-nvidia-gpu-confidential
           - rootfs-initrd
           - rootfs-initrd-confidential
           - rootfs-initrd-nvidia-gpu
@@ -235,8 +241,8 @@ jobs:
         asset:
           - busybox
           - coco-guest-components
-          - kernel-modules
-          - kernel-nvidia-gpu-modules
+          - kernel-nvidia-gpu-headers
+          - kernel-nvidia-gpu-confidential-headers
           - pause-image
     steps:
       - uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@f275313e70c08f6120db482d7a6b98377786765b # v5.1.0
@@ -357,104 +363,3 @@ jobs:
           path: kata-static.tar.zst
           retention-days: 15
           if-no-files-found: error
-
-  build-tools-asset:
-    name: build-tools-asset
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        asset:
-          - agent-ctl
-          - csi-kata-directvolume
-          - genpolicy
-          - kata-ctl
-          - kata-manager
-          - trace-forwarder
-        stage:
-          - ${{ inputs.stage }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Login to Kata Containers quay.io
-        if: ${{ inputs.push-to-registry == 'yes' }}
-        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
-        with:
-          registry: quay.io
-          username: ${{ vars.QUAY_DEPLOYER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
-          fetch-depth: 0 # This is needed in order to keep the commit ids history
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
-        run: |
-          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
-        env:
-          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.asset }}
-        id: build
-        run: |
-          make "${KATA_ASSET}-tarball"
-          build_dir=$(readlink -f build)
-          # store-artifact does not work with symlink
-          mkdir -p kata-tools-build && cp "${build_dir}"/kata-static-"${KATA_ASSET}"*.tar.* kata-tools-build/.
-        env:
-          KATA_ASSET: ${{ matrix.asset }}
-          TAR_OUTPUT: ${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.gz
-          PUSH_TO_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.push-to-registry }}
-          ARTEFACT_REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-          ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-          ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-          RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
-
-      - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-artifacts-amd64-${{ matrix.asset }}${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.zst
-          retention-days: 15
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
-  create-kata-tools-tarball:
-    name: create-kata-tools-tarball
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [build-tools-asset]
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
-        run: |
-          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
-        env:
-          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-      - name: get-artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          pattern: kata-tools-artifacts-amd64-*${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: merge-artifacts
-        run: |
-          ./tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh kata-tools-artifacts versions.yaml kata-tools-static.tar.zst
-        env:
-          RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
-      - name: store-artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-static.tar.zst
-          retention-days: 15
-          if-no-files-found: error

.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml

@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ on:
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD:
         required: false
-      KBUILD_SIGN_PIN:
-        required: true
 
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   build-asset:
     name: build-asset
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           - nydus
           - ovmf
           - qemu
+          - stratovirt
           - virtiofsd
     env:
       PERFORM_ATTESTATION: ${{ matrix.asset == 'agent' && inputs.push-to-registry == 'yes' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
-          KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ contains(matrix.asset, 'nvidia') && secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN || '' }}
 
       - name: Parse OCI image name and digest
         id: parse-oci-segments
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "oci-name=${oci_image%@*}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "oci-digest=${oci_image#*@}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - uses: oras-project/setup-oras@22ce207df3b08e061f537244349aac6ae1d214f6 # v1.2.4
+      - uses: oras-project/setup-oras@5c0b487ce3fe0ce3ab0d034e63669e426e294e4d # v1.2.2
         if: ${{ env.PERFORM_ATTESTATION == 'yes' }}
         with:
           version: "1.2.0"
@@ -134,14 +132,14 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.asset, 'kernel-nvidia-gpu') }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
-          name: kata-artifacts-arm64-${{ matrix.asset }}-modules${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}-modules.tar.zst
+          name: kata-artifacts-arm64-${{ matrix.asset }}-headers${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}-headers.tar.zst
           retention-days: 15
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   build-asset-rootfs:
     name: build-asset-rootfs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     needs: build-asset
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -150,7 +148,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         asset:
           - rootfs-image
-          - rootfs-image-nvidia-gpu
           - rootfs-initrd
           - rootfs-initrd-nvidia-gpu
     steps:
@@ -197,7 +194,6 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
-          KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ contains(matrix.asset, 'nvidia') && secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN || '' }}
 
       - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
@@ -210,13 +206,13 @@ jobs:
   # We don't need the binaries installed in the rootfs as part of the release tarball, so can delete them now we've built the rootfs
   remove-rootfs-binary-artifacts:
     name: remove-rootfs-binary-artifacts
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     needs: build-asset-rootfs
     strategy:
       matrix:
         asset:
           - busybox
-          - kernel-nvidia-gpu-modules
+          - kernel-nvidia-gpu-headers
     steps:
       - uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@f275313e70c08f6120db482d7a6b98377786765b # v5.1.0
         with:
@@ -225,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
   # We don't need the binaries installed in the rootfs as part of the release tarball, so can delete them now we've built the rootfs
   remove-rootfs-binary-artifacts-for-release:
     name: remove-rootfs-binary-artifacts-for-release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     needs: build-asset-rootfs
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-asset-shim-v2:
     name: build-asset-shim-v2
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     needs: [build-asset, build-asset-rootfs, remove-rootfs-binary-artifacts, remove-rootfs-binary-artifacts-for-release]
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -299,7 +295,7 @@ jobs:
 
   create-kata-tarball:
     name: create-kata-tarball
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     needs: [build-asset, build-asset-rootfs, build-asset-shim-v2]
     permissions:
       contents: read

.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-riscv64.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: ""
+    secrets:
+      QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD:
+        required: true
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -38,6 +41,14 @@ jobs:
           - kernel
           - virtiofsd
     steps:
+      - name: Login to Kata Containers quay.io
+        if: ${{ inputs.push-to-registry == 'yes' }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
+        with:
+          registry: quay.io
+          username: ${{ vars.QUAY_DEPLOYER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
@@ -71,5 +82,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: kata-artifacts-riscv64-${{ matrix.asset }}${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
           path: kata-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.zst
-          retention-days: 3
+          retention-days: 15
           if-no-files-found: error

.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           - agent
           - coco-guest-components
           - kernel
+          - kernel-confidential
           - pause-image
           - qemu
           - virtiofsd
@@ -120,15 +121,6 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 15
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: store-extratarballs-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
-        if: ${{ matrix.asset == 'kernel' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
-        with:
-          name: kata-artifacts-s390x-${{ matrix.asset }}-modules${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}-modules.tar.zst
-          retention-days: 15
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
   build-asset-rootfs:
     name: build-asset-rootfs
     runs-on: s390x

.github/workflows/build-kubectl-image.yaml

@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-name: Build kubectl multi-arch image
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    # Run every Sunday at 00:00 UTC
-    - cron: '0 0 * * 0'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    # Allow manual triggering
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - 'tools/packaging/kubectl/Dockerfile'
-      - '.github/workflows/build-kubectl-image.yaml'
-
-permissions: {}
-
-env:
-  REGISTRY: quay.io
-  IMAGE_NAME: kata-containers/kubectl
-
-jobs:
-  build-and-push:
-    name: Build and push multi-arch image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3.10.0
-
-      - name: Login to Quay.io
-        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ vars.QUAY_DEPLOYER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
-
-      - name: Get kubectl version
-        id: kubectl-version
-        run: |
-          KUBECTL_VERSION=$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)
-          echo "version=${KUBECTL_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Generate image metadata
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@902fa8ec7d6ecbf8d84d538b9b233a880e428804 # v5.7.0
-        with:
-          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
-          tags: |
-            type=raw,value=latest
-            type=raw,value={{date 'YYYYMMDD'}}
-            type=raw,value=${{ steps.kubectl-version.outputs.version }}
-            type=sha,prefix=
-
-      - name: Build and push multi-arch image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@ca052bb54ab0790a636c9b5f226502c73d547a25 # v5.4.0
-        with:
-          context: tools/packaging/kubectl/
-          file: tools/packaging/kubectl/Dockerfile
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/s390x,linux/ppc64le
-          push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max

.github/workflows/ci-nightly-riscv.yaml

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
-
-name: Nightly CI for RISC-V
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  build-kata-static-tarball-riscv:
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-      id-token: write
-      attestations: write
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-riscv64.yaml
-    with:
-      tarball-suffix: -${{ github.sha }}
-      commit-hash: ${{ github.sha }}
-      target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-
-  build-checks-preview:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        instance:
-          - "riscv-builder"
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-checks-preview-riscv64.yaml
-    with:
-      instance: ${{ matrix.instance }}

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ jobs:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-    secrets:
-      KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
 
   publish-kata-deploy-payload-arm64:
     needs: build-kata-static-tarball-arm64
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-arm64
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-      runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+      runner: ubuntu-22.04-arm
       arch: arm64
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
@@ -134,6 +132,20 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
 
+  build-kata-static-tarball-riscv64:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write
+      attestations: write
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-riscv64.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+    secrets:
+      QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
+
   publish-kata-deploy-payload-s390x:
     needs: build-kata-static-tarball-s390x
     permissions:
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
       tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-ppc64le
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-      runner: ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le
+      runner: ppc64le
       arch: ppc64le
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
@@ -233,14 +245,14 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
         uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
         with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64-${{ inputs.tag }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64-${{ inputs.tag }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
+      - name: Install tools
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-artifacts
 
       - name: Copy binary into Docker context
         run: |
@@ -297,14 +309,11 @@ jobs:
       AZ_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_TENANT_ID }}
       AZ_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
 
-  run-k8s-tests-on-free-runner:
+  run-k8s-tests-on-amd64:
     if: ${{ inputs.skip-test != 'yes' }}
     needs: publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-free-runner.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-amd64.yaml
     with:
-      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       registry: ghcr.io
       repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci
       tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-amd64
@@ -329,7 +338,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64
     uses: ./.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml
     with:
-      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       registry: ghcr.io
       repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci
       tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-amd64
@@ -431,11 +439,13 @@ jobs:
           { containerd_version: lts,    vmm: clh              },
           { containerd_version: lts,    vmm: dragonball       },
           { containerd_version: lts,    vmm: qemu             },
+          { containerd_version: lts,    vmm: stratovirt       },
           { containerd_version: lts,    vmm: cloud-hypervisor },
           { containerd_version: lts,    vmm: qemu-runtime-rs  },
           { containerd_version: active, vmm: clh              },
           { containerd_version: active, vmm: dragonball       },
           { containerd_version: active, vmm: qemu             },
+          { containerd_version: active, vmm: stratovirt       },
           { containerd_version: active, vmm: cloud-hypervisor },
           { containerd_version: active, vmm: qemu-runtime-rs  },
          ]
@@ -483,13 +493,13 @@ jobs:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-      runner: ppc64le-small
+      runner: ppc64le
       arch: ppc64le
       containerd_version: ${{ matrix.params.containerd_version }}
       vmm: ${{ matrix.params.vmm }}
 
   run-cri-containerd-tests-arm64:
-    if: false
+    if: ${{ inputs.skip-test != 'yes' }}
     needs: build-kata-static-tarball-arm64
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false

.github/workflows/darwin-tests.yaml

@@ -31,22 +31,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
-    - name: Install yq
+    - name: Install golang
       run: |
-        ./ci/install_yq.sh
-      env:
-        INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-
-    - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
-      run: |
-        go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-        [ -n "$go_version" ]
-        echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-    - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-      uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-      with:
-        go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+        ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+        echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
 
     - name: Install Rust
       run: ./tests/install_rust.sh

.github/workflows/docs-url-alive-check.yaml

@@ -24,22 +24,10 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
 
-    - name: Install yq
+    - name: Install golang
       run: |
-        ./ci/install_yq.sh
-      env:
-        INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-
-    - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
-      run: |
-        go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-        [ -n "$go_version" ]
-        echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-    - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-      uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-      with:
-        go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+        ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+        echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
 
     - name: Docs URL Alive Check
       run: |

.github/workflows/docs.yaml

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-name: Documentation
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-permissions: {}
-jobs:
-  deploy-docs:
-    name: deploy-docs
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pages: write
-      id-token: write
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.x
-      - run: pip install zensical
-      - run: zensical build --clean
-      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          path: site
-      - uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
-        id: deployment

.github/workflows/editorconfig-checker.yaml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-name: EditorConfig checker
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-permissions: {}
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  editorconfig-checker:
-    name: editorconfig-checker
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Set up editorconfig-checker
-        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@4b6cd6190d435e7e084fb35e36a096e98506f7b9 # v2.1.0
-        with:
-          version: v3.6.1
-
-      - name: Run editorconfig-checker
-        run: editorconfig-checker

.github/workflows/gatekeeper.yaml

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ on:
       - opened
       - synchronize
       - reopened
-      - edited
       - labeled
-      - unlabeled
 
 permissions: {}
 

.github/workflows/govulncheck.yaml

@@ -27,22 +27,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Install yq
+      - name: Install golang
         run: |
-          ./ci/install_yq.sh
-        env:
-          INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
-        run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+          echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
 
       - name: Install govulncheck
         run: |

.github/workflows/kata-runtime-classes-sync.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: kata-runtime-classes-sync
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+
+permissions: {}
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  kata-deploy-runtime-classes-check:
+    name: kata-deploy-runtime-classes-check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+    - name: Ensure the split out runtime classes match the all-in-one file
+      run: |
+        pushd tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/
+        echo "::group::Combine runtime classes"
+        for runtimeClass in $(find . -type f \( -name "*.yaml" -and -not -name "kata-runtimeClasses.yaml" \) | sort); do
+            echo "Adding ${runtimeClass} to the resultingRuntimeClasses.yaml"
+            cat "${runtimeClass}" >> resultingRuntimeClasses.yaml;
+        done
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+        echo "::group::Displaying the content of resultingRuntimeClasses.yaml"
+        cat resultingRuntimeClasses.yaml
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+        echo ""
+        echo "::group::Displaying the content of kata-runtimeClasses.yaml"
+        cat kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+        echo ""
+        diff resultingRuntimeClasses.yaml kata-runtimeClasses.yaml

.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
-      KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
 
   build-assets-s390x:
     permissions:
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       repo: kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci
       tag: kata-containers-latest-arm64
       target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-      runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+      runner: ubuntu-22.04-arm
       arch: arm64
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
       repo: kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci
       tag: kata-containers-latest-ppc64le
       target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-      runner: ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le
+      runner: ppc64le
       arch: ppc64le
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
@@ -162,42 +161,3 @@ jobs:
         env:
           KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS: "kata-containers-latest"
           KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES: "quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci"
-
-  upload-helm-chart-tarball:
-    name: upload-helm-chart-tarball
-    needs: publish-manifest
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      packages: write # needed to push the helm chart to ghcr.io
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Install helm
-        uses: azure/setup-helm@fe7b79cd5ee1e45176fcad797de68ecaf3ca4814 # v4.2.0
-        id: install
-
-      - name: Login to the OCI registries
-        env:
-          QUAY_DEPLOYER_USERNAME: ${{ vars.QUAY_DEPLOYER_USERNAME }}
-          QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: |
-          echo "${QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD}" | helm registry login quay.io --username "${QUAY_DEPLOYER_USERNAME}" --password-stdin
-          echo "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" | helm registry login ghcr.io --username "${GITHUB_ACTOR}" --password-stdin
-
-      - name: Push helm chart to the OCI registries
-        run: |
-          echo "Adjusting the Chart.yaml and values.yaml"
-          yq eval '.version = "0.0.0-dev" | .appVersion = "0.0.0-dev"' -i tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/Chart.yaml
-          yq eval '.image.reference = "quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci" | .image.tag = "kata-containers-latest"' -i tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
-
-          echo "Generating the chart package"
-          helm dependencies update tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy
-          helm package tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy
-
-          echo "Pushing the chart to the OCI registries"
-          helm push "kata-deploy-0.0.0-dev.tgz" oci://quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-charts
-          helm push "kata-deploy-0.0.0-dev.tgz" oci://ghcr.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-charts

.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload.yaml

@@ -50,24 +50,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Remove unnecessary directories to free up space
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.ghcup
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/boost
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/powershell
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/julia*
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/az
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/chromium
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/microsoft
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/google
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/firefox
-
       - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
         run: |
           ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"

.github/workflows/push-oras-tarball-cache.yaml

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# Push gperf and busybox tarballs to the ORAS cache (ghcr.io) so that
-# download-with-oras-cache.sh can pull them instead of hitting upstream.
-# Runs when versions.yaml changes on main (e.g. after a PR merge) or manually.
-name: CI | Push ORAS tarball cache
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - 'versions.yaml'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  push-oras-cache:
-    name: push-oras-cache
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Install yq
-        run: ./ci/install_yq.sh
-
-      - name: Install ORAS
-        uses: oras-project/setup-oras@22ce207df3b08e061f537244349aac6ae1d214f6 # v1.2.4
-        with:
-          version: "1.2.0"
-
-      - name: Populate ORAS tarball cache
-        run: ./tools/packaging/scripts/populate-oras-tarball-cache.sh all
-        env:
-          ARTEFACT_REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-          ARTEFACT_REPOSITORY: kata-containers
-          ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-          ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release-arm64.yaml

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ on:
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD:
         required: true
-      KBUILD_SIGN_PIN:
-        required: true
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -21,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       stage: release
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
-      KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     steps:
       - name: Login to Kata Containers ghcr.io
         uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0

.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le
+    runs-on: ppc64le
     steps:
       - name: Login to Kata Containers ghcr.io
         uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0

.github/workflows/release-s390x.yaml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-s390x
+    runs-on: s390x
     steps:
       - name: Login to Kata Containers ghcr.io
         uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ jobs:
       target-arch: arm64
     secrets:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
-      KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
 
   build-and-push-assets-s390x:
     needs: release
@@ -181,23 +180,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           ARCHITECTURE: ppc64le
 
-      - name: Set KATA_TOOLS_STATIC_TARBALL env var
-        run: |
-          tarball=$(pwd)/kata-tools-static.tar.zst
-          echo "KATA_TOOLS_STATIC_TARBALL=${tarball}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Download amd64 tools artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64
-
-      - name: Upload amd64 static tarball tools to GitHub
-        run: |
-          ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh upload-kata-tools-static-tarball
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          ARCHITECTURE: amd64
-
   upload-versions-yaml:
     name: upload-versions-yaml
     needs: release

.github/workflows/run-containerd-multi-snapshotter-stability-test.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+name: CI | Run containerd multi-snapshotter stability test
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 */1 * * *" #run every hour
+
+permissions: {}
+
+# This job relies on k8s pre-installed using kubeadm
+jobs:
+  run-containerd-multi-snapshotter-stability-tests:
+    name: run-containerd-multi-snapshotter-stability-tests
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        containerd:
+          - v1.7
+          - v2.0
+          - v2.1
+          - v2.2
+    env:
+      # I don't want those to be inside double quotes, so I'm deliberately ignoring the double quotes here.
+      IMAGES_LIST: quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-community-server@sha256:8b73733842da21b6bbb6df4d7b2449229bb3135d2ec8c6880314d88205772a11 ghcr.io/edgelesssys/redis@sha256:ecb0a964c259a166a1eb62f0eb19621d42bd1cce0bc9bb0c71c828911d4ba93d
+    runs-on: containerd-${{ matrix.containerd }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Rotate the journal
+        run: sudo journalctl --rotate --vacuum-time 1s
+
+      - name: Pull the kata-deploy image to be used
+        run: sudo ctr -n k8s.io image pull quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci:kata-containers-latest
+
+      - name: Deploy Kata Containers
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
+        env:
+          KATA_HYPERVISOR: qemu-coco-dev
+          KUBERNETES: vanilla
+          SNAPSHOTTER: nydus
+          USE_EXPERIMENTAL_SETUP_SNAPSHOTTER: true
+
+      # This is needed as we may hit the createContainerTimeout
+      - name: Adjust Kata Containers' create_container_timeout
+        run: |
+          sudo sed -i -e 's/^\(create_container_timeout\).*=.*$/\1 = 600/g' /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+          grep "create_container_timeout.*=" /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+
+      # This is needed in order to have enough tmpfs space inside the guest to pull the image
+      - name: Adjust Kata Containers' default_memory
+        run: |
+          sudo sed -i -e 's/^\(default_memory\).*=.*$/\1 = 4096/g' /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+          grep "default_memory.*=" /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+
+      - name: Run a few containers using overlayfs
+        run: |
+          # I don't want those to be inside double quotes, so I'm deliberately ignoring the double quotes here
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+          for img in ${IMAGES_LIST}; do
+            echo "overlayfs | Using on image: ${img}"
+            pod="$(echo ${img} | tr ':.@/' '-' | awk '{print substr($0,1,56)}')"
+            kubectl run "${pod}" \
+              -it --rm \
+              --restart=Never \
+              --image="${img}" \
+              --image-pull-policy=Always \
+              --pod-running-timeout=10m \
+              -- uname -r
+          done
+          
+      - name: Run a the same few containers using a different snapshotter
+        run: |
+          # I don't want those to be inside double quotes, so I'm deliberately ignoring the double quotes here
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+          for img in ${IMAGES_LIST}; do
+            echo "nydus | Using on image: ${img}"
+            pod="kata-$(echo ${img} | tr ':.@/' '-' | awk '{print substr($0,1,56)}')"
+            kubectl run "${pod}" \
+              -it --rm \
+              --restart=Never \
+              --image="${img}" \
+              --image-pull-policy=Always \
+              --pod-running-timeout=10m \
+              --overrides='{
+                "spec": {
+                  "runtimeClassName": "kata-qemu-coco-dev"
+                }
+              }' \
+              -- uname -r
+          done
+
+      - name: Uninstall Kata Containers
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup
+        env:
+          KATA_HYPERVISOR: qemu-coco-dev
+          KUBERNETES: vanilla
+          SNAPSHOTTER: nydus
+          USE_EXPERIMENTAL_SETUP_SNAPSHOTTER: true
+
+      - name: Run a few containers using overlayfs
+        run: |
+          # I don't want those to be inside double quotes, so I'm deliberately ignoring the double quotes here
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+          for img in ${IMAGES_LIST}; do
+            echo "overlayfs | Using on image: ${img}"
+            pod="$(echo ${img} | tr ':.@/' '-' | awk '{print substr($0,1,56)}')"
+            kubectl run "${pod}" \
+              -it --rm \
+              --restart=Never \
+              --image=${img} \
+              --image-pull-policy=Always \
+              --pod-running-timeout=10m \
+              -- uname -r
+          done
+          
+      - name: Deploy Kata Containers
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
+        env:
+          KATA_HYPERVISOR: qemu-coco-dev
+          KUBERNETES: vanilla
+          SNAPSHOTTER: nydus
+          USE_EXPERIMENTAL_SETUP_SNAPSHOTTER: true
+
+      # This is needed as we may hit the createContainerTimeout
+      - name: Adjust Kata Containers' create_container_timeout
+        run: |
+          sudo sed -i -e 's/^\(create_container_timeout\).*=.*$/\1 = 600/g' /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+          grep "create_container_timeout.*=" /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+
+      # This is needed in order to have enough tmpfs space inside the guest to pull the image
+      - name: Adjust Kata Containers' default_memory
+        run: |
+          sudo sed -i -e 's/^\(default_memory\).*=.*$/\1 = 4096/g' /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+          grep "default_memory.*=" /opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml
+
+      - name: Run a the same few containers using a different snapshotter
+        run: |
+          # I don't want those to be inside double quotes, so I'm deliberately ignoring the double quotes here
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+          for img in ${IMAGES_LIST}; do
+            echo "nydus | Using on image: ${img}"
+            pod="kata-$(echo ${img} | tr ':.@/' '-' | awk '{print substr($0,1,56)}')"
+            kubectl run "${pod}" \
+              -it --rm \
+              --restart=Never \
+              --image="${img}" \
+              --image-pull-policy=Always \
+              --pod-running-timeout=10m \
+              --overrides='{
+                "spec": {
+                  "runtimeClassName": "kata-qemu-coco-dev"
+                }
+              }' \
+              -- uname -r
+          done
+
+      - name: Uninstall Kata Containers
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup || true
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          KATA_HYPERVISOR: qemu-coco-dev
+          KUBERNETES: vanilla
+          SNAPSHOTTER: nydus
+          USE_EXPERIMENTAL_SETUP_SNAPSHOTTER: true

.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml

@@ -55,23 +55,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: Install yq
-        run: |
-          ./ci/install_yq.sh
-        env:
-          INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
-        run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies

.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml

@@ -42,18 +42,33 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
+        host_os:
+          - ubuntu
+        vmm:
+          - clh
+          - dragonball
+          - qemu
+          - qemu-runtime-rs
+          - stratovirt
+          - cloud-hypervisor
+        instance-type:
+          - small
+          - normal
         include:
           - host_os: cbl-mariner
             vmm: clh
             instance-type: small
             genpolicy-pull-method: oci-distribution
+            auto-generate-policy: yes
           - host_os: cbl-mariner
             vmm: clh
             instance-type: small
             genpolicy-pull-method: containerd
+            auto-generate-policy: yes
           - host_os: cbl-mariner
             vmm: clh
             instance-type: normal
+            auto-generate-policy: yes
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -67,9 +82,10 @@ jobs:
       KATA_HOST_OS: ${{ matrix.host_os }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
+      USING_NFD: "false"
       K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: ${{ matrix.instance-type }}
       GENPOLICY_PULL_METHOD: ${{ matrix.genpolicy-pull-method }}
-      RUNS_ON_AKS: "true"
+      AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY: ${{ matrix.auto-generate-policy }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -83,14 +99,14 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
         uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
         with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-artifacts
 
       - name: Download Azure CLI
         uses: azure/setup-kubectl@776406bce94f63e41d621b960d78ee25c8b76ede # v4.0.1
@@ -125,19 +141,14 @@ jobs:
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh get-cluster-credentials
 
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata-aks
 
       - name: Run tests
         timeout-minutes: 60
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
-
       - name: Refresh OIDC token in case access token expired
-        if: always()
         uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
         with:
           client-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_APPID }}

.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-amd64.yaml

@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-# Run Kubernetes integration tests on free GitHub runners  with a locally
-# deployed cluster (kubeadm).
-name: CI | Run kubernetes tests on free runner
+name: CI | Run kubernetes tests on amd64
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      tarball-suffix:
-        required: false
-        type: string
       registry:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -30,38 +25,37 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
-  run-k8s-tests:
-    name: run-k8s-tests
+  run-k8s-tests-amd64:
+    name: run-k8s-tests-amd64
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        environment: [
-          { vmm: clh, containerd_version: lts },
-          { vmm: clh, containerd_version: active },
-          { vmm: dragonball, containerd_version: lts },
-          { vmm: dragonball, containerd_version: active },
-          { vmm: qemu, containerd_version: lts },
-          { vmm: qemu, containerd_version: active },
-          { vmm: qemu-runtime-rs, containerd_version: lts },
-          { vmm: qemu-runtime-rs, containerd_version: active },
-          { vmm: cloud-hypervisor, containerd_version: lts },
-          { vmm: cloud-hypervisor, containerd_version: active },
-        ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
+        vmm:
+          - qemu
+        container_runtime:
+          - containerd
+        snapshotter:
+          - devmapper
+        k8s:
+          - k3s
+        include:
+          - vmm: qemu
+            container_runtime: crio
+            snapshotter: ""
+            k8s: k0s
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       DOCKER_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
       DOCKER_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
-      KATA_HOST_OS: ubuntu
-      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.environment.vmm }}
-      KUBERNETES: vanilla
-      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: baremetal-no-attestation
-      CONTAINER_ENGINE: containerd
-      CONTAINER_ENGINE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.environment.containerd_version }}
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
+      KUBERNETES_EXTRA_PARAMS: ${{ matrix.container_runtime != 'crio' && '' || '--cri-socket remote:unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock --kubelet-extra-args --cgroup-driver="systemd"' }}
+      SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: all
+      CONTAINER_RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.container_runtime }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -75,15 +69,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
-
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
-
       - name: Remove unnecessary directories to free up space
         run: |
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.ghcup
@@ -92,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
           sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/boost
+          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
           sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/powershell
@@ -102,26 +88,43 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf /opt/google
           sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/firefox
 
-      - name: Deploy k8s (kubeadm)
+      - name: Configure CRI-O
+        if: matrix.container_runtime == 'crio'
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh setup-crio
+
+      - name: Deploy ${{ matrix.k8s }}
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-k8s
+        env:
+          CONTAINER_RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.container_runtime }}
+
+      - name: Configure the ${{ matrix.snapshotter }} snapshotter
+        if: matrix.snapshotter != ''
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh configure-snapshotter
+
+      - name: Deploy Kata
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
 
       - name: Install `bats`
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-bats
 
-      - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
-
       - name: Run tests
-        timeout-minutes: 60
+        timeout-minutes: 30
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Report tests
+      - name: Collect artifacts ${{ matrix.vmm }}
         if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh collect-artifacts
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Archive artifacts ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: k8s-tests-${{ matrix.vmm }}-${{ matrix.snapshotter }}-${{ matrix.k8s }}-${{ inputs.tag }}
+          path: /tmp/artifacts
+          retention-days: 1
 
       - name: Delete kata-deploy
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 15
+        timeout-minutes: 5
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup
-

.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-arm64.yaml

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         vmm:
           - qemu
-          - qemu-runtime-rs
         k8s:
           - kubeadm
     runs-on: arm64-k8s
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
       K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: all
       TARGET_ARCH: "aarch64"
     steps:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
 
       - name: Install `bats`
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 30
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
-
       - name: Collect artifacts ${{ matrix.vmm }}
         if: always()
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh collect-artifacts
@@ -87,5 +83,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Delete kata-deploy
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 15
+        timeout-minutes: 5
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup

.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-name: CI | Run NVIDIA GPU kubernetes tests on amd64
+name: CI | Run NVIDIA GPU kubernetes tests on arm64
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      tarball-suffix:
-        required: true
-        type: string
       registry:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -32,24 +29,24 @@ permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   run-nvidia-gpu-tests-on-amd64:
-    name: run-${{ matrix.environment.name }}-tests-on-amd64
+    name: run-nvidia-gpu-tests-on-amd64
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        environment: [
-          { name: nvidia-gpu,     vmm: qemu-nvidia-gpu,     runner: amd64-nvidia-a100 },
-          { name: nvidia-gpu-snp, vmm: qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp, runner: amd64-nvidia-h100-snp },
-        ]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.environment.runner }}
+        vmm:
+          - qemu-nvidia-gpu
+        k8s:
+          - kubeadm
+    runs-on: amd64-nvidia-a100
     env:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       DOCKER_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
       DOCKER_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
-      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.environment.vmm }}
-      KUBERNETES: kubeadm
-      KBS: ${{ matrix.environment.name == 'nvidia-gpu-snp' && 'true' || 'false' }}
-      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: baremetal
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: all
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -63,69 +60,31 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
-
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
-
-      - name: Uninstall previous `kbs-client`
-        if: matrix.environment.name != 'nvidia-gpu'
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh uninstall-kbs-client
-
-      - name: Deploy CoCo KBS
-        if: matrix.environment.name != 'nvidia-gpu'
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-coco-kbs
-        env:
-          NVIDIA_VERIFIER_MODE: remote
-          KBS_INGRESS: nodeport
-
-      - name: Install `kbs-client`
-        if: matrix.environment.name != 'nvidia-gpu'
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kbs-client
-
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
 
       - name: Install `bats`
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-bats
 
-      - name: Run tests ${{ matrix.environment.vmm }}
+      - name: Run tests
         timeout-minutes: 30
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-nv-tests
         env:
           NGC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NGC_API_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
-
-      - name: Collect artifacts ${{ matrix.environment.vmm }}
+      - name: Collect artifacts ${{ matrix.vmm }}
         if: always()
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh collect-artifacts
         continue-on-error: true
 
-      - name: Archive artifacts ${{ matrix.environment.vmm }}
+      - name: Archive artifacts ${{ matrix.vmm }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
-          name: k8s-tests-${{ matrix.environment.vmm }}-kubeadm-${{ inputs.tag }}
+          name: k8s-tests-${{ matrix.vmm }}-${{ matrix.k8s }}-${{ inputs.tag }}
           path: /tmp/artifacts
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: Delete kata-deploy
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 15
+        timeout-minutes: 5
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup
-
-      - name: Delete CoCo KBS
-        if: always() && matrix.environment.name != 'nvidia-gpu'
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: |
-          bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-coco-kbs

.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           - qemu
         k8s:
           - kubeadm
-    runs-on: ppc64le-k8s
+    runs-on: k8s-ppc64le
     env:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       DOCKER_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
       TARGET_ARCH: "ppc64le"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
@@ -57,39 +58,24 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: Install yq
+      - name: Install golang
         run: |
-          ./ci/install_yq.sh
-        env:
-          INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
+          ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+          echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
-        run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Prepare the runner for k8s cluster creation
+        run: bash "${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_cleanup.sh"
 
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-          # Setup-go doesn't work properly with ppc64le: https://github.com/actions/setup-go/issues/648
-          architecture: ${{ contains(inputs.instance, 'ppc64le') && 'ppc64le' || '' }}
-
-      - name: Prepare the runner for k8s test suite
-        run: bash "${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_prepare.sh"
-
-      - name: Check if cluster is healthy to run the tests
-        run: bash "${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_check.sh"
+      - name: Create k8s cluster using kubeadm
+        run: bash "${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_create.sh"
 
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata-kubeadm
 
       - name: Run tests
         timeout-minutes: 30
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
+      - name: Delete cluster and post cleanup actions
+        run: bash "${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_cleanup.sh"

.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-zvsi.yaml

@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - snapshotter: devmapper
             pull-type: default
+            using-nfd: true
             deploy-cmd: configure-snapshotter
           - snapshotter: nydus
             pull-type: guest-pull
+            using-nfd: false
             deploy-cmd: deploy-snapshotter
         exclude:
           - snapshotter: overlayfs
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
       PULL_TYPE: ${{ matrix.pull-type }}
       SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
+      USING_NFD: ${{ matrix.using-nfd }}
       TARGET_ARCH: "s390x"
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER: ${{ vars.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER }}
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD }}
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.snapshotter != 'overlayfs' }}
 
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata-zvsi
 
       - name: Uninstall previous `kbs-client`
@@ -131,18 +134,12 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 60
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
-
       - name: Delete kata-deploy
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup-zvsi
 
       - name: Delete CoCo KBS
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: |
           if [ "${KBS}" == "true" ]; then
             bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-coco-kbs

.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-stability-tests.yaml

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         vmm:
           - qemu-coco-dev
-          - qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs
         snapshotter:
           - nydus
         pull-type:
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER: ${{ vars.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER }}
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD }}
       SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
         uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
         with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-artifacts
 
       - name: Log into the Azure account
         uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
@@ -140,12 +140,7 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 300
         run: bash tests/stability/gha-stability-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
-
       - name: Refresh OIDC token in case access token expired
-        if: always()
         uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
         with:
           client-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_APPID }}

.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
+      USING_NFD: "false"
       KBS: "true"
       K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: "baremetal"
       KBS_INGRESS: "nodeport"
@@ -79,17 +80,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
-
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
-
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
 
       - name: Uninstall previous `kbs-client`
@@ -120,12 +112,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Delete kata-deploy
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 15
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup
 
       - name: Delete CoCo KBS
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: |
           [[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-tdx" ]] && echo "ITA_KEY=${GH_ITA_KEY}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
           bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-coco-kbs
@@ -140,36 +130,40 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        environment: [
-          { vmm: qemu-coco-dev, snapshotter: nydus, pull_type: guest-pull },
-          { vmm: qemu-coco-dev-runtime-rs, snapshotter: nydus, pull_type: guest-pull },
-          { vmm: qemu-coco-dev, snapshotter: "", pull_type: experimental-force-guest-pull },
-        ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        vmm:
+          - qemu-coco-dev
+        snapshotter:
+          - nydus
+        pull-type:
+          - guest-pull
+        include:
+          - pull-type: experimental-force-guest-pull
+            snapshotter: ""
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
-      contents: read
+      id-token: write # Used for OIDC access to log into Azure
     environment: ci
     env:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       DOCKER_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
       DOCKER_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
-      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.environment.vmm }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       # Some tests rely on that variable to run (or not)
       KBS: "true"
       # Set the KBS ingress handler (empty string disables handling)
-      KBS_INGRESS: "nodeport"
+      KBS_INGRESS: "aks"
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
-      PULL_TYPE: ${{ matrix.environment.pull_type }}
+      PULL_TYPE: ${{ matrix.pull-type }}
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER: ${{ vars.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_USER }}
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD }}
-      SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.environment.snapshotter }}
-      EXPERIMENTAL_FORCE_GUEST_PULL: ${{ matrix.environment.pull_type == 'experimental-force-guest-pull' && matrix.environment.vmm || '' }}
-      AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY: "yes"
+      SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
+      # Caution: current ingress controller used to expose the KBS service
+      # requires much vCPUs, lefting only a few for the tests. Depending on the
+      # host type chose it will result on the creation of a cluster with
+      # insufficient resources.
       K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: "all"
-      CONTAINER_ENGINE: "containerd"
-      CONTAINER_ENGINE_VERSION: "active"
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -183,45 +177,49 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
         uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
         with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-artifacts
 
-      - name: Remove unnecessary directories to free up space
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.ghcup
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/boost
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/powershell
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/julia*
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/az
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/chromium
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/microsoft
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/google
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/firefox
+      - name: Log into the Azure account
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_APPID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
 
-      - name: Deploy kubernetes
-        timeout-minutes: 15
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-k8s
+      - name: Create AKS cluster
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@ce71cc2ab81d554ebbe88c79ab5975992d79ba08 # v3.0.2
+        with:
+          timeout_minutes: 15
+          max_attempts: 20
+          retry_on: error
+          retry_wait_seconds: 10
+          command: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh create-cluster
 
       - name: Install `bats`
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-bats
 
+      - name: Install `kubectl`
+        uses: azure/setup-kubectl@776406bce94f63e41d621b960d78ee25c8b76ede # v4.0.1
+        with:
+          version: 'latest'
+
+      - name: Download credentials for the Kubernetes CLI to use them
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh get-cluster-credentials
+
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata-aks
         env:
-          USE_EXPERIMENTAL_SETUP_SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.environment.snapshotter == 'nydus' }}
+          EXPERIMENTAL_FORCE_GUEST_PULL: ${{ env.PULL_TYPE == 'experimental-force-guest-pull' && env.KATA_HYPERVISOR || '' }}
+          USE_EXPERIMENTAL_SETUP_SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ env.SNAPSHOTTER == 'nydus' }}
+          AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY: ${{ env.PULL_TYPE == 'experimental-force-guest-pull' && 'no' || 'yes' }}
 
       - name: Deploy CoCo KBS
         timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -243,20 +241,16 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
 
-      - name: Delete kata-deploy
-        if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 15
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup
+      - name: Refresh OIDC token in case access token expired
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_APPID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
 
-      - name: Delete CoCo KBS
+      - name: Delete AKS cluster
         if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-coco-kbs
-
-      - name: Delete CSI driver
-        if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 5
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-csi-driver
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-cluster
 
   # Generate jobs for testing CoCo on non-TEE environments with erofs-snapshotter
   run-k8s-tests-coco-nontee-with-erofs-snapshotter:
@@ -284,15 +278,15 @@ jobs:
       KBS_INGRESS: ""
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
       CONTAINER_ENGINE: "containerd"
-      CONTAINER_ENGINE_VERSION: "active"
+      CONTAINER_ENGINE_VERSION: "v2.2"
       PULL_TYPE: ${{ matrix.pull-type }}
       SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
       USE_EXPERIMENTAL_SETUP_SNAPSHOTTER: "true"
       K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: "all"
+      USING_NFD: "false"
       # We are skipping the auto generated policy tests for now,
       # but those should be enabled as soon as we work on that.
       AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY: "no"
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -306,15 +300,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-      - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
-        with:
-          name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-tools-artifacts
-
-      - name: Install kata-tools
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
-
       - name: Remove unnecessary directories to free up space
         run: |
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.ghcup
@@ -323,6 +308,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
           sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/boost
+          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
           sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/powershell
@@ -336,12 +322,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy kubernetes
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-k8s
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
       - name: Install `bats`
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-bats
 
       - name: Deploy Kata
-        timeout-minutes: 20
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
 
       - name: Deploy CSI driver
@@ -355,13 +343,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: Report tests
         if: always()
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
-
-      - name: Delete kata-deploy
-        if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 15
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup
-
-      - name: Delete CSI driver
-        if: always()
-        timeout-minutes: 5
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-csi-driver

.github/workflows/run-kata-deploy-tests-on-aks.yaml

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       KATA_HOST_OS: ${{ matrix.host_os }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
+      USING_NFD: "false"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -102,12 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: bash tests/functional/kata-deploy/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
-
       - name: Refresh OIDC token in case access token expired
-        if: always()
         uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
         with:
           client-id: ${{ secrets.AZ_APPID }}

.github/workflows/run-kata-deploy-tests.yaml

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
           sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/boost
+          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
           sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/powershell
@@ -84,7 +86,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: bash tests/functional/kata-deploy/gha-run.sh run-tests
-
-      - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
-        run: bash tests/functional/kata-deploy/gha-run.sh report-tests

.github/workflows/run-metrics.yaml

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       DOCKER_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
       GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: "baremetal"
+      USING_NFD: "false"
       KUBERNETES: kubeadm
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2

.github/workflows/run-runk-tests.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: CI | Run runk tests
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tarball-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      target-branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  run-runk:
+    name: run-runk
+    # Skip runk tests as we have no maintainers. TODO: Decide when to remove altogether
+    if: false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: lts
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/runk/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/runk/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run runk tests
+        run: bash tests/integration/runk/gha-run.sh run

.github/workflows/stale.yaml

@@ -6,21 +6,14 @@ on:
 
 permissions: {}
 
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
   stale:
     name: stale
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      actions: write # Needed to manage caches for state persistence across runs
-      pull-requests: write # Needed to add/remove labels, post comments, or close PRs
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@5bef64f19d7facfb25b37b414482c7164d639639 # v9.1.0
         with:
-          stale-pr-message: 'This PR has been opened without activity for 180 days. Please comment on the issue or it will be closed in 7 days.'
+          stale-pr-message: 'This PR has been opened without with no activity for 180 days. Comment on the issue otherwise it will be closed in 7 days'
           days-before-pr-stale: 180
           days-before-pr-close: 7
           days-before-issue-stale: -1

.github/workflows/static-checks-self-hosted.yaml

@@ -28,9 +28,21 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         instance:
-          - "ubuntu-24.04-arm"
+          - "ubuntu-22.04-arm"
           - "ubuntu-24.04-s390x"
           - "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
     with:
       instance: ${{ matrix.instance }}
+
+  build-checks-preview:
+    needs: skipper
+    if: ${{ needs.skipper.outputs.skip_static != 'yes' }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        instance:
+          - "riscv-builder"
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-checks-preview-riscv64.yaml
+    with:
+      instance: ${{ matrix.instance }}

.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml

@@ -126,15 +126,11 @@ jobs:
           ./ci/install_yq.sh
         env:
           INSTALL_IN_GOPATH: false
-      - name: Read properties from versions.yaml
+      - name: Install golang
         run: |
-          go_version="$(yq '.languages.golang.version' versions.yaml)"
-          [ -n "$go_version" ]
-          echo "GO_VERSION=${go_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Setup Golang version ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          cd "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
+          ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+          echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install moreutils hunspell hunspell-en-gb hunspell-en-us pandoc

.github/workflows/zizmor.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Run zizmor
-        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@135698455da5c3b3e55f73f4419e481ab68cdd95 # v0.4.1
+        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@e673c3917a1aef3c65c972347ed84ccd013ecda4 # v0.2.0
         with:
           advanced-security: false
           annotations: true

.gitignore

@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ src/tools/log-parser/kata-log-parser
 tools/packaging/static-build/agent/install_libseccomp.sh
 .envrc
 .direnv
-**/.DS_Store
-site/

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-[workspace.package]
-authors = ["The Kata Containers community <kata-dev@lists.katacontainers.io>"]
-edition = "2018"
-license = "Apache-2.0"
-rust-version = "1.88"
-
-[workspace]
-members = [
-  # Dragonball
-  "src/dragonball",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_acpi",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_address_space",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_allocator",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_arch",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_boot",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_device",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_interrupt",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_legacy_devices",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_pci",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_tdx",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_upcall",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_utils",
-  "src/dragonball/dbs_virtio_devices",
-
-  # runtime-rs
-  "src/runtime-rs",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/agent",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/persist",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/resource",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/service",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/shim",
-  "src/runtime-rs/crates/shim-ctl",
-  "src/runtime-rs/tests/utils",
-]
-resolver = "2"
-
-# TODO: Add all excluded crates to root workspace
-exclude = [
-  "src/agent",
-  "src/tools",
-  "src/libs",
-
-  # kata-deploy binary is standalone and has its own Cargo.toml for now
-  "tools/packaging/kata-deploy/binary",
-
-  # We are cloning and building rust packages under
-  # "tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/build" folder, which may mislead
-  # those packages to think they are part of the kata root workspace
-  "tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/build",
-]
-
-[workspace.dependencies]
-# Rust-VMM crates
-event-manager = "0.2.1"
-kvm-bindings = "0.6.0"
-kvm-ioctls = "=0.12.1"
-linux-loader = "0.8.0"
-seccompiler = "0.5.0"
-vfio-bindings = "0.3.0"
-vfio-ioctls = "0.1.0"
-virtio-bindings = "0.1.0"
-virtio-queue = "0.7.0"
-vm-fdt = "0.2.0"
-vm-memory = "0.10.0"
-vm-superio = "0.5.0"
-vmm-sys-util = "0.11.0"
-
-# Local dependencies from Dragonball Sandbox crates
-dragonball = { path = "src/dragonball" }
-dbs-acpi = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_acpi" }
-dbs-address-space = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_address_space" }
-dbs-allocator = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_allocator" }
-dbs-arch = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_arch" }
-dbs-boot = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_boot" }
-dbs-device = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_device" }
-dbs-interrupt = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_interrupt" }
-dbs-legacy-devices = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_legacy_devices" }
-dbs-pci = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_pci" }
-dbs-tdx = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_tdx" }
-dbs-upcall = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_upcall" }
-dbs-utils = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_utils" }
-dbs-virtio-devices = { path = "src/dragonball/dbs_virtio_devices" }
-
-# Local dependencies from runtime-rs
-agent = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/agent" }
-hypervisor = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor" }
-persist = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/persist" }
-resource = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/resource" }
-runtimes = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes" }
-service = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/service" }
-tests_utils = { path = "src/runtime-rs/tests/utils" }
-ch-config = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/ch-config" }
-common = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common" }
-linux_container = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/linux_container" }
-virt_container = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container" }
-wasm_container = { path = "src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/wasm_container" }
-
-# Local dependencies from `src/lib`
-kata-sys-util = { path = "src/libs/kata-sys-util" }
-kata-types = { path = "src/libs/kata-types", features = ["safe-path"] }
-logging = { path = "src/libs/logging" }
-protocols = { path = "src/libs/protocols", features = ["async"] }
-runtime-spec = { path = "src/libs/runtime-spec" }
-safe-path = { path = "src/libs/safe-path" }
-shim-interface = { path = "src/libs/shim-interface" }
-test-utils = { path = "src/libs/test-utils" }
-
-# Outside dependencies
-actix-rt = "2.7.0"
-anyhow = "1.0"
-async-trait = "0.1.48"
-containerd-shim = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["async"] }
-containerd-shim-protos = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["async"] }
-go-flag = "0.1.0"
-hyper = "0.14.20"
-hyperlocal = "0.8.0"
-lazy_static = "1.4"
-libc = "0.2"
-log = "0.4.14"
-netns-rs = "0.1.0"
-# Note: nix needs to stay sync'd with libs versions
-nix = "0.26.4"
-oci-spec = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["runtime"] }
-protobuf = "3.7.2"
-rand = "0.8.4"
-serde = { version = "1.0.145", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.91"
-sha2 = "0.10.9"
-slog = "2.5.2"
-slog-scope = "4.4.0"
-strum = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["derive"] }
-tempfile = "3.19.1"
-thiserror = "1.0"
-tokio = "1.46.1"
-tracing = "0.1.41"
-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.18.0"
-ttrpc = "0.8.4"
-url = "2.5.4"

Makefile

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ TOOLS =
 TOOLS += agent-ctl
 TOOLS += kata-ctl
 TOOLS += log-parser
+TOOLS += runk
 TOOLS += trace-forwarder
 
 STANDARD_TARGETS = build check clean install static-checks-build test vendor
@@ -47,10 +48,7 @@ docs-url-alive-check:
 	bash ci/docs-url-alive-check.sh
 
 build-and-publish-kata-debug:
-	bash tools/packaging/kata-debug/kata-debug-build-and-upload-payload.sh ${KATA_DEBUG_REGISTRY} ${KATA_DEBUG_TAG}
-
-docs-serve:
-	docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 -v ./docs:/docs:ro -v ${PWD}/zensical.toml:/zensical.toml:ro zensical/zensical serve --config-file /zensical.toml -a 0.0.0.0:8000
+	bash tools/packaging/kata-debug/kata-debug-build-and-upload-payload.sh ${KATA_DEBUG_REGISTRY} ${KATA_DEBUG_TAG} 
 
 .PHONY: \
 	all \
@@ -58,5 +56,4 @@ docs-serve:
 	install-tarball \
 	default \
 	static-checks \
-	docs-url-alive-check \
-	docs-serve
+	docs-url-alive-check

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+foo
+
 <img src="https://object-storage-ca-ymq-1.vexxhost.net/swift/v1/6e4619c416ff4bd19e1c087f27a43eea/www-images-prod/openstack-logo/kata/SVG/kata-1.svg" width="900">
 
 [![CI | Publish Kata Containers payload](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/actions/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/actions/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml) [![Kata Containers Nightly CI](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/actions/workflows/ci-nightly.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/actions/workflows/ci-nightly.yaml)
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ The table below lists the remaining parts of the project:
 | [`agent-ctl`](src/tools/agent-ctl) | utility | Tool that provides low-level access for testing the agent. |
 | [`kata-ctl`](src/tools/kata-ctl) | utility | Tool that provides advanced commands and debug facilities. |
 | [`trace-forwarder`](src/tools/trace-forwarder) | utility | Agent tracing helper. |
+| [`runk`](src/tools/runk) | utility | Standard OCI container runtime based on the agent. |
 | [`ci`](.github/workflows) | CI | Continuous Integration configuration files and scripts. |
 | [`ocp-ci`](ci/openshift-ci/README.md) | CI | Continuous Integration configuration for the OpenShift pipelines. |
 | [`katacontainers.io`](https://github.com/kata-containers/www.katacontainers.io) | Source for the [`katacontainers.io`](https://www.katacontainers.io) site. |

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.27.0
+3.21.0

ci/install_libseccomp.sh

@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
 source "${script_dir}/../tests/common.bash"
 
-# Path to the ORAS cache helper for downloading tarballs (sourced when needed)
-# Use ORAS_CACHE_HELPER env var (set by build.sh in Docker) or fallback to repo path
-oras_cache_helper="${ORAS_CACHE_HELPER:-${script_dir}/../tools/packaging/scripts/download-with-oras-cache.sh}"
-
 # The following variables if set on the environment will change the behavior
 # of gperf and libseccomp configure scripts, that may lead this script to
 # fail. So let's ensure they are unset here.
@@ -48,9 +44,6 @@ fi
 gperf_tarball="gperf-${gperf_version}.tar.gz"
 gperf_tarball_url="${gperf_url}/${gperf_tarball}"
 
-# Use ORAS cache for gperf downloads (gperf upstream can be unreliable)
-USE_ORAS_CACHE="${USE_ORAS_CACHE:-yes}"
-
 # We need to build the libseccomp library from sources to create a static
 # library for the musl libc.
 # However, ppc64le, riscv64 and s390x have no musl targets in Rust. Hence, we do
@@ -75,23 +68,7 @@ trap finish EXIT
 build_and_install_gperf() {
 	echo "Build and install gperf version ${gperf_version}"
 	mkdir -p "${gperf_install_dir}"
-
-	# Use ORAS cache if available and enabled
-	if [[ "${USE_ORAS_CACHE}" == "yes" ]] && [[ -f "${oras_cache_helper}" ]]; then
-		echo "Using ORAS cache for gperf download"
-		source "${oras_cache_helper}"
-		local cached_tarball
-		cached_tarball=$(download_component gperf "$(pwd)")
-		if [[ -f "${cached_tarball}" ]]; then
-			gperf_tarball="${cached_tarball}"
-		else
-			echo "ORAS cache download failed, falling back to direct download"
-			curl -sLO "${gperf_tarball_url}"
-		fi
-	else
-		curl -sLO "${gperf_tarball_url}"
-	fi
-
+	curl -sLO "${gperf_tarball_url}"
 	tar -xf "${gperf_tarball}"
 	pushd "gperf-${gperf_version}"
 	# Unset $CC for configure, we will always use native for gperf

ci/install_yq.sh

@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ function install_yq() {
 		goarch=arm64
 		;;
 	"arm64")
-		# If we're on an apple silicon machine, just assign amd64.
-		# The version of yq we use doesn't have a darwin arm build,
+		# If we're on an apple silicon machine, just assign amd64. 
+		# The version of yq we use doesn't have a darwin arm build, 
 		# but Rosetta can come to the rescue here.
 		if [[ ${goos} == "Darwin" ]]; then
 			goarch=amd64
-		else
+		else 
 			goarch=arm64
 		fi
 		;;

ci/openshift-ci/cleanup.sh

@@ -46,12 +46,16 @@ fi
 [[ ${SELINUX_PERMISSIVE} == "yes" ]] && oc delete -f "${deployments_dir}/machineconfig_selinux.yaml.in"
 
 # Delete kata-containers
-helm uninstall kata-deploy --wait --namespace kube-system
+pushd "${katacontainers_repo_dir}/tools/packaging/kata-deploy" || { echo "Failed to push to ${katacontainers_repo_dir}/tools/packaging/kata-deploy"; exit 125; }
+oc delete -f kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml
 oc -n kube-system wait --timeout=10m --for=delete -l name=kata-deploy pod
+oc apply -f kata-cleanup/base/kata-cleanup.yaml
 echo "Wait for all related pods to be gone"
 ( repeats=1; for _ in $(seq 1 600); do
   oc get pods -l name="kubelet-kata-cleanup" --no-headers=true -n kube-system 2>&1 | grep "No resources found" -q && ((repeats++)) || repeats=1
   [[ "${repeats}" -gt 5 ]] && echo kata-cleanup finished && break
   sleep 1
 done) || { echo "There are still some kata-cleanup related pods after 600 iterations"; oc get all -n kube-system; exit 1; }
+oc delete -f kata-cleanup/base/kata-cleanup.yaml
+oc delete -f kata-rbac/base/kata-rbac.yaml
 oc delete -f runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml

ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh

@@ -44,20 +44,16 @@ WORKAROUND_9206_CRIO=${WORKAROUND_9206_CRIO:-no}
 #
 apply_kata_deploy() {
 	if ! command -v helm &>/dev/null; then
-		echo "Helm not installed, installing in current location..."
-		PATH=".:${PATH}"
-		curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | HELM_INSTALL_DIR='.' bash -s -- --no-sudo
+		echo "Helm not installed, installing..."
+		curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
 	fi
 
 	oc label --overwrite ns kube-system pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=privileged pod-security.kubernetes.io/warn=baseline pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit=baseline
 	local version chart
-	version='0.0.0-dev'
+	version=$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/latest | jq .tag_name | tr -d '"')
 	chart="oci://ghcr.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-charts/kata-deploy"
 
-	# Ensure any potential leftover is cleaned up ... and this secret usually is not in case of previous failures
-	oc delete secret sh.helm.release.v1.kata-deploy.v1 -n kube-system || true
-
-	echo "Installing kata using helm ${chart} ${version} (sha printed in helm output)"
+	echo "Installing kata using helm ${chart} ${version}"
 	helm install kata-deploy --wait --namespace kube-system --set "image.reference=${KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE%%:*},image.tag=${KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE##*:}" "${chart}" --version "${version}"
 }
 

ci/openshift-ci/peer-pods-azure.sh

@@ -157,16 +157,6 @@ if [[ -z "${CAA_IMAGE}" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Get latest PP image
-#
-# You can list the CI images by:
-#     az sig image-version list-community --location "eastus" --public-gallery-name "cocopodvm-d0e4f35f-5530-4b9c-8596-112487cdea85" --gallery-image-definition "podvm_image0" --output table
-# or the release images by:
-#     az sig image-version list-community --location "eastus" --public-gallery-name "cococommunity-42d8482d-92cd-415b-b332-7648bd978eff" --gallery-image-definition "peerpod-podvm-fedora" --output table
-# or the release debug images by:
-#     az sig image-version list-community --location "eastus" --public-gallery-name "cococommunity-42d8482d-92cd-415b-b332-7648bd978eff" --gallery-image-definition "peerpod-podvm-fedora-debug" --output table
-#
-# Note there are other flavours of the released images, you can list them by:
-#     az sig image-definition list-community --location "eastus" --public-gallery-name "cococommunity-42d8482d-92cd-415b-b332-7648bd978eff" --output table
 if [[ -z "${PP_IMAGE_ID}" ]]; then
 	SUCCESS_TIME=$(curl -s \
 	  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \

docs/Blog-Post-Submission-Guide.md

@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ files to the repository and create a pull request when you are ready.
 
 If you have an idea for a blog post and would like to get feedback from the
 community about it or have any questions about the process, please reach out
-on one of the community's [communication channels](https://katacontainers.io/community/).
+on one of the community's [communication channels](https://katacontainers.io/community/).

docs/Developer-Guide.md

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ If you want to enable SELinux in Permissive mode, add `enforcing=0` to the kerne
 Enable full debug as follows:
 
 ```bash
-$ sudo sed -i -E 's/^(\s*enable_debug\s*=\s*)false/\1true/' /etc/kata-containers/configuration.toml
+$ sudo sed -i -e 's/^# *\(enable_debug\).*=.*$/\1 = true/g' /etc/kata-containers/configuration.toml
 $ sudo sed -i -e 's/^kernel_params = "\(.*\)"/kernel_params = "\1 agent.log=debug initcall_debug"/g' /etc/kata-containers/configuration.toml
 ```
 
@@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ provided by your distribution.
 
 As a prerequisite, you need to install Docker. Otherwise, you will not be
 able to run the `rootfs.sh` script with `USE_DOCKER=true` as expected in
-the following example. Specifying the `OS_VERSION` is required when using `distro="ubuntu"`.
+the following example.
 
 ```bash
 $ export distro="ubuntu" # example
 $ export ROOTFS_DIR="$(realpath kata-containers/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs)"
 $ sudo rm -rf "${ROOTFS_DIR}"
 $ pushd kata-containers/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder
-$ script -fec 'sudo -E USE_DOCKER=true OS_VERSION=noble ./rootfs.sh "${distro}"'
+$ script -fec 'sudo -E USE_DOCKER=true ./rootfs.sh "${distro}"'
 $ popd
 ```
 

docs/Limitations.md

@@ -168,55 +168,16 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2812) for mor
 
 ### Kubernetes [hostPath][k8s-hostpath] volumes
 
-In Kata, Kubernetes hostPath volumes can mount host directories and
-regular files into the guest VM via filesystem sharing, if it is enabled
-through the `shared_fs` [configuration][runtime-config] flag.
+When the source path of a hostPath volume is under `/dev`, and the path
+either corresponds to a host device or is not accessible by the Kata
+shim, the Kata agent bind mounts the source path directly from the
+*guest* filesystem into the container.
 
-By default:
-
- - Non-TEE environment: Filesystem sharing is used to mount host files.
- - TEE environment: Filesystem sharing is disabled. Instead, host files
-   are copied into the guest VM when the container starts, and file
-   changes are *not* synchronized between the host and the guest.
-
-In some cases, the behavior of hostPath volumes in Kata is further
-different compared to `runc` containers:
-
-**Mounting host block devices**: When a hostPath volume is of type
-[`BlockDevice`][k8s-blockdevice], Kata hotplugs the host block device
-into the guest and exposes it directly to the container.
-
-**Mounting guest devices**: When the source path of a hostPath volume is
-under `/dev`, and the path either corresponds to a host device or is not
-accessible by the Kata shim, the Kata agent bind mounts the source path
-directly from the *guest* filesystem into the container.
-
-[runtime-config]: /src/runtime/README.md#configuration
 [k8s-hostpath]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#hostpath
-[k8s-blockdevice]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#hostpath-volume-types
 
-### Mounting `procfs` and `sysfs`
+## Host resource sharing
 
-For security reasons, the following mounts are disallowed:
-
-| Type              | Source    | Destination                      | Rationale      |
-|-------------------|-----------|----------------------------------|----------------|
-| `bind`            | `!= proc` | `/proc`                          | CVE-2019-16884 |
-| `bind`            | `*`       | `/proc/*` (see exceptions below) | CVE-2019-16884 |
-| `proc \|\| sysfs` | `*`       | not a directory (e.g. symlink)   | CVE-2019-19921 |
-
-For bind mounts under /proc, these destinations are allowed:
-
- * `/proc/cpuinfo`
- * `/proc/diskstats`
- * `/proc/meminfo`
- * `/proc/stat`
- * `/proc/swaps`
- * `/proc/uptime`
- * `/proc/loadavg`
- * `/proc/net/dev`
-
-## Privileged containers
+### Privileged containers
 
 Privileged support in Kata is essentially different from `runc` containers.
 The container runs with elevated capabilities within the guest.

docs/README.md

@@ -83,7 +83,3 @@ Documents that help to understand and contribute to Kata Containers.
 If you have a suggestion for how we can improve the
 [website](https://katacontainers.io), please raise an issue (or a PR) on
 [the repository that holds the source for the website](https://github.com/OpenStackweb/kata-netlify-refresh).
-
-### Toolchain Guidance
-
-* [Toolchain Guidance](./Toochain-Guidance.md)

docs/Toochain-Guidance.md

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Toolchains
-
-As a community we want to strike a balance between having up-to-date toolchains, to receive the
-latest security fixes and to be able to benefit from new features and packages, whilst not being
-too bleeding edge and disrupting downstream and other consumers. As a result we have the following
-guidelines (note, not hard rules) for our go and rust toolchains that we are attempting to try out:
-
-## Go toolchain
-
-Go is released [every six months](https://go.dev/wiki/Go-Release-Cycle) with support for the
-[last two major release versions](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#policy). We always want to
-ensure that we are on a supported version so we receive security fixes. To try and make
-things easier for some of our users, we aim to be using the older of the two supported major
-versions, unless there is a compelling reason to adopt the newer version.
-
-In practice this means that we bump our major version of the go toolchain every six months to
-version (1.x-1) in response to a new version (1.x) coming out, which makes our current version
-(1.x-2) no longer supported. We will bump the minor version whenever required to satisfy
-dependency updates, or security fixes.
-
-Our go toolchain version is recorded in [`versions.yaml`](../versions.yaml) under
-`.languages.golang.version` and should match with the version in our `go.mod` files.
-
-## Rust toolchain
-
-Rust has a [six week](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/appendix-05-editions.html#:~:text=The%20Rust%20language%20and%20compiler,these%20tiny%20changes%20add%20up.)
-release cycle and they only support the latest stable release, so if we wanted to remain on a
-supported release we would only ever build with the latest stable and bump every 6 weeks.
-However feedback from our community has indicated that this is a challenge as downstream consumers
-often want to get rust from their distro, or downstream fork and these struggle to keep up with
-the six week release schedule. As a result the community has agreed to try out a policy of
-"stable-2", where we aim to build with a rust version that is two versions behind the latest stable
-version.
-
-In practice this should mean that we bump our rust toolchain every six weeks, to version
-1.x-2 when 1.x is released as stable and we should be picking up the latest point release
-of that version, if there were any.
-
-The rust-toolchain that we are using is recorded in [`rust-toolchain.toml`](../rust-toolchain.toml).

docs/Unit-Test-Advice.md

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ fn join_params_with_dash(str: &str, num: i32) -> Result<String> {
         return Err("number must be positive");
     }
 
-    let result = format!("{str}-{num}");
+    let result = format!("{}-{}", str, num);
 
     Ok(result)
 }
@@ -253,13 +253,13 @@ mod tests {
         // Run the tests
         for (i, d) in tests.iter().enumerate() {
             // Create a string containing details of the test
-            let msg = format!("test[{i}]: {d:?}");
+            let msg = format!("test[{}]: {:?}", i, d);
 
             // Call the function under test
             let result = join_params_with_dash(d.str, d.num);
 
             // Update the test details string with the results of the call
-            let msg = format!("{msg}, result: {result:?}");
+            let msg = format!("{}, result: {:?}", msg, result);
 
             // Perform the checks
             if d.result.is_ok() {
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ mod tests {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            let expected_error = format!("{d.result.as_ref().unwrap_err()}");
-            let actual_error = format!("{result.unwrap_err()}");
+            let expected_error = format!("{}", d.result.as_ref().unwrap_err());
+            let actual_error = format!("{}", result.unwrap_err());
             assert!(actual_error == expected_error, msg);
         }
     }

docs/assets/favicon.svg

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 32 32">
-  <!-- Dark background matching the site -->
-  <rect width="32" height="32" rx="4" fill="#1a1a2e"/>
-  
-  <!-- Kata logo scaled and centered -->
-  <g transform="translate(-27, -2) scale(0.75)">
-    <path d="M70.925 25.22L58.572 37.523 46.27 25.22l2.192-2.192 10.11 10.11 10.11-10.11zm-6.575-.2l-3.188-3.188 3.188-3.188 3.188 3.188zm-4.93-2.54l3.736 3.736-3.736 3.736zm-1.694 7.422l-8.07-8.07 8.07-8.07zm1.694-16.14l3.686 3.686-3.686 3.686zm-13.15 4.682L58.572 6.143l12.353 12.303-2.192 2.192-10.16-10.11-10.11 10.11zm26.997 0L58.572 3.752 43.878 18.446l3.387 3.387-3.387 3.387 14.694 14.694L73.266 25.22l-3.337-3.387z" fill="#f15b3e"/>
-  </g>
-</svg>

docs/design/agent-systemd-cgroup.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ As we know, we can interact with cgroups in two ways, **`cgroupfs`** and **`syst
 
 ## usage
 
-For systemd, kata agent configures cgroups according to the following `linux.cgroupsPath` format standard provided by `runc` (`[slice]:[prefix]:[name]`). If you don't provide a valid `linux.cgroupsPath`, kata agent will treat it as `"system.slice:kata_agent:<container-id>"`.
+For systemd, kata agent configures cgroups according to the following `linux.cgroupsPath` format standard provided by `runc` (`[slice]:[prefix]:[name]`). If you don't provide a valid `linux.cgroupsPath`, kata agent will treat it as `"system.slice:kata_agent:<container-id>"`. 
 
 > Here slice is a systemd slice under which the container is placed. If empty, it defaults to system.slice, except when cgroup v2 is used and rootless container is created, in which case it defaults to user.slice.
 >
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The kata agent will translate the parameters in the `linux.resources` of `config
 
 ## Systemd Interface
 
-`session.rs` and `system.rs` in `src/agent/rustjail/src/cgroups/systemd/interface` are automatically generated by `zbus-xmlgen`, which is is an accompanying tool provided by `zbus` to generate Rust code from `D-Bus XML interface descriptions`. The specific commands to generate these two files are as follows:
+`session.rs` and `system.rs` in `src/agent/rustjail/src/cgroups/systemd/interface` are automatically generated by `zbus-xmlgen`, which is is an accompanying tool provided by `zbus` to generate Rust code from `D-Bus XML interface descriptions`. The specific commands to generate these two files are as follows: 
 
 ```shell
 // system.rs

docs/design/arch-images/kata-oci-exec.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ participant proxy
 #Docker Exec
 Docker->kata-runtime: exec
 kata-runtime->virtcontainers: EnterContainer()
-virtcontainers->agent: exec
+virtcontainers->agent: exec 
 agent->virtcontainers: Process started in the container
 virtcontainers->shim: start shim
 shim->agent: ReadStdout()

docs/design/architecture/README.md

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ The runtime is responsible for starting the [hypervisor](#hypervisor)
 and it's VM, and communicating with the [agent](#agent) using a
 [ttRPC based protocol](#agent-communications-protocol) over a VSOCK
 socket that provides a communications link between the VM and the
-host.
+host. 
 
 This protocol allows the runtime to send container management commands
 to the agent. The protocol is also used to carry the standard I/O

docs/design/architecture/networking.md

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ Containers typically live in their own, possibly shared, networking namespace.
 At some point in a container lifecycle, container engines will set up that namespace
 to add the container to a network which is isolated from the host network.
 
-In order to setup the network for a container, container engines call into a
+In order to setup the network for a container, container engines call into a 
 networking plugin. The network plugin will usually create a virtual
-ethernet (`veth`) pair adding one end of the `veth` pair into the container
-networking namespace, while the other end of the `veth` pair is added to the
+ethernet (`veth`) pair adding one end of the `veth` pair into the container 
+networking namespace, while the other end of the `veth` pair is added to the 
 host networking namespace.
 
 This is a very namespace-centric approach as many hypervisors or VM
 Managers (VMMs) such as `virt-manager` cannot handle `veth`
-interfaces. Typically, [`TAP`](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt)
+interfaces. Typically, [`TAP`](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt) 
 interfaces are created for VM connectivity.
 
 To overcome incompatibility between typical container engines expectations
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ interfaces with `TAP` ones using [Traffic Control](https://man7.org/linux/man-pa
 ![Kata Containers networking](../arch-images/network.png)
 
 With a TC filter rules in place, a redirection is created between the container network
- and the virtual machine. As an example, the network plugin may place a device,
-`eth0`, in the container's network namespace, which is one end of a VETH device.
+ and the virtual machine. As an example, the network plugin may place a device, 
+`eth0`, in the container's network namespace, which is one end of a VETH device. 
 Kata Containers will create a tap device for the VM, `tap0_kata`,
 and setup a TC redirection filter to redirect traffic from `eth0`'s ingress to `tap0_kata`'s egress,
 and a second TC filter to redirect traffic from `tap0_kata`'s ingress to `eth0`'s egress.
 
-Kata Containers maintains support for MACVTAP, which was an earlier implementation used in Kata.
-With this method, Kata created a MACVTAP device to connect directly to the `eth0` device.
-TC-filter is the default because it allows for simpler configuration, better CNI plugin
+Kata Containers maintains support for MACVTAP, which was an earlier implementation used in Kata. 
+With this method, Kata created a MACVTAP device to connect directly to the `eth0` device. 
+TC-filter is the default because it allows for simpler configuration, better CNI plugin 
 compatibility, and performance on par with MACVTAP.
 
 Kata Containers has deprecated support for bridge due to lacking performance relative to TC-filter and MACVTAP.

docs/design/architecture/storage.md

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ containers started after the VM has been launched.
 Users can check to see if the container uses the `devicemapper` block
 device as its rootfs by calling `mount(8)` within the container. If
 the `devicemapper` block device is used, the root filesystem (`/`)
-will be mounted from `/dev/vda`. Users can enable direct mounting of
-the underlying block device by setting the runtime
-[configuration](README.md#configuration) flag `disable_block_device_use` to
-`false`.
+will be mounted from `/dev/vda`. Users can disable direct mounting of
+the underlying block device through the runtime
+[configuration](README.md#configuration).

docs/design/architecture_3.0/README.md

@@ -111,20 +111,20 @@ In our case, there will be a variety of resources, and every resource has severa
 - Are the "service", "message dispatcher" and "runtime handler" all part of the single Kata 3.x runtime binary?
 
   Yes. They are components in Kata 3.x runtime. And they will be packed into one binary.
-  1. Service is an interface, which is responsible for handling multiple services like task service, image service and etc.
-  2. Message dispatcher, it is used to match multiple requests from the service module.
-  3. Runtime handler is used to deal with the operation for sandbox and container.
+  1. Service is an interface, which is responsible for handling multiple services like task service, image service and etc. 
+  2. Message dispatcher, it is used to match multiple requests from the service module. 
+  3. Runtime handler is used to deal with the operation for sandbox and container. 
 - What is the name of the Kata 3.x runtime binary?
-
+  
   Apparently we can't use `containerd-shim-v2-kata` because it's already used. We are facing the hardest issue of "naming" again. Any suggestions are welcomed.
   Internally we use `containerd-shim-v2-rund`.
 
-- Is the Kata 3.x design compatible with the containerd shimv2 architecture?
-
+- Is the Kata 3.x design compatible with the containerd shimv2 architecture? 
+  
   Yes. It is designed to follow the functionality of go version kata.  And it implements the `containerd shim v2` interface/protocol.
 
 - How will users migrate to the Kata 3.x architecture?
-
+  
   The migration plan will be provided before the Kata 3.x is merging into the main branch.
 
 - Is `Dragonball` limited to its own built-in VMM? Can the `Dragonball` system be configured to work using an external `Dragonball` VMM/hypervisor?
@@ -134,35 +134,35 @@ In our case, there will be a variety of resources, and every resource has severa
   `runD` is the `containerd-shim-v2` counterpart of `runC` and can run a pod/containers. `Dragonball` is a `microvm`/VMM that is designed to run container workloads. Instead of `microvm`/VMM, we sometimes refer to it as secure sandbox.
 
 - QEMU, Cloud Hypervisor and Firecracker support are planned, but how that would work. Are they working in separate process?
-
+ 
   Yes. They are unable to work as built in VMM.
 
 - What is `upcall`?
-
+  
     The `upcall` is used to hotplug CPU/memory/MMIO devices, and it solves two issues.
     1. avoid dependency on PCI/ACPI
     2. avoid dependency on `udevd` within guest and get deterministic results for hotplug operations. So `upcall` is an alternative to ACPI based CPU/memory/device hotplug. And we may cooperate with the community to add support for ACPI based CPU/memory/device hotplug if needed.
-
+   
     `Dbs-upcall` is a `vsock-based` direct communication tool between VMM and guests. The server side of the `upcall` is a driver in guest kernel (kernel patches are needed for this feature) and it'll start to serve the requests once the kernel has started. And the client side is in VMM , it'll be a thread that communicates with VSOCK through `uds`. We have accomplished device hotplug / hot-unplug directly through `upcall` in order to avoid virtualization of ACPI  to minimize virtual machine's overhead. And there could be many other usage through this direct communication channel. It's already open source.
-   https://github.com/openanolis/dragonball-sandbox/tree/main/crates/dbs-upcall
+   https://github.com/openanolis/dragonball-sandbox/tree/main/crates/dbs-upcall 
 
 - The URL below says the kernel patches work with 4.19, but do they also work with 5.15+ ?
-
+  
   Forward compatibility should be achievable, we have ported it to 5.10 based kernel.
 
 - Are these patches platform-specific or would they work for any architecture that supports VSOCK?
-
+  
   It's almost platform independent, but some message related to CPU hotplug are platform dependent.
 
 - Could the kernel driver be replaced with a userland daemon in the guest using loopback VSOCK?
-
+  
   We need to create device nodes for hot-added CPU/memory/devices, so it's not easy for userspace daemon to do these tasks.
 
 - The fact that `upcall` allows communication between the VMM and the guest suggests that this architecture might be incompatible with https://github.com/confidential-containers where the VMM should have no knowledge of what happens inside the VM.
-
+  
   1. `TDX` doesn't support CPU/memory hotplug yet.
   2. For ACPI based device hotplug, it depends on ACPI `DSDT` table, and the guest kernel will execute `ASL` code to handle during handling those hotplug event. And it should be easier to audit VSOCK based communication than ACPI `ASL` methods.
 
 - What is the security boundary for the monolithic / "Built-in VMM" case?
-
+  
   It has the security boundary of virtualization. More details will be provided in next stage.

docs/design/direct-blk-device-assignment.md

@@ -1,62 +1,62 @@
 # Motivation
-Today, there exist a few gaps between Container Storage Interface (CSI) and virtual machine (VM) based runtimes such as Kata Containers
+Today, there exist a few gaps between Container Storage Interface (CSI) and virtual machine (VM) based runtimes such as Kata Containers 
 that prevent them from working together smoothly.
 
 First, it’s cumbersome to use a persistent volume (PV) with Kata Containers. Today, for a PV with Filesystem volume mode, Virtio-fs
-is the only way to surface it inside a Kata Container guest VM. But often mounting the filesystem (FS) within the guest operating system (OS) is
+is the only way to surface it inside a Kata Container guest VM. But often mounting the filesystem (FS) within the guest operating system (OS) is 
 desired due to performance benefits, availability of native FS features and security benefits over the Virtio-fs mechanism.
 
-Second, it’s difficult if not impossible to resize a PV online with Kata Containers. While a PV can be expanded on the host OS,
-the updated metadata needs to be propagated to the guest OS in order for the application container to use the expanded volume.
+Second, it’s difficult if not impossible to resize a PV online with Kata Containers. While a PV can be expanded on the host OS, 
+the updated metadata needs to be propagated to the guest OS in order for the application container to use the expanded volume. 
 Currently, there is not a way to propagate the PV metadata from the host OS to the guest OS without restarting the Pod sandbox.
 
 # Proposed Solution
 
-Because of the OS boundary, these features cannot be implemented in the CSI node driver plugin running on the host OS
-as is normally done in the runc container. Instead, they can be done by the Kata Containers agent inside the guest OS,
-but it requires the CSI driver to pass the relevant information to the Kata Containers runtime.
-An ideal long term solution would be to have the `kubelet` coordinating the communication between the CSI driver and
-the container runtime, as described in [KEP-2857](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/pull/2893/files).
+Because of the OS boundary, these features cannot be implemented in the CSI node driver plugin running on the host OS 
+as is normally done in the runc container. Instead, they can be done by the Kata Containers agent inside the guest OS, 
+but it requires the CSI driver to pass the relevant information to the Kata Containers runtime. 
+An ideal long term solution would be to have the `kubelet` coordinating the communication between the CSI driver and 
+the container runtime, as described in [KEP-2857](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/pull/2893/files). 
 However, as the KEP is still under review, we would like to propose a short/medium term solution to unblock our use case.
 
-The proposed solution is built on top of a previous [proposal](https://github.com/egernst/kata-containers/blob/da-proposal/docs/design/direct-assign-volume.md)
+The proposed solution is built on top of a previous [proposal](https://github.com/egernst/kata-containers/blob/da-proposal/docs/design/direct-assign-volume.md) 
 described by Eric Ernst. The previous proposal has two gaps:
 
-1. Writing a `csiPlugin.json` file to the volume root path introduced a security risk. A malicious user can gain unauthorized
-access to a block device by writing their own `csiPlugin.json` to the above location through an ephemeral CSI plugin.
+1. Writing a `csiPlugin.json` file to the volume root path introduced a security risk. A malicious user can gain unauthorized 
+access to a block device by writing their own `csiPlugin.json` to the above location through an ephemeral CSI plugin.  
 
-2. The proposal didn't describe how to establish a mapping between a volume and a kata sandbox, which is needed for
+2. The proposal didn't describe how to establish a mapping between a volume and a kata sandbox, which is needed for 
 implementing CSI volume resize and volume stat collection APIs.
 
 This document particularly focuses on how to address these two gaps.
 
 ## Assumptions and Limitations
-1. The proposal assumes that a block device volume will only be used by one Pod on a node at a time, which we believe
-is the most common pattern in Kata Containers use cases. It’s also unsafe to have the same block device attached to more than
-one Kata pod. In the context of Kubernetes, the `PersistentVolumeClaim` (PVC) needs to have the `accessMode` as `ReadWriteOncePod`.
-2. More advanced Kubernetes volume features such as, `fsGroup`, `fsGroupChangePolicy`, and `subPath` are not supported.
+1. The proposal assumes that a block device volume will only be used by one Pod on a node at a time, which we believe 
+is the most common pattern in Kata Containers use cases. It’s also unsafe to have the same block device attached to more than 
+one Kata pod. In the context of Kubernetes, the `PersistentVolumeClaim` (PVC) needs to have the `accessMode` as `ReadWriteOncePod`. 
+2. More advanced Kubernetes volume features such as, `fsGroup`, `fsGroupChangePolicy`, and `subPath` are not supported. 
 
 ## End User Interface
 
 1. The user specifies a PV as a direct-assigned volume. How a PV is specified as a direct-assigned volume is left for each CSI implementation to decide.
 There are a few options for reference:
-   1. A storage class parameter specifies whether it's a direct-assigned volume. This avoids any lookups of PVC
-   or Pod information from the CSI plugin (as external provisioner takes care of these). However, all PVs in the storage class with the parameter set
+   1. A storage class parameter specifies whether it's a direct-assigned volume. This avoids any lookups of PVC 
+   or Pod information from the CSI plugin (as external provisioner takes care of these). However, all PVs in the storage class with the parameter set 
    will have host mounts skipped.
    2. Use a PVC annotation. This approach requires the CSI plugins have `--extra-create-metadata` [set](https://kubernetes-csi.github.io/docs/external-provisioner.html#persistentvolumeclaim-and-persistentvolume-parameters)
-   to be able to perform a lookup of the PVC annotations from the API server. Pro: API server lookup of annotations only required during creation of PV.
+   to be able to perform a lookup of the PVC annotations from the API server. Pro: API server lookup of annotations only required during creation of PV. 
    Con: The CSI plugin will always skip host mounting of the PV.
    3. The CSI plugin can also lookup pod `runtimeclass` during `NodePublish`. This approach can be found in the [ALIBABA CSI plugin](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/alibaba-cloud-csi-driver/blob/master/pkg/disk/nodeserver.go#L248).
-2. The CSI node driver delegates the direct assigned volume to the Kata Containers runtime. The CSI node driver APIs need to
+2. The CSI node driver delegates the direct assigned volume to the Kata Containers runtime. The CSI node driver APIs need to 
    be modified to pass the volume mount information and collect volume information to/from the Kata Containers runtime by invoking `kata-runtime` command line commands.
-   * **`NodePublishVolume`** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume add --volume-path [volumePath] --mount-info [mountInfo]`
+   * **NodePublishVolume** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume add --volume-path [volumePath] --mount-info [mountInfo]` 
    to propagate the volume mount information to the Kata Containers runtime for it to carry out the filesystem mount operation.
    The `volumePath` is the [target_path](https://github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/blob/master/csi.proto#L1364) in the CSI `NodePublishVolumeRequest`.
-   The `mountInfo` is a serialized JSON string.
-   * **`NodeGetVolumeStats`** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume stats --volume-path [volumePath]` to retrieve the filesystem stats of direct-assigned volume.
-   * **`NodeExpandVolume`** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume resize --volume-path [volumePath] --size [size]` to send a resize request to the Kata Containers runtime to
+   The `mountInfo` is a serialized JSON string. 
+   * **NodeGetVolumeStats** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume stats --volume-path [volumePath]` to retrieve the filesystem stats of direct-assigned volume.
+   * **NodeExpandVolume** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume resize --volume-path [volumePath] --size [size]` to send a resize request to the Kata Containers runtime to
    resize the direct-assigned volume.
-   * **`NodeStageVolume/NodeUnStageVolume`** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume remove --volume-path [volumePath]` to remove the persisted metadata of a direct-assigned volume.
+   * **NodeStageVolume/NodeUnStageVolume** -- It invokes `kata-runtime direct-volume remove --volume-path [volumePath]` to remove the persisted metadata of a direct-assigned volume.
 
 The `mountInfo` object is defined as follows:
 ```Golang
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ Notes: given that the `mountInfo` is persisted to the disk by the Kata runtime,
 ## Implementation Details
 
 ### Kata runtime
-Instead of the CSI node driver writing the mount info into a `csiPlugin.json` file under the volume root,
-as described in the original proposal, here we propose that the CSI node driver passes the mount information to
-the Kata Containers runtime through a new `kata-runtime` commandline command. The `kata-runtime` then writes the mount
+Instead of the CSI node driver writing the mount info into a `csiPlugin.json` file under the volume root, 
+as described in the original proposal, here we propose that the CSI node driver passes the mount information to 
+the Kata Containers runtime through a new `kata-runtime` commandline command. The `kata-runtime` then writes the mount 
 information to a `mountInfo.json` file in a predefined location (`/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/[volume_path]/`).
 
-When the Kata Containers runtime starts a container, it verifies whether a volume mount is a direct-assigned volume by checking
-whether there is a `mountInfo` file under the computed Kata `direct-volumes` directory. If it is, the runtime parses the `mountInfo` file,
+When the Kata Containers runtime starts a container, it verifies whether a volume mount is a direct-assigned volume by checking 
+whether there is a `mountInfo` file under the computed Kata `direct-volumes` directory. If it is, the runtime parses the `mountInfo` file, 
 updates the mount spec with the data in `mountInfo`. The updated mount spec is then passed to the Kata agent in the guest VM together
-with other mounts. The Kata Containers runtime also creates a file named by the sandbox id under the `direct-volumes/[volume_path]/`
-directory. The reason for adding a sandbox id file is to establish a mapping between the volume and the sandbox using it.
-Later, when the Kata Containers runtime handles the `get-stats` and `resize` commands, it uses the sandbox id to identify
+with other mounts. The Kata Containers runtime also creates a file named by the sandbox id under the `direct-volumes/[volume_path]/` 
+directory. The reason for adding a sandbox id file is to establish a mapping between the volume and the sandbox using it. 
+Later, when the Kata Containers runtime handles the `get-stats` and `resize` commands, it uses the sandbox id to identify 
 the endpoint of the corresponding `containerd-shim-kata-v2`.
 
 ### containerd-shim-kata-v2 changes
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ $ curl --unix-socket "$shim_socket_path" -I -X GET 'http://localhost/direct-volu
 $ curl --unix-socket "$shim_socket_path" -I -X POST 'http://localhost/direct-volume/resize' -d '{ "volumePath"": [volumePath], "Size": "123123" }'
 ```
 
-The shim then forwards the corresponding request to the `kata-agent` to carry out the operations inside the guest VM. For `resize` operation,
-the Kata runtime also needs to notify the hypervisor to resize the block device (e.g. call `block_resize` in QEMU).
+The shim then forwards the corresponding request to the `kata-agent` to carry out the operations inside the guest VM. For `resize` operation, 
+the Kata runtime also needs to notify the hypervisor to resize the block device (e.g. call `block_resize` in QEMU). 
 
 ### Kata agent changes
 
-The mount spec of a direct-assigned volume is passed to `kata-agent` through the existing `Storage` GRPC object.
+The mount spec of a direct-assigned volume is passed to `kata-agent` through the existing `Storage` GRPC object. 
 Two new APIs and three new GRPC objects are added to GRPC protocol between the shim and agent for resizing and getting volume stats:
 ```protobuf
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Let’s assume that changes have been made in the `aws-ebs-csi-driver` node driv
 1. In the node CSI driver, the `NodePublishVolume` API invokes: `kata-runtime direct-volume add --volume-path "/kubelet/a/b/c/d/sdf" --mount-info "{\"Device\": \"/dev/sdf\", \"fstype\": \"ext4\"}"`.
 2. The `Kata-runtime` writes the mount-info JSON to a file called `mountInfo.json` under `/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/kubelet/a/b/c/d/sdf`.
 
-**Node `unstage` volume**
+**Node unstage volume**
 1. In the node CSI driver, the `NodeUnstageVolume` API invokes: `kata-runtime direct-volume remove --volume-path "/kubelet/a/b/c/d/sdf"`.
 2. Kata-runtime deletes the directory `/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/kubelet/a/b/c/d/sdf`.
 

docs/design/hooks-handling.md

@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ The table below summarized when and where those different hooks will be executed
 
 + `Hook Path` specifies where hook's path be resolved.
 + `Exec Place` specifies in which namespace those hooks can be executed.
-  + For `CreateContainer` Hooks, OCI requires to run them inside the container namespace while the hook executable path is in the host runtime, which is a non-starter for VM-based containers. So we design to keep them running in the *host vmm namespace.*
-+ `Exec Time` specifies at which time point those hooks can be executed.
+  + For `CreateContainer` Hooks, OCI requires to run them inside the container namespace while the hook executable path is in the host runtime, which is a non-starter for VM-based containers. So we design to keep them running in the *host vmm namespace.* 
++ `Exec Time` specifies at which time point those hooks can be executed.

docs/design/host-cgroups.md

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ all vCPU and I/O related threads) will be created in the `/kata_<PodSandboxID>`
 
 ### Why create a kata-cgroup under the parent cgroup?
 
-And why not directly adding the per sandbox shim directly to the pod cgroup (e.g.
+And why not directly adding the per sandbox shim directly to the pod cgroup (e.g. 
 `/kubepods` in the Kubernetes context)?
 
 The Kata Containers shim implementation creates a per-sandbox cgroup
@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ the `/kubepods` cgroup hierarchy, and a `/<PodSandboxID>` under the `/kata_overh
 
 On a typical cgroup v1 hierarchy mounted under `/sys/fs/cgroup/`, for a pod which sandbox
 ID is `12345678`, create with `sandbox_cgroup_only` disabled, the 2 memory subsystems
-for the sandbox cgroup and the overhead cgroup would respectively live under
+for the sandbox cgroup and the overhead cgroup would respectively live under 
 `/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/kubepods/kata_12345678` and `/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/kata_overhead/12345678`.
 
 Unlike when `sandbox_cgroup_only` is enabled, the Kata Containers shim will move itself
 to the overhead cgroup first, and then move the vCPU threads to the sandbox cgroup as
 they're created. All Kata processes and threads will run under the overhead cgroup except for
-the vCPU threads.
+the vCPU threads. 
 
 With `sandbox_cgroup_only` disabled, Kata Containers assumes the pod cgroup is only sized
 to accommodate for the actual container workloads processes. For Kata, this maps
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ cgroup size and constraints accordingly.
 
 # Supported cgroups
 
-Kata Containers currently supports cgroups `v1` and `v2`.
+Kata Containers currently supports cgroups `v1` and `v2`. 
 
 In the following sections each cgroup is described briefly.
 

docs/design/kata-2-0-metrics.md

@@ -119,17 +119,17 @@ The metrics service also doesn't hold any metrics in memory.
 *Metrics size*: response size of one Prometheus scrape request.
 
 It's easy to estimate the size of one metrics fetch request issued by Prometheus.
-The formula to calculate the expected size when no gzip compression is in place is:
+The formula to calculate the expected size when no gzip compression is in place is:  
 9 + (144 - 9) * `number of kata sandboxes`
 
-Prometheus supports `gzip compression`. When enabled, the response size of each request will be smaller:
+Prometheus supports `gzip compression`. When enabled, the response size of each request will be smaller:  
 2 + (10 - 2) * `number of kata sandboxes`
 
-**Example**
-We have 10 sandboxes running on a node. The expected size of one metrics fetch request issued by Prometheus against the kata-monitor agent running on that node will be:
+**Example**  
+We have 10 sandboxes running on a node. The expected size of one metrics fetch request issued by Prometheus against the kata-monitor agent running on that node will be:  
 9 + (144 - 9) * 10 = **1.35M**
 
-If `gzip compression` is enabled:
+If `gzip compression` is enabled:  
 2 + (10 - 2) * 10 = **82K**
 
 #### Metrics delay ####

docs/design/kata-design-requirements.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The Kata Containers runtime **MUST** support scalable I/O through the SRIOV tech
 ### Virtualization overhead reduction
 A compelling aspect of containers is their minimal overhead compared to bare metal applications.
 A container runtime should keep the overhead to a minimum in order to provide the expected user
-experience.
+experience. 
 The Kata Containers runtime implementation **SHOULD** be optimized for:
 
 * Minimal workload boot and shutdown times

docs/design/kata-guest-image-management-design.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ To safeguard the integrity of container images and prevent tampering from the ho
 ## Introduction to remote snapshot
 Containerd 1.7 introduced `remote snapshotter` feature which is the foundation for pulling images in the guest for Confidential Containers.
 
-While it's beyond the scope of this document to fully explain how the container rootfs is created to the point it can be executed,  a fundamental grasp of the snapshot concept is essential. Putting it in a simple way, containerd fetches the image layers from an OCI registry into its local content storage. However, they cannot be mounted as is (e.g. the layer can be tar+gzip compressed) as well as they should be immutable so the content can be shared among containers. Thus containerd leverages snapshots of those layers to build the container's rootfs.
+While it's beyond the scope of this document to fully explain how the container rootfs is created to the point it can be executed,  a fundamental grasp of the snapshot concept is essential. Putting it in a simple way, containerd fetches the image layers from an OCI registry into its local content storage. However, they cannot be mounted as is (e.g. the layer can be tar+gzip compressed) as well as they should be immutable so the content can be shared among containers. Thus containerd leverages snapshots of those layers to build the container's rootfs. 
 
 The role of `remote snapshotter` is to reuse snapshots that are stored in a remotely shared place, thus enabling containerd to prepare the container’s rootfs in a manner similar to that of a local `snapshotter`. The key behavior that makes this the building block of Kata's guest image management for Confidential Containers is that containerd will not pull the image layers from registry, instead it assumes that `remote snapshotter` and/or an external entity will perform that operation on his behalf.
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Pull the container image directly from the guest VM using `nydus snapshotter` ba
 
 #### Architecture
 
-The following diagram provides an overview of the architecture for pulling image in the guest with key components.
+The following diagram provides an overview of the architecture for pulling image in the guest with key components. 
 ```mermaid
 flowchart LR
     Kubelet[kubelet]--> |1\. Pull image request & metadata|Containerd
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Next the `handleImageGuestPullBlockVolume()` is called to build the Storage obje
 Below is an example of storage information packaged in the message sent to the kata-agent:
 
 ```json
-"driver": "image_guest_pull",
+"driver": "image_guest_pull", 
     "driver_options": [
         "image_guest_pull"{
             "metadata":{
@@ -145,15 +145,15 @@ Below is an example of storage information packaged in the message sent to the k
                 "io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-uid": "de7c6a0c-79c0-44dc-a099-69bb39f180af",
             }
         }
-    ],
-    "source": "quay.io/kata-containers/confidential-containers:unsigned",
-    "fstype": "overlay",
-    "options": [],
+    ], 
+    "source": "quay.io/kata-containers/confidential-containers:unsigned", 
+    "fstype": "overlay", 
+    "options": [], 
     "mount_point": "/run/kata-containers/cb0b47276ea66ee9f44cc53afa94d7980b57a52c3f306f68cb034e58d9fbd3c6/rootfs",
 ```
 Next, the kata-agent's RPC module will handle the create container request which, among other things, involves adding storages to the sandbox. The storage module contains implementations of `StorageHandler` interface for various storage types, being the `ImagePullHandler` in charge of handling the storage object for the container image (the storage manager instantiates the handler based on the value of the "driver").
 
-`ImagePullHandler` delegates the image pulling operation to the `confidential_data_hub.pull_image()` that is going to create the image's bundle directory on the guest filesystem and, in turn, the `ImagePullService` of Confidential Data Hub to fetch, uncompress and mount the image's rootfs.
+`ImagePullHandler` delegates the image pulling operation to the `confidential_data_hub.pull_image()` that is going to create the image's bundle directory on the guest filesystem and, in turn, the `ImagePullService` of Confidential Data Hub to fetch, uncompress and mount the image's rootfs. 
 
 > **Notes:**
 > In this flow, `confidential_data_hub.pull_image()` parses the image metadata, looking for either the `io.kubernetes.cri.container-type: sandbox` or `io.kubernetes.cri-o.ContainerType: sandbox` (CRI-IO case) annotation, then it never calls the `pull_image()` RPC of Confidential Data Hub because the pause image is expected to already be inside the guest's filesystem, so instead `confidential_data_hub.unpack_pause_image()` is called.

docs/design/vcpu-handling-runtime-rs.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Virtual machine vCPU sizing in Kata Containers 3.0
 
-> Preview:
+> Preview: 
 > [Kubernetes(since 1.23)][1] and [Containerd(since 1.6.0-beta4)][2] will help calculate `Sandbox Size` info and pass it to Kata Containers through annotations.
 > In order to adapt to this beneficial change and be compatible with the past, we have implemented the new vCPUs handling way in `runtime-rs`, which is slightly different from the original `runtime-go`'s design.
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Our understanding and priority of these resources are as follows, which will aff
   * `default_vcpus`: default number of vCPUs when starting a VM.
   * `default_maxvcpus`: maximum number of vCPUs.
 * From `Annotation`:
-  * `InitialSize`: we call the size of the resource passed from the annotations as `InitialSize`. Kubernetes will calculate the sandbox size according to the Pod's statement, which is the `InitialSize` here. This size should be the size we want to prioritize.
+  * `InitialSize`: we call the size of the resource passed from the annotations as `InitialSize`. Kubernetes will calculate the sandbox size according to the Pod's statement, which is the `InitialSize` here. This size should be the size we want to prioritize. 
 * From `Container Spec`:
   * The amount of CPU resources that the Container wants to use will be declared through the spec. Including the aforementioned annotations, we mainly consider `cpu quota` and `cpuset` when calculating the number of vCPUs.
   * `cpu quota`: `cpu quota` is the most common way to declare the amount of CPU resources. The number of vCPUs introduced by `cpu quota` declared in a container's spec is: `vCPUs = ceiling( quota / period )`.

docs/design/vcpu-threads-pinning.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Design Doc for Kata Containers VCPUs Pinning Feature
+# Design Doc for Kata Containers' VCPUs Pinning Feature
 
 ## Background
-By now, vCPU threads of Kata Containers are scheduled randomly to CPUs. And each pod would request a specific set of CPUs which we call it CPU set (just the CPU set meaning in Linux cgroups).
+By now, vCPU threads of Kata Containers are scheduled randomly to CPUs. And each pod would request a specific set of CPUs which we call it CPU set (just the CPU set meaning in Linux cgroups).    
 
-If the number of vCPU threads are equal to that of CPUs claimed in CPU set, we can then pin each vCPU thread to one specified CPU, to reduce the cost of random scheduling.
+If the number of vCPU threads are equal to that of CPUs claimed in CPU set, we can then pin each vCPU thread to one specified CPU, to reduce the cost of random scheduling. 
 
 ## Detailed Design
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Two ways are provided to use this vCPU thread pinning feature: through `QEMU` co
 
 ### When is VCPUs Pinning Checked?
 
-As shown in Section 1, when `num(vCPU threads) == num(CPUs in CPU set)`, we shall pin each vCPU thread to a specified CPU. And when this condition is broken, we should restore to the original random scheduling pattern.
+As shown in Section 1, when `num(vCPU threads) == num(CPUs in CPU set)`, we shall pin each vCPU thread to a specified CPU. And when this condition is broken, we should restore to the original random scheduling pattern.  
 So when may `num(CPUs in CPU set)` change? There are 5 possible scenes:
 
 | Possible scenes                   | Related Code                               |
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ So when may `num(CPUs in CPU set)` change? There are 5 possible scenes:
 ### Core Pinning Logics
 
 We can split the whole process into the following steps. Related methods are `checkVCPUsPinning` and `resetVCPUsPinning`, in file Sandbox.go.
-![](arch-images/vcpus-pinning-process.png)
+![](arch-images/vcpus-pinning-process.png) 

docs/how-to/README.md

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 - [Setting Sysctls with Kata](how-to-use-sysctls-with-kata.md)
 - [What Is VMCache and How To Enable It](what-is-vm-cache-and-how-do-I-use-it.md)
 - [What Is VM Templating and How To Enable It](what-is-vm-templating-and-how-do-I-use-it.md)
-- [How to Use Template in runtime-rs](how-to-use-template-in-runtime-rs.md)
 - [Privileged Kata Containers](privileged.md)
 - [How to load kernel modules in Kata Containers](how-to-load-kernel-modules-with-kata.md)
 - [How to use Kata Containers with `virtio-mem`](how-to-use-virtio-mem-with-kata.md)
@@ -49,4 +48,4 @@
 - [How to use the Kata Agent Policy](how-to-use-the-kata-agent-policy.md)
 - [How to pull images in the guest](how-to-pull-images-in-guest-with-kata.md)
 - [How to use mem-agent to decrease the memory usage of Kata container](how-to-use-memory-agent.md)
-- [How to use seccomp with runtime-rs](how-to-use-seccomp-with-runtime-rs.md)
+- [How to use seccomp with runtime-rs](how-to-use-seccomp-with-runtime-rs.md)

docs/how-to/containerd-kata.md

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 # How to use Kata Containers and Containerd
 
-This document covers the installation and configuration of [containerd](https://containerd.io/)
+This document covers the installation and configuration of [containerd](https://containerd.io/) 
 and [Kata Containers](https://katacontainers.io). The containerd provides not only the `ctr`
-command line tool, but also the [CRI](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2016/12/container-runtime-interface-cri-in-kubernetes/)
+command line tool, but also the [CRI](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2016/12/container-runtime-interface-cri-in-kubernetes/) 
 interface for [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io) and other CRI clients.
 
-This document is primarily written for Kata Containers v1.5.0-rc2 or above, and containerd v1.2.0 or above.
+This document is primarily written for Kata Containers v1.5.0-rc2 or above, and containerd v1.2.0 or above. 
 Previous versions are addressed here, but we suggest users upgrade to the newer versions for better support.
 
 ## Concepts
 
 ### Kubernetes `RuntimeClass`
 
-[`RuntimeClass`](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class/) is a Kubernetes feature first
-introduced in Kubernetes 1.12 as alpha. It is the feature for selecting the container runtime configuration to
+[`RuntimeClass`](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class/) is a Kubernetes feature first 
+introduced in Kubernetes 1.12 as alpha. It is the feature for selecting the container runtime configuration to 
 use to run a pod’s containers. This feature is supported in `containerd` since [v1.2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.2.0).
 
 Before the `RuntimeClass` was introduced, Kubernetes was not aware of the difference of runtimes on the node. `kubelet`
 creates Pod sandboxes and containers through CRI implementations, and treats all the Pods equally. However, there
-are requirements to run trusted Pods (i.e. Kubernetes plugin) in a native container like runc, and to run untrusted
+are requirements to run trusted Pods (i.e. Kubernetes plugin) in a native container like runc, and to run untrusted 
 workloads with isolated sandboxes (i.e. Kata Containers).
 
 As a result, the CRI implementations extended their semantics for the requirements:
@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ As a result, the CRI implementations extended their semantics for the requiremen
   ```
 - Similarly, CRI-O introduced the annotation `io.kubernetes.cri-o.TrustedSandbox` for untrusted Pods.
 
-To eliminate the complexity of user configuration introduced by the non-standardized annotations and provide
-extensibility, `RuntimeClass` was introduced. This gives users the ability to affect the runtime behavior
-through `RuntimeClass` without the knowledge of the CRI daemons. We suggest that users with multiple runtimes
+To eliminate the complexity of user configuration introduced by the non-standardized annotations and provide 
+extensibility, `RuntimeClass` was introduced. This gives users the ability to affect the runtime behavior 
+through `RuntimeClass` without the knowledge of the CRI daemons. We suggest that users with multiple runtimes 
 use `RuntimeClass` instead of the deprecated annotations.
 
 ### Containerd Runtime V2 API: Shim V2 API
 
 The [`containerd-shim-kata-v2` (short as `shimv2` in this documentation)](../../src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/)
 implements the [Containerd Runtime V2 (Shim API)](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/main/core/runtime/v2) for Kata.
-With `shimv2`, Kubernetes can launch Pod and OCI-compatible containers with one shim per Pod. Prior to `shimv2`, `2N+1`
-shims (i.e. a `containerd-shim` and a `kata-shim` for each container and the Pod sandbox itself) and no standalone `kata-proxy`
+With `shimv2`, Kubernetes can launch Pod and OCI-compatible containers with one shim per Pod. Prior to `shimv2`, `2N+1` 
+shims (i.e. a `containerd-shim` and a `kata-shim` for each container and the Pod sandbox itself) and no standalone `kata-proxy` 
 process were used, even with VSOCK not available.
 
 ![Kubernetes integration with shimv2](../design/arch-images/shimv2.svg)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $ popd
 
 ### Install `cri-tools`
 
-> **Note:** `cri-tools` is a set of tools for CRI used for development and testing. Users who only want
+> **Note:** `cri-tools` is a set of tools for CRI used for development and testing. Users who only want 
 > to use containerd with Kubernetes can skip the `cri-tools`.
 
 You can install the `cri-tools` from source code:
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ $ popd
 
 ### Configure containerd to use Kata Containers
 
-By default, the configuration of containerd is located at `/etc/containerd/config.toml`, and the
+By default, the configuration of containerd is located at `/etc/containerd/config.toml`, and the 
 `cri` plugins are placed in the following section:
 
 ```toml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ The following sections outline how to add Kata Containers to the configurations.
 
 #### Kata Containers as a `RuntimeClass`
 
-For
+For 
 - Kata Containers v1.5.0 or above (including `1.5.0-rc`)
 - Containerd v1.2.0 or above
 - Kubernetes v1.12.0 or above
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ The `RuntimeClass` is suggested.
 
 The following configuration includes two runtime classes:
 - `plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.runc`: the runc, and it is the default runtime.
-- `plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.kata`: The function in containerd (reference [the document here](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/main/core/runtime/v2))
-  where the dot-connected string `io.containerd.kata.v2` is translated to `containerd-shim-kata-v2` (i.e. the
+- `plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.kata`: The function in containerd (reference [the document here](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/main/core/runtime/v2)) 
+  where the dot-connected string `io.containerd.kata.v2` is translated to `containerd-shim-kata-v2` (i.e. the 
   binary name of the Kata implementation of [Containerd Runtime V2 (Shim API)](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/main/core/runtime/v2)).
 
 ```toml
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ This `ConfigPath` option is optional. If you do not specify it, shimv2 first tri
 
 #### Kata Containers as the runtime for untrusted workload
 
-For cases without `RuntimeClass` support, we can use the legacy annotation method to support using Kata Containers
-for an untrusted workload. With the following configuration, you can run trusted workloads with a runtime such as `runc`
-and then, run an untrusted workload with Kata Containers:
+For cases without `RuntimeClass` support, we can use the legacy annotation method to support using Kata Containers 
+for an untrusted workload. With the following configuration, you can run trusted workloads with a runtime such as `runc` 
+and then, run an untrusted workload with Kata Containers: 
 
 ```toml
     [plugins.cri.containerd]
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ If you want to set Kata Containers as the only runtime in the deployment, you ca
 
 > **Note:** If you skipped the [Install `cri-tools`](#install-cri-tools) section, you can skip this section too.
 
-First, add the CNI configuration in the containerd configuration.
+First, add the CNI configuration in the containerd configuration. 
 
-The following is the configuration if you installed CNI as the *[Install CNI plugins](#install-cni-plugins)* section outlined.
+The following is the configuration if you installed CNI as the *[Install CNI plugins](#install-cni-plugins)* section outlined. 
 
 Put the CNI configuration as `/etc/cni/net.d/10-mynet.conf`:
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ $ sudo crictl start 1aab7585530e6
 1aab7585530e6
 ```
 
-In Kubernetes, you need to create a `RuntimeClass` resource and add the `RuntimeClass` field in the Pod Spec
+In Kubernetes, you need to create a `RuntimeClass` resource and add the `RuntimeClass` field in the Pod Spec 
 (see this [document](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class/) for more information).
 
 If `RuntimeClass` is not supported, you can use the following annotation in a Kubernetes pod to identify as an untrusted workload:

docs/how-to/data/dashboard.json

@@ -3358,4 +3358,4 @@
   "title": "Kata containers",
   "uid": "75pdqURGk",
   "version": 1
-}
+}

docs/how-to/data/kata-monitor-daemonset.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: kata-monitor
         image: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-monitor:2.0.0
-        args:
+        args: 
           - -log-level=debug
         ports:
           - containerPort: 8090

docs/how-to/data/prometheus.yml

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
-    matchLabels:
+    matchLabels: 
       app: prometheus
   template:
     metadata:

docs/how-to/how-to-pull-images-in-guest-with-kata.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ To pull images in the guest, we need to do the following steps:
 
 ### Delete images used for pulling in the guest
 
-Though the `CRI Runtime Specific Snapshotter` is still an [experimental feature](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/RELEASES.md#experimental-features) in containerd, which containerd is not supported to manage the same image in different `snapshotters`(The default `snapshotter` in containerd is `overlayfs`). To avoid errors caused by this, it is recommended to delete images (including the pause image) in containerd that needs to be pulled in guest later before configuring `nydus snapshotter` in containerd.
+Though the `CRI Runtime Specific Snapshotter` is still an [experimental feature](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/RELEASES.md#experimental-features) in containerd, which containerd is not supported to manage the same image in different `snapshotters`(The default `snapshotter` in containerd is `overlayfs`). To avoid errors caused by this, it is recommended to delete images (including the pause image) in containerd that needs to be pulled in guest later before configuring `nydus snapshotter` in containerd. 
 
 ### Install `nydus snapshotter`
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Though the `CRI Runtime Specific Snapshotter` is still an [experimental feature]
 
 To use DaemonSet to install `nydus snapshotter`, we need to ensure that `yq` exists in the host.
 
-1. Download `nydus snapshotter` repo
+1. Download `nydus snapshotter` repo 
 ```bash
 $ nydus_snapshotter_install_dir="/tmp/nydus-snapshotter"
 $ nydus_snapshotter_url=https://github.com/containerd/nydus-snapshotter
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $ yq -i \
 $ yq -i \
 >	 'data.ENABLE_CONFIG_FROM_VOLUME = "false"' -P \
 >	 misc/snapshotter/base/nydus-snapshotter.yaml
-# Enable to run snapshotter as a systemd service
+# Enable to run snapshotter as a systemd service 
 # (skip if you want to run nydus snapshotter as a standalone process)
 $ yq -i \
 >	 'data.ENABLE_SYSTEMD_SERVICE = "true"' -P \
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nydus-snapshotter.se
 
 #### Install `nydus snapshotter` manually
 
-1. Download `nydus snapshotter` binary from release
+1. Download `nydus snapshotter` binary from release 
 ```bash
 $ ARCH=$(uname -m)
 $ golang_arch=$(case "$ARCH" in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ level=info msg="Run daemons monitor..."
 Configure `nydus snapshotter` to enable `CRI Runtime Specific Snapshotter` in containerd. This ensures run kata containers with `nydus snapshotter`. Below, the steps are illustrated using `kata-qemu` as an example.
 
 ```toml
-# Modify containerd configuration to ensure that the following lines appear in the containerd configuration
+# Modify containerd configuration to ensure that the following lines appear in the containerd configuration 
 # (Assume that the containerd config is located in /etc/containerd/config.toml)
 
 [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd]
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Configure `nydus snapshotter` to enable `CRI Runtime Specific Snapshotter` in co
   snapshotter = "nydus"
 ```
 
-> **Notes:**
+> **Notes:** 
 > The `CRI Runtime Specific Snapshotter` feature only works for containerd v1.7.0 and above. So for Containerd v1.7.0 below, in addition to the above settings, we need to set the global `snapshotter` to `nydus` in containerd config. For example:
 
 ```toml
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ spec:
             values:
             - NODE_NAME
   volumes:
-    - name: trusted-image-storage
+    - name: trusted-storage
       persistentVolumeClaim:
         claimName: trusted-pvc
   containers:
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ quay.io/confidential-containers/test-images               largeimage
 ```bash
 $ lsblk --fs
 NAME                 FSTYPE LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINT
-sda
+sda                                                   
 └─encrypted_disk_GsLDt
                                           178M    87% /run/kata-containers/image
 
@@ -309,4 +309,4 @@ $ free -m
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
 Mem:           1989          52          43           0        1893        1904
 Swap:             0           0           0
-```
+```

docs/how-to/how-to-run-kata-containers-with-kinds-of-Block-Volumes.md

@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ Currently, there is no widely applicable and convenient method available for use
 
 ## Solution
 
-According to the proposal, it requires to use the `kata-ctl direct-volume` command to add a direct assigned block volume device to the Kata Containers runtime.
+According to the proposal, it requires to use the `kata-ctl direct-volume` command to add a direct assigned block volume device to the Kata Containers runtime. 
 
-And then with the help of method [get_volume_mount_info](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/099b4b0d0e3db31b9054e7240715f0d7f51f9a1c/src/libs/kata-types/src/mount.rs#L95), get information from JSON file: `(mountinfo.json)` and parse them into structure [Direct Volume Info](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/099b4b0d0e3db31b9054e7240715f0d7f51f9a1c/src/libs/kata-types/src/mount.rs#L70) which is used to save device-related information.
+And then with the help of method [get_volume_mount_info](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/099b4b0d0e3db31b9054e7240715f0d7f51f9a1c/src/libs/kata-types/src/mount.rs#L95), get information from JSON file: `(mountinfo.json)` and parse them into structure [Direct Volume Info](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/099b4b0d0e3db31b9054e7240715f0d7f51f9a1c/src/libs/kata-types/src/mount.rs#L70) which is used to save device-related information. 
 
-We only fill the `mountinfo.json`, such as `device` ,`volume_type`, `fs_type`, `metadata` and `options`, which correspond to the fields in [Direct Volume Info](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/099b4b0d0e3db31b9054e7240715f0d7f51f9a1c/src/libs/kata-types/src/mount.rs#L70), to describe a device.
+We only fill the `mountinfo.json`, such as `device` ,`volume_type`, `fs_type`, `metadata` and `options`, which correspond to the fields in [Direct Volume Info](https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/099b4b0d0e3db31b9054e7240715f0d7f51f9a1c/src/libs/kata-types/src/mount.rs#L70), to describe a device. 
 
-The JSON file `mountinfo.json` placed in a sub-path `/kubelet/kata-test-vol-001/volume001` which under fixed path `/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/`.
-And the full path looks like: `/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/kubelet/kata-test-vol-001/volume001`, But for some security reasons. it is
+The JSON file `mountinfo.json` placed in a sub-path `/kubelet/kata-test-vol-001/volume001` which under fixed path `/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/`. 
+And the full path looks like: `/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/kubelet/kata-test-vol-001/volume001`, But for some security reasons. it is 
 encoded as `/run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/L2t1YmVsZXQva2F0YS10ZXN0LXZvbC0wMDEvdm9sdW1lMDAx`.
 
-Finally, when running a Kata Containers with `ctr run --mount type=X, src=Y, dst=Z,,options=rbind:rw`, the `type=X` should be specified a proprietary type specifically designed for some kind of volume.
+Finally, when running a Kata Containers with `ctr run --mount type=X, src=Y, dst=Z,,options=rbind:rw`, the `type=X` should be specified a proprietary type specifically designed for some kind of volume. 
 
-Now, supported types:
+Now, supported types: 
 
 - `directvol` for direct volume
 - `vfiovol` for VFIO device based volume
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /tmp/stor/rawdisk01.20g
 
 ```json
 {
-  "device": "/tmp/stor/rawdisk01.20g",
-  "volume_type": "directvol",
-  "fs_type": "ext4",
-  "metadata":"{}",
+  "device": "/tmp/stor/rawdisk01.20g", 
+  "volume_type": "directvol", 
+  "fs_type": "ext4", 
+  "metadata":"{}", 
   "options": []
 }
 ```
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /tmp/stor/rawdisk01.20g
 ```bash
 $ sudo kata-ctl direct-volume add /kubelet/kata-direct-vol-002/directvol002 "{\"device\": \"/tmp/stor/rawdisk01.20g\", \"volume_type\": \"directvol\", \"fs_type\": \"ext4\", \"metadata\":"{}", \"options\": []}"
 $# /kubelet/kata-direct-vol-002/directvol002 <==> /run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/W1lMa2F0ZXQva2F0YS10a2F0DAxvbC0wMDEvdm9sdW1lMDAx
-$ cat W1lMa2F0ZXQva2F0YS10a2F0DAxvbC0wMDEvdm9sdW1lMDAx/mountInfo.json
+$ cat W1lMa2F0ZXQva2F0YS10a2F0DAxvbC0wMDEvdm9sdW1lMDAx/mountInfo.json 
 {"volume_type":"directvol","device":"/tmp/stor/rawdisk01.20g","fs_type":"ext4","metadata":{},"options":[]}
 ```
 
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ In this scenario, the device's host kernel driver will be replaced by `vfio-pci`
 And either device's BDF or its VFIO IOMMU group ID in `/dev/vfio/` is fine for "device" in `mountinfo.json`.
 
 ```bash
-$ lspci -nn -k -s 45:00.1
-45:00.1 SCSI storage controller
+$ lspci -nn -k -s 45:00.1 
+45:00.1 SCSI storage controller 
 ...
 Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci
 ...
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ First, configure the `mountinfo.json`, as below:
 ```json
 {
   "device": "45:00.1",
-  "volume_type": "vfiovol",
-  "fs_type": "ext4",
-  "metadata":"{}",
+  "volume_type": "vfiovol", 
+  "fs_type": "ext4", 
+  "metadata":"{}", 
   "options": []
 }
 ```
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ First, configure the `mountinfo.json`, as below:
 ```json
 {
   "device": "0000:45:00.1",
-  "volume_type": "vfiovol",
-  "fs_type": "ext4",
-  "metadata":"{}",
+  "volume_type": "vfiovol", 
+  "fs_type": "ext4", 
+  "metadata":"{}", 
   "options": []
 }
 ```
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ First, configure the `mountinfo.json`, as below:
 
 ```json
 {
-  "device": "/dev/vfio/110",
-  "volume_type": "vfiovol",
-  "fs_type": "ext4",
-  "metadata":"{}",
+  "device": "/dev/vfio/110", 
+  "volume_type": "vfiovol", 
+  "fs_type": "ext4", 
+  "metadata":"{}", 
   "options": []
 }
 ```
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Second, run kata-containers with device(`/dev/vfio/110`) as an example:
 ```bash
 $ sudo kata-ctl direct-volume add /kubelet/kata-vfio-vol-003/vfiovol003 "{\"device\": \"/dev/vfio/110\", \"volume_type\": \"vfiovol\", \"fs_type\": \"ext4\", \"metadata\":"{}", \"options\": []}"
 $ # /kubelet/kata-vfio-vol-003/directvol003 <==> /run/kata-containers/shared/direct-volumes/F0va22F0ZvaS12F0YS10a2F0DAxvbC0F0ZXvdm9sdF0Z0YSx
-$ cat F0va22F0ZvaS12F0YS10a2F0DAxvbC0F0ZXvdm9sdF0Z0YSx/mountInfo.json
+$ cat F0va22F0ZvaS12F0YS10a2F0DAxvbC0F0ZXvdm9sdF0Z0YSx/mountInfo.json 
 {"volume_type":"vfiovol","device":"/dev/vfio/110","fs_type":"ext4","metadata":{},"options":[]}
 ```
 

docs/how-to/how-to-run-rootless-vmm.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## Introduction
-To improve security, Kata Container supports running the VMM process (QEMU and cloud-hypervisor) as a non-`root` user.
+To improve security, Kata Container supports running the VMM process (QEMU and cloud-hypervisor) as a non-`root` user. 
 This document describes how to enable the rootless VMM mode and its limitations.
 
 ## Pre-requisites
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ By default, the VMM process still runs as the root user. There are two ways to e
 2. Set the Kubernetes annotation `io.katacontainers.hypervisor.rootless` to `true`.
 
 ## Implementation details
-When `rootless` flag is enabled, upon a request to create a Pod, Kata Containers runtime creates a random user and group (e.g. `kata-123`), and uses them to start the hypervisor process.
-The `kvm` group is also given to the hypervisor process as a supplemental group to give the hypervisor process access to the `/dev/kvm` device.
+When `rootless` flag is enabled, upon a request to create a Pod, Kata Containers runtime creates a random user and group (e.g. `kata-123`), and uses them to start the hypervisor process. 
+The `kvm` group is also given to the hypervisor process as a supplemental group to give the hypervisor process access to the `/dev/kvm` device. 
 Another necessary change is to move the hypervisor runtime files (e.g. `vhost-fs.sock`, `qmp.sock`) to a directory (under `/run/user/[uid]/`) where only the non-root hypervisor has access to.
 
 ## Limitations
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ Another necessary change is to move the hypervisor runtime files (e.g. `vhost-fs
 2. Currently, this feature is only supported in QEMU and cloud-hypervisor. For firecracker, you can use jailer to run the VMM process with a non-root user.
 3. Certain features will not work when rootless VMM is enabled, including:
    1. Passing devices to the guest (`virtio-blk`, `virtio-scsi`) will not work if the non-privileged user does not have permission to access it (leading to a permission denied error). A more permissive permission (e.g. 666) may overcome this issue. However, you need to be aware of the potential security implications of reducing the security on such devices.
-   2. `vfio` device will also not work because of permission denied error.
+   2. `vfio` device will also not work because of permission denied error.

docs/how-to/how-to-set-sandbox-config-kata.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ There are several kinds of Kata configurations and they are listed below.
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_max_vcpus` | uint32| the maximum number of vCPUs allocated for the VM by the hypervisor |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_memory` | uint32| the memory assigned for a VM by the hypervisor in `MiB` |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_vcpus` | float32| the default vCPUs assigned for a VM by the hypervisor |
-| `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.disable_block_device_use` | `boolean` | disable hotplugging host block devices to guest VMs for container rootfs |
+| `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.disable_block_device_use` | `boolean` | disallow a block device from being used |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.disable_image_nvdimm` | `boolean` | specify if a `nvdimm` device should be used as rootfs for the guest (QEMU) |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.disable_vhost_net` | `boolean` | specify if `vhost-net` is not available on the host |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_hugepages` | `boolean` | if the memory should be `pre-allocated` from huge pages |
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ There are several kinds of Kata configurations and they are listed below.
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_iothreads` | `boolean`| enable IO to be processed in a separate thread. Supported currently for virtio-`scsi` driver |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_mem_prealloc` | `boolean` | the memory space used for `nvdimm` device by the hypervisor |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_vhost_user_store` | `boolean` | enable vhost-user storage device (QEMU) |
-| `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.vhost_user_reconnect_timeout_sec` | `string`| the timeout for reconnecting vhost user socket (QEMU)
+| `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.vhost_user_reconnect_timeout_sec` | `string`| the timeout for reconnecting vhost user socket (QEMU) 
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.enable_virtio_mem` | `boolean` | enable virtio-mem (QEMU) |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.entropy_source` (R) | string| the path to a host source of entropy (`/dev/random`, `/dev/urandom` or real hardware RNG device) |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.file_mem_backend` (R) | string | file based memory backend root directory |
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ There are several kinds of Kata configurations and they are listed below.
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.use_legacy_serial` | `boolean` | uses legacy serial device for guest's console (QEMU) |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_gpus` | uint32 | the minimum number of GPUs required for the VM. Only used by remote hypervisor to help with instance selection |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_gpu_model` | string | the GPU model required for the VM. Only used by remote hypervisor to help with instance selection |
-| `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.block_device_num_queues` | `usize` | The number of queues to use for block devices (runtime-rs only) |
-| `io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.block_device_queue_size` | uint32 | The size of the of the queue to use for block devices (runtime-rs only) |
 
 ## Container Options
 | Key | Value Type | Comments |

docs/how-to/how-to-use-k8s-with-containerd-and-kata.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The Kubernetes cluster will use the
 
 ## Install and configure containerd
 
-First, follow the [How to use Kata Containers and Containerd](containerd-kata.md) to install and configure containerd.
+First, follow the [How to use Kata Containers and Containerd](containerd-kata.md) to install and configure containerd. 
 Then, make sure the containerd works with the [examples in it](containerd-kata.md#run).
 
 ## Install and configure Kubernetes
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@ In order to allow Kubelet to use containerd (using the CRI interface), configure
   ```bash
   $ sudo mkdir -p  /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/
   $ cat << EOF | sudo tee  /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/0-containerd.conf
-  [Service]
+  [Service]                                                 
   Environment="KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS=--container-runtime=remote --runtime-request-timeout=15m --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock"
   EOF
   ```
 
-  For Kata Containers (and especially CoCo / Confidential Containers tests), use at least `--runtime-request-timeout=600s` (10m) so CRI CreateContainerRequest does not time out.
-
 - Inform systemd about the new configuration
 
   ```bash
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ If a pod has the `runtimeClassName` set to `kata`, the CRI runs the pod with the
     containers:
     - name: nginx
       image: nginx
-
+      
   EOF
   ```
 

docs/how-to/how-to-use-kata-containers-with-firecracker.md

@@ -104,20 +104,12 @@ LOW_WATER_MARK=32768
 sudo dmsetup create "${POOL_NAME}" \
     --table "0 ${LENGTH_IN_SECTORS} thin-pool ${META_DEV} ${DATA_DEV} ${DATA_BLOCK_SIZE} ${LOW_WATER_MARK}"
 
-# Determine plugin name based on containerd config version
-CONFIG_VERSION=$(containerd config dump | awk '/^version/ {print $3}')
-if [ "$CONFIG_VERSION" -ge 2 ]; then
-    PLUGIN="io.containerd.snapshotter.v1.devmapper"
-else
-    PLUGIN="devmapper"
-fi
-
 cat << EOF
 #
 # Add this to your config.toml configuration file and restart containerd daemon
 #
 [plugins]
-  [plugins."${PLUGIN}"]
+  [plugins.devmapper]
     pool_name = "${POOL_NAME}"
     root_path = "${DATA_DIR}"
     base_image_size = "10GB"

docs/how-to/how-to-use-sysctls-with-kata.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Sysctls
 
-In Linux, the sysctl interface allows an administrator to modify kernel
-parameters at runtime. Parameters are available via the `/proc/sys/` virtual
-process file system.
+In Linux, the sysctl interface allows an administrator to modify kernel 
+parameters at runtime. Parameters are available via the `/proc/sys/` virtual 
+process file system. 
 
 The parameters include the following subsystems among others:
 - `fs` (file systems)
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ To get a complete list of kernel parameters, run:
 $ sudo sysctl -a
 ```
 
-Kubernetes provide mechanisms for setting namespaced sysctls.
+Kubernetes provide mechanisms for setting namespaced sysctls. 
 Namespaced sysctls can be set per pod in the case of Kubernetes.
-The following sysctls are known to be namespaced and can be set with
+The following sysctls are known to be namespaced and can be set with 
 Kubernetes:
 
 - `kernel.shm*`
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ The recommendation is to set them directly on the host or use a privileged
 container in the case of Kubernetes.
 
 In the case of Kata, the approach of setting sysctls on the host does not
-work since the host sysctls have no effect on a Kata Container running
+work since the host sysctls have no effect on a Kata Container running 
 inside a guest. Kata gives you the ability to set non-namespaced sysctls using a privileged container.
-This has the advantage that the non-namespaced sysctls are set inside the guest
-without having any effect on the `/proc/sys` values of any other pod or the
-host itself.
+This has the advantage that the non-namespaced sysctls are set inside the guest 
+without having any effect on the `/proc/sys` values of any other pod or the 
+host itself. 
 
 The recommended approach to do this would be to set the sysctl value in a
-privileged init container. In this way, the application containers do not need any elevated
+privileged init container. In this way, the application containers do not need any elevated 
 privileges.
 
 ```

docs/how-to/how-to-use-template-in-runtime-rs.md

@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-# How to Use Template in runtime-rs
-
-## What is VM Templating
-
-VM templating is a Kata Containers feature that enables new VM creation using a cloning technique. When enabled, new VMs are created by cloning from a pre-created template VM, and they will share the same initramfs, kernel and agent memory in readonly mode. It is very much like a process fork done by the kernel but here we *fork* VMs.
-
-For more details on VM templating, refer to the [What is VM templating and how do I use it](./what-is-vm-templating-and-how-do-I-use-it.md) article.
-
-## How to Enable VM Templating
-
-VM templating can be enabled by changing your Kata Containers config file (`/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/runtime-rs/configuration.toml`, overridden by `/etc/kata-containers/configuration.toml` if provided) such that:
-
-- `qemu` version `v4.1.0` or above is specified in `hypervisor.qemu`->`path` section
-- `enable_template = true`
-- `template_path = "/run/vc/vm/template"` (default value, can be customized as needed)
-- `initrd =` is set
-- `image =` option is commented out or removed
-- `shared_fs =` option is commented out or removed
-- `default_memory =` should be set to more than 256MB
-
-Then you can create a VM template for later usage by calling:
-
-### Initialize and create the VM template
-The `factory init` command creates a VM template by launching a new VM, initializing the Kata Agent, then pausing and saving its state (memory and device snapshots) to the template directory. This saved template is used to rapidly clone new VMs using QEMU's memory sharing capabilities.
-
-```bash
-sudo kata-ctl factory init
-```
-
-### Check the status of the VM template
-
-The `factory status` command checks whether a VM template currently exists by verifying the presence of template files (memory snapshot and device state). It will output "VM factory is on" if the template exists, or "VM factory is off" otherwise.
-
-```bash
-sudo kata-ctl factory status
-```
-
-### Destroy and clean up the VM template
-
-The `factory destroy` command removes the VM template by remove the `tmpfs` filesystem and deleting the template directory along with all its contents.
-
-```bash
-sudo kata-ctl factory destroy
-```
-
-## How to Create a New VM from VM Template
-In the Go version of Kata Containers, the VM templating mechanism is implemented using virtio-9p (9pfs). However, 9pfs is not supported in runtime-rs due to its poor performance, limited cache coherence, and security risks. Instead, runtime-rs adopts `VirtioFS` as the default mechanism to provide rootfs for containers and VMs.
-
-Yet, when enabling the VM template mechanism, `VirtioFS` introduces conflicts in memory sharing because its DAX-based shared memory mapping overlaps with the template's page-sharing design. To resolve these conflicts and ensure strict isolation between cloned VMs, runtime-rs replaces `VirtioFS` with the snapshotter approach — specifically, the `blockfile` snapshotter.
-
-The `blockfile` snapshotter is used in runtime-rs because it provides each VM with an independent block-based root filesystem, ensuring strong isolation and full compatibility with the VM templating mechanism.
-
-### Configure Snapshotter
-
-#### Check if `Blockfile` Snapshotter is Available
-```bash
-ctr plugins ls | grep blockfile
-```
-
-If not available, continue with the following steps:
-
-#### Create Scratch File
-```bash
-dd if=/dev/zero of=/opt/containerd/blockfile bs=1M count=500
-sudo mkfs.ext4 /opt/containerd/blockfile
-```
-
-#### Configure containerd
-Edit the containerd configuration file:
-```bash
-sudo vim /etc/containerd/config.toml
-```
-Add or modify the following configuration for the `blockfile` snapshotter:
-```toml
-[plugins."io.containerd.snapshotter.v1.blockfile"]
-  scratch_file = "/opt/containerd/blockfile"
-  root_path = ""
-  fs_type = "ext4"
-  mount_options = []
-  recreate_scratch = true
-```
-
-#### Restart containerd
-After modifying the configuration, restart containerd to apply changes:
-
-```bash
-sudo systemctl restart containerd
-```
-
-### Run Container with `blockfile` Snapshotter
-After the VM template is created, you can pull an image and run a container using the `blockfile` snapshotter:
-
-```bash
-ctr run --rm -t --snapshotter blockfile docker.io/library/busybox:latest template sh
-```
-
-We can verify whether a VM was launched from a template or started normally by checking the launch parameters — if the parameters contain `incoming`, it indicates that the VM was started from a template rather than created directly.
-
-## Performance Test
-
-The comparative experiment between **template-based VM** creation and **direct VM** creation showed that the template-based approach achieved a ≈ **73.2%** reduction in startup latency (average launch time of **0.6s** vs. **0.82s**) and a ≈ **79.8%** reduction in memory usage (average memory usage of **178.2 MiB** vs. **223.2 MiB**), demonstrating significant improvements in VM startup efficiency and resource utilization.
-
-The test script is as follows:
-
-```bash
-# Clear the page cache, dentries, and inodes to free up memory
-echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
-
-# Display the current memory usage
-free -h
-
-# Create 100 normal VMs and template-based VMs, and track the time
-time for I in $(seq 100); do
-  echo -n " ${I}th"  # Display the iteration number
-  ctr run -d --runtime io.containerd.kata.v2 --snapshotter blockfile docker.io/library/busybox:latest normal/template${I}
-done
-
-# Display the memory usage again after running the test
-free -h

docs/how-to/how-to-use-the-kata-agent-policy.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Kata Agent Policy
 
-Agent Policy is a Kata Containers feature that enables the Guest VM to perform additional validation for each [ttRPC API](../../src/libs/protocols/protos/agent.proto) request.
+Agent Policy is a Kata Containers feature that enables the Guest VM to perform additional validation for each [ttRPC API](../../src/libs/protocols/protos/agent.proto) request. 
 
 The Policy is commonly used for implementing confidential containers, where the Kata Shim and the Kata Agent have different trust properties. However, the Policy can be used for non-confidential containers too - e.g., for a basic defense in depth step of blocking the Host from starting an application on the Guest. However, for non-confidential containers, the Host might be able to modify the Policy and/or replace the Agent and disable its Policy rules, so a Policy is more helpful for confidential containers.
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Kubernetes users can encode in `base64` format their Policy documents, and add t
 For example, the [`allow-all-except-exec-process.rego`](../../src/kata-opa/allow-all-except-exec-process.rego) sample policy file is different from the [default Policy](../../src/kata-opa/allow-all.rego) because it rejects any `ExecProcess` requests. To encode this policy file, you need to:
 - Embed the policy inside an init data struct
 - Compress
-- Base64 encode
+- Base64 encode 
 For example:
 
 ```bash

docs/how-to/privileged.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mitigation does not affect a container's ability to mount *guest* devices.
 ## Containerd
 
 The Containerd allows configuring the privileged host devices behavior for each runtime in the containerd config. This is
-done with the `privileged_without_host_devices` option. Setting this to `true` will disable hot plugging of the host
+done with the `privileged_without_host_devices` option. Setting this to `true` will disable hot plugging of the host 
 devices into the guest, even when privileged is enabled.
 
 Support for configuring privileged host devices behaviour was added in containerd `1.3.0` version.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ See below example config:
 ## CRI-O
 
 Similar to containerd, CRI-O allows configuring the privileged host devices
-behavior for each runtime in the CRI config. This is done with the
+behavior for each runtime in the CRI config. This is done with the 
 `privileged_without_host_devices` option. Setting this to `true` will disable
  hot plugging of the host devices into the guest, even when privileged is enabled.
 
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ See below example config:
 ```
 
  - [Kata Containers with CRI-O](../how-to/run-kata-with-k8s.md#cri-o)
-
+  

docs/how-to/run-kata-with-crictl.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ POD ID              CREATED             STATE               NAME
 #### Create container in the pod sandbox with config file
 
 ```bash
-$ sudo crictl create 16a62b035940f container_config.json sandbox_config.json
+$ sudo crictl create 16a62b035940f container_config.json sandbox_config.json 
 e6ca0e0f7f532686236b8b1f549e4878e4fe32ea6b599a5d684faf168b429202
 ```
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $ sudo crictl exec -it e6ca0e0f7f532 sh
 And run commands in it:
 
 ```
-/ # hostname
+/ # hostname 
 busybox_host
 / # id
 uid=0(root) gid=0(root)

docs/how-to/service-mesh.md

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Add the following annotation for CRI-O
 ```yaml
 io.kubernetes.cri-o.TrustedSandbox: "false"
 ```
-The following is an example of what your YAML can look like:
+The following is an example of what your YAML can look like: 
 
 ```yaml
 ...
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Add the following annotation for containerd
 ```yaml
 io.kubernetes.cri.untrusted-workload: "true"
 ```
-The following is an example of what your YAML can look like:
+The following is an example of what your YAML can look like: 
 
 ```yaml
 ...

docs/how-to/what-is-vm-cache-and-how-do-I-use-it.md

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 ### What is VMCache
 
 VMCache is a new function that creates VMs as caches before using it.
-It helps speed up new container creation.
+It helps speed up new container creation.  
 The function consists of a server and some clients communicating
-through Unix socket.  The protocol is gRPC in [`protocols/cache/cache.proto`](../../src/runtime/protocols/cache/cache.proto).
+through Unix socket.  The protocol is gRPC in [`protocols/cache/cache.proto`](../../src/runtime/protocols/cache/cache.proto).  
 The VMCache server will create some VMs and cache them by factory cache.
 It will convert the VM to gRPC format and transport it when gets
-requested from clients.
+requested from clients.  
 Factory `grpccache` is the VMCache client.  It will request gRPC format
 VM and convert it back to a VM.  If VMCache function is enabled,
 `kata-runtime` will request VM from factory `grpccache` when it creates
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ a new sandbox.
 
 ### How is this different to VM templating
 
-Both [VM templating](../how-to/what-is-vm-templating-and-how-do-I-use-it.md) and VMCache help speed up new container creation.
-When VM templating enabled, new VMs are created by cloning from a pre-created template VM, and they will share the same initramfs, kernel and agent memory in readonly mode.  So it saves a lot of memory if there are many Kata Containers running on the same host.
+Both [VM templating](../how-to/what-is-vm-templating-and-how-do-I-use-it.md) and VMCache help speed up new container creation.  
+When VM templating enabled, new VMs are created by cloning from a pre-created template VM, and they will share the same initramfs, kernel and agent memory in readonly mode.  So it saves a lot of memory if there are many Kata Containers running on the same host.  
 VMCache is not vulnerable to [share memory CVE](../how-to/what-is-vm-templating-and-how-do-I-use-it.md#what-are-the-cons) because each VM doesn't share the memory.
 
 ### How to enable VMCache
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ VMCache is not vulnerable to [share memory CVE](../how-to/what-is-vm-templating-
 VMCache can be enabled by changing your Kata Containers config file (`/usr/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration.toml`,
 overridden by `/etc/kata-containers/configuration.toml` if provided) such that:
 * `vm_cache_number` specifies the number of caches of VMCache:
-    *  unspecified or == 0
+    *  unspecified or == 0  
        VMCache is disabled
-    * `> 0`
+    * `> 0`  
       will be set to the specified number
 *  `vm_cache_endpoint` specifies the address of the Unix socket.
 

docs/how-to/what-is-vm-templating-and-how-do-I-use-it.md

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ much like a process fork done by the kernel but here we *fork* VMs.
 
 ### How is this different from VMCache
 
-Both [VMCache](../how-to/what-is-vm-cache-and-how-do-I-use-it.md) and VM templating help speed up new container creation.
-When VMCache enabled, new VMs are created by the VMCache server.  So it is not vulnerable to share memory CVE because each VM doesn't share the memory.
+Both [VMCache](../how-to/what-is-vm-cache-and-how-do-I-use-it.md) and VM templating help speed up new container creation.  
+When VMCache enabled, new VMs are created by the VMCache server.  So it is not vulnerable to share memory CVE because each VM doesn't share the memory.  
 VM templating saves a lot of memory if there are many Kata Containers running on the same host.
 
 ### What are the Pros

docs/install/README.md

@@ -1,18 +1,57 @@
 # Kata Containers installation guides
 
-The following is an overview of the different installation methods available.
+The following is an overview of the different installation methods available. 
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Kata Containers requires nested virtualization or bare metal. Check
-[hardware requirements](./../../README.md#hardware-requirements) to see if your system is capable of running Kata
+Kata Containers requires nested virtualization or bare metal. Check 
+[hardware requirements](./../../README.md#hardware-requirements) to see if your system is capable of running Kata 
 Containers.
 
-The Kata Deploy Helm chart is the preferred  way to install all of the binaries and
+## Packaged installation methods
+
+The packaged installation method uses your distribution's native package format (such as RPM or DEB).
+
+> **Note:**
+>
+> We encourage you to select an installation method that provides
+> automatic updates, to ensure you get the latest security updates and
+> bug fixes.
+
+| Installation method                                  | Description                                                                                  | Automatic updates | Use case                                                                                      |
+|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| [Using official distro packages](#official-packages) | Kata packages provided by Linux distributions official repositories                          | yes               | Recommended for most users.                                                                   |
+| [Automatic](#automatic-installation)                 | Run a single command to install a full system                                                | **No!**           | For those wanting the latest release quickly.                                                 |
+| [Using kata-deploy Helm chart](#kata-deploy-helm-chart)       | The preferred way to deploy the Kata Containers distributed binaries on a Kubernetes cluster | **No!**           | Best way to give it a try on kata-containers on an already up and running Kubernetes cluster. |
+
+### Kata Deploy Helm Chart
+
+The Kata Deploy Helm chart is a convenient way to install all of the binaries and
 artifacts required to run Kata Containers on Kubernetes.
 
 [Use Kata Deploy Helm Chart](/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/README.md) to install Kata Containers on a Kubernetes Cluster.
 
+### Official packages
+
+Kata packages are provided by official distribution repositories for:
+
+| Distribution (link to installation guide)                | Minimum versions                                                               |
+|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| [CentOS](centos-installation-guide.md)                   | 8                                                                              |
+| [Fedora](fedora-installation-guide.md)                   | 34                                                                             |
+
+### Automatic Installation
+
+[Use `kata-manager`](/utils/README.md) to automatically install a working Kata Containers system.
+
+## Installing on a Cloud Service Platform
+
+* [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](aws-installation-guide.md)
+* [Google Compute Engine (GCE)](gce-installation-guide.md)
+* [Microsoft Azure](azure-installation-guide.md)
+* [Minikube](minikube-installation-guide.md)
+* [VEXXHOST OpenStack Cloud](vexxhost-installation-guide.md)
+
 ## Further information
 
 * [upgrading document](../Upgrading.md)

docs/install/aws-installation-guide.md

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+# Install Kata Containers on Amazon Web Services
+
+Kata Containers on Amazon Web Services (AWS) makes use of [i3.metal](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/i3/) instances. Most of the installation procedure is identical to that for Kata on your preferred distribution, except that you have to run it on bare metal instances since AWS doesn't support nested virtualization yet. This guide walks you through creating an i3.metal instance.
+
+## Install and Configure AWS CLI
+
+### Requirements
+
+* Python:
+  * Python 2 version 2.6.5+
+  * Python 3 version 3.3+
+
+### Install
+
+Install with this command:
+
+```bash
+$ pip install awscli --upgrade --user
+```
+
+### Configure
+
+First, verify it:
+
+```bash
+$ aws --version
+```
+
+Then configure it:
+
+```bash
+$ aws configure
+```
+
+Specify the required parameters:
+
+```
+AWS Access Key ID []: <your-key-id-from-iam>
+AWS Secret Access Key []: <your-secret-access-key-from-iam>
+Default region name []: <your-aws-region-for-your-i3-metal-instance>
+Default output format [None]: <yaml-or-json-or-empty>
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can create the files: `~/.aws/credentials` and `~/.aws/config`:
+
+```bash
+$ cat <<EOF > ~/.aws/credentials
+[default]
+aws_access_key_id = <your-key-id-from-iam>
+aws_secret_access_key = <your-secret-access-key-from-iam>
+EOF
+$ cat <<EOF > ~/.aws/config
+[default]
+region = <your-aws-region-for-your-i3-metal-instance>
+EOF
+```
+
+For more information on how to get AWS credentials please refer to [this guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_access-keys.html). Alternatively, you can ask the administrator of your AWS account to issue one with the AWS CLI:
+
+```sh
+$ aws_username="myusername"
+$ aws iam create-access-key --user-name="$aws_username"
+```
+
+More general AWS CLI guidelines can be found [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/installing.html).
+
+## Create or Import an EC2 SSH key pair
+
+You will need this to access your instance.
+
+To create:
+
+```bash
+$ aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name MyKeyPair | grep KeyMaterial | cut -d: -f2- | tr -d ' \n\"\,' > MyKeyPair.pem
+$ chmod 400 MyKeyPair.pem
+```
+
+Alternatively to import using your public SSH key:
+
+```bash
+$ aws ec2 import-key-pair --key-name "MyKeyPair" --public-key-material file://MyKeyPair.pub
+```
+
+## Launch i3.metal instance
+
+Get the latest Bionic Ubuntu AMI (Amazon Image) or the latest AMI for the Linux distribution you would like to use. For example:
+
+```bash
+$ aws ec2 describe-images --owners 099720109477 --filters "Name=name,Values=ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-amd64-server*" --query 'sort_by(Images, &CreationDate)[].ImageId '
+```
+
+This command will produce output similar to the following:
+
+```
+[
+    ...
+    "ami-063aa838bd7631e0b",
+    "ami-03d5270fcb641f79b"
+]
+```
+
+Launch the EC2 instance and pick IP the `INSTANCEID`:
+
+```bash
+$ aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-03d5270fcb641f79b --count 1 --instance-type i3.metal --key-name MyKeyPair --associate-public-ip-address > /tmp/aws.json
+$ export INSTANCEID=$(grep InstanceId /tmp/aws.json | cut -d: -f2- | tr -d ' \n\"\,')
+```
+
+Wait for the instance to come up, the output of the following command should be `running`:
+
+```bash
+$ aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-id=${INSTANCEID} | grep running | cut -d: -f2- | tr -d ' \"\,'
+```
+
+Get the public IP address for the instances:
+
+```bash
+$ export IP=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-id=${INSTANCEID} | grep PublicIpAddress | cut -d: -f2- | tr -d ' \n\"\,')
+```
+
+Refer to [this guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-ec2-launch.html) for more details on how to launch instances with the AWS CLI.
+
+SSH into the machine
+
+```bash
+$ ssh -i MyKeyPair.pem ubuntu@${IP}
+```
+
+Go onto the next step.
+
+## Install Kata
+
+The process for installing Kata itself on bare metal is identical to that of a virtualization-enabled VM.
+
+For detailed information to install Kata on your distribution of choice, see the [Kata Containers installation user guides](../install/README.md).