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Release 1.6.0

Highlights

  • A new AWS VPC mode that leverages Amazon Virtual Private Cloud for near-native network performance, as an alternative to the Sleeve and Fast Datapath overlays
  • Docker 1.12 introduced some internal changes that made it incompatible with previous version of Weave Net - this version restores compatibility
  • An operational guide detailing best practices for deploying and operating Weave Net
  • Changes to the target peer list are remembered across restarts, making it much easier to deploy resilient networks
  • The version checkpoint now transmits network mode (e.g. 'awsvpc') and kernel/docker versions to us to inform and guide our development efforts. See the installation documentation for instructions on disabling the checkpoint feature.

More details in the change log.

Release 1.5.2

Bug fixes and minor improvements

  • Weave Proxy did not flush the initial http header in the Docker event stream, which could cause Docker Swarm to show all nodes pending. #2306/#2311
  • When using the CNI plugin, if a container was removed and quickly replaced by another using the same IP address, other containers might be unable to contact it. Send an address resolution protocol message to update them. #2313
  • Avoid Docker hanging for 1 minute in weave launch if the plugin had not shut down cleanly #2286/#2292
  • Print an error message when Weave bridge mode is changed without weave reset #2304
  • Eliminate spurious warning message from IP allocator on plugin shutdown #2300/#2319
  • Display error message when address requested in a subnet that is too small (/31 or /32) #2282/#2321
  • Add short wait after weave reset to allow updates to reach peers #2280
  • Weave was occasionally unable to claim existing IP address immediately after launch #2275/#2281
  • Refactor some integration tests to run faster and more reliably #2291

Release 1.5.1

Bug fixes and minor improvements

  • Persisted data that was rendered invalid by changing peer name or allocation range is detected and removed automatically, preventing crashes and hangs #2246/#2209/#2249
  • weave rmpeer persists the range takeover in case the peer on which it was executed dies subsequently #2238
  • Launching a container with an explicit WEAVE_CIDR in the allocation range now waits instead of erroring if the allocator hasn't finished initialising #2232/#2265
  • Weave DNS now responds to AAAA queries with an empty answer section, instead of NXDOMAIN which could be cached and block subsequent resolution of A records #2244/#2252
  • Many improvements to the documentation.

More details in the change log.

Release 1.5.0

Highlights

  • A new Container Network Interface plugin.
  • This release is much more robust against unscheduled restarts, because it persists key data to disk.
  • New configuration options that are useful when you create or auto-scale larger networks.
  • Weave now periodically checks for updates (can be disabled)

Plus many bug fixes and minor enhancements. More details below and in the change log.

Release 1.4.6

Fixes some issues encountered by our users.

  • Restarting a peer could leave stale entries in WeaveDNS #1867/#2023/#2081
  • Weave proxy occasionally failing to attach any new containers #2016/#2049

Other fixes:

  • Resolved a crash when a restarting peer re-connected to a peer that had not received the latest IPAM data #2083/#2092
  • Make IP address space available immediately after a dead peer is removed #2068

Release 1.4.5

Higher performance for multicast and broadcast traffic when using Weave's Fast Datapath

  • The flow rule to deliver broadcast and multicast packets in-kernel was not created correctly, hence every such packet caused a context-switch to the software router #2003/#2008

Other fixes:

  • Remove DNS entries for containers that are being restarted by Docker but are not live yet #1977/#1989
  • Don't let one failing allocation attempt prevent others from succeeding; they could be in different subnets which are more available #1996/#2001
  • Don't complain on second router launch on kernels that lack support for Fast Datapath #1929/#1983
  • Fix build broken by change in libnetwork IPAM API #1984/#1985

Release 1.4.4

Fixing a rather serious issue that slipped through our preparations for Docker 1.10:

  • Restarting Docker or rebooting your machine while the Weave Net plugin is running causes Docker 1.10.0 to fail to start #1959/#1963

Also one other small fix:

  • Avoid a hang when trying to use plugin and proxy at the same time #1956/#1961

Release 1.4.3

Preparing for Docker 1.10, plus some bug-fixes.

  • Avoid hang in Docker v1.10 on docker volume ls after weave stop, weave stop-plugin or weave reset #1934/#1936
  • Fix "unexpected EOF" from Docker 1.10 on docker exec with Weave proxy --rewrite-inspect enabled #1911/#1917
  • Avoid losing DNS entries and potentially double-allocating IP Addresses allocated via plugin, on router restart; also extend weave ps to show IP addresses allocated via plugin #1745/#1921
  • Stop creating lots of copies of weavewait program in Docker volumes #1757/#1935
  • Prevent container starting prematurely when proxy in --no-multicast-route mode #1942/#1943
  • Log error message from plugin rather than crashing when weave not running #1906/#1918
  • Warn, don't error, if unable to remove plugin network in 'weave stop', to avoid breaking the usual upgrade or config change process #1900/#1919
  • Don't crash if network conditions suggest only very small packets will get through #1905/#1926
  • Cope with unexpected errors during route traversal when starting container via proxy #1909/#1910/#1932

Release 1.4.2

Bug-fixes and minor improvements.

  • A race condition in weavewait that would occasionally hang containers at startup #1882/#1884
  • Having the plugin auto-restart prevents successful weave launch on reboot #1869
  • Work round weave router failure on CoreOS 4.3 caused by kernel bug #1854
  • weave launch would exit with error code on docker <1.9 #1851
  • Running eval $(weave env) multiple times would break eval $(weave env --restore) #1824/#1825
  • Don't complain in weave stop about "Plugin is not running" when plugin is not enabled #1840/#1841
  • weave --local launch would fail if utility program docker_tls_args could not be found #1844
  • Improved error reporting when TLS arg detection fails #1843
  • Improve error reporting when docker isn't running #1845
  • Add --trusted-subnets usage to weave script #1842
  • weave run can hang under rare combinations of options #1858

Release 1.4.1

This is a bug-fix release to cover a few issues that came up since the release of 1.4.0.

  • Weave would fail to launch when $DOCKER_HOST was set to a TCP socket secured with TLS #1820/#1822
  • Weave would fail to stop when run against Docker pre-1.9 #1815/#1817
  • Issue a warning instead of failing on --with-dns option to proxy, which was removed #1810/#1812
  • Make weave version show the plugin version #1797/#1813
  • Make weave launch show when the a container is restarting #1778/#1814
  • Make weave launch fail if the plugin is running, for consistency with router and proxy. #1818/#1819

More details in the change log.

Release 1.4.0

Highlights

  • The Docker Network plugin can now operate without a cluster store, so it is now run by default.
  • You can now use the fast datapath over trusted links and Weave encryption over untrusted links, in the same network.

Plus many bug fixes and minor enhancements. More details below and in the change log.

Release 1.3.1

Highlights

  • The minimum Docker version has been increased to 1.6 due to the upcoming deprecation of Dockerhub access for old clients. From December 7th onwards previous versions of the weave script will fail to pull down images from the hub; if you are unable to upgrade to 1.3.1 immediately you can work around this by running weave --local setup in conjunction with a compatible Docker client installation
  • Docker networking plugin now works with older kernels and allows you to configure the MTU

More details in the change log.

Release 1.3.0

Highlights

This release includes a Docker Plugin, so you have the option to use Weave Net that way. More details in the change log.

Release 1.2.1

This release contains a number of bug fixes and minor enhancements. More details in the change log.

The release is fully compatible with 1.2.0 versions, so existing clusters can be upgraded incrementally.

Release 1.2.0

Highlights

This release introduces the Fast Data Path, which allows Weave networks to operate at near wire-level speeds. This new feature is enabled by default.

Other highlights:

  • auto-configuration of TLS for the Weave Docker API proxy, making it easier to run Weave on Macs and in conjunction with tools like Docker Swarm
  • support for restart policies on application containers and weave infrastructure containers
  • better compatibility with recent and future Docker versions

More details in the change log.

Release 1.1.2

This release contains a small number of bug fixes. More details in the change log.

The release is fully compatible with 1.1.0 versions, so existing clusters can be upgraded incrementally. When upgrading from 1.0.x, note the compatibility information in the Installation & Upgrading instructions for Weave 1.1.0.

Release 1.1.1

This release contains a number of bug fixes and minor enhancements. More details in the change log.

The release is fully compatible with 1.1.0 versions, so existing clusters can be upgraded incrementally. When upgrading from 1.0.x, note the compatibility information in the Installation & Upgrading instructions for Weave 1.1.0.

Release v1.1.0

Highlights:

  • weave launch now launches all weave components, simplifying startup.
  • weave status has been completely revamped, with a much improved presentation of the information, and the option to select and output data in JSON.
  • weaveDNS has been rewritten and embedded in the router. The new implementation simplifies configuration, improves performance, and provides fault resilience for services.
  • the weave Docker API proxy now provides an even more seamless user experience, and enables easier integration of weave with other systems such as kubernetes.
  • many usability improvements
  • a few minor bug fixes, including a couple of security vulnerabilities

More details in the change log.

Release 1.0.3

This release contains a weaveDNS feature enhancement as well as minor fixes for improved stability and robustness.

More details in the change log.

The release is fully compatible with other 1.0.x versions, so existing clusters can be upgraded incrementally.

Release 1.0.2

This release fixes a number of bugs, including some security vulnerabilities in the Weave Docker API proxy, hangs and failures in address allocation, and sporadic failures in name resolution.

More details in the change log.

The release is fully compatible with other 1.0.x versions, so existing clusters can be upgraded incrementally.

Release 1.0.1

This is a bug fix release, addressing the following issue:

  • executing docker run from a Docker 1.7 client against the weave proxy would report a no such image error when the requested image wasn't present on the Docker host, instead of downloading it.

Release 1.0.0

Highlights:

  • It is now easier than ever to start containers and for them to communicate, across multiple hosts. Automatic IP address allocation, and name resolution via weaveDNS are now enabled by default, and the proxy has become more fully-featured. In short, once weave has been launched the following is possible:

    ````
host1$ docker run --name=pingme -dti ubuntu
host2$ docker run -ti ubuntu
root@d11e9287f65b:/# ping pingme
````

  • Containers can now be load-balanced easily.

  • IP address allocation is now available across multiple subnets, and hence can be employed when running multiple, isolated applications.

  • The proxy now supports TLS connections, enabling its deployment when the communication between docker clients and the server must be secured.

There are many other new features, plus the usual assortment of bug fixes and improvements under the hood. More detail below and in the change log.

NB: This release changes the weave protocol version. Therefore, when upgrading an existing installation, all hosts need to be upgraded in order to for them to be able to communicate and form a network.

Release 0.11.2

This is a bug fix release, addressing the following issues:

  • weave run did not respect DOCKER_CLIENT_ARGS. #855
  • Negative result cache did not expire if requeried within TTL. #845

More details in the change log.

NB: This release does not change the weave protocol version. Therefore, when upgrading an existing 0.11 installation incrementally, connectivity between peers will be retained.

Release 0.11.1

This is a bug fix release, addressing the following issues:

  • The IP Allocator could crash in some relatively rare circumstances. #782/#783.
  • When the proxy failed to attach a container to the weave network, there was no failure indication and descriptive error anywhere, and the application process would still start. Now an error is reported to the client (i.e. typically the Docker CLI), recorded in the proxy logs, and the container is terminated. #788/#799.
  • weave launch-proxy --with-ipam failed to configure the entrypoint and DNS unless a (possibly blank) WEAVE_CIDR was specified. Affected containers could start the application process w/o the weave network interface being available, and without functioning name resolution for the weaveDNS domain. #744/#747/#751/#752
  • The weave status output for the IP Allocator was misleadingly conveying a sense of brokenness when no IP allocation requests had been made yet. #787/#801
  • When invoking weave launch-proxy twice, the second invocation would output a blank line and terminate with a success exit status. Now it reports that the proxy is already running and exits with a non-zero status. #767/#780
  • weave launch-proxy was not respecting WEAVEPROXY_DOCKER_ARGS, so any user-supplied custom configuration for the weaveproxy container was ignored. #755/#780
  • The proxy was not intercepting API calls to the unversioned (1.0) Docker Remote API. Hence none of the weave functionality was available when Docker clients were using that version of the API. #770/#774/#777,#809
  • The proxy would crash when certain elements of the /containers/create JSON were missing. We are not aware of any Docker clients doing this, but it's been fixed regardless. #778/#777

More details in the change log.

NB: This release does not change the weave protocol version. Therefore, when upgrading an existing 0.11 installation incrementally, connectivity between peers will be retained.

Release 0.11.0

Highlights:

  • automatic IP Address Management (IPAM), which allows application containers to be started and attached to the weave network without needing to supply an IP address.
  • proxy for automatically attaching containers started with ordinary docker run, or the Docker remote API, to the weave network.
  • ability to add/remove extra DNS records.
  • performance and scalability improvements
  • fixes for a small number of bugs discovered during testing

More detail in the change log

NB: This release changes the weave protocol version. Therefore, when upgrading an existing installation, all hosts need to be upgraded in order to for them to be able to communicate and form a network.

Release 0.10.0

Highlights:

  • bug fixes, in particular eradicating several deadlocks that could cause peer connection failures and hangs.
  • performance and scalability improvements to the weave control plane, as a result of which it is now possible to construct much larger weave networks than previously.
  • improved installation and administration, particularly the introduction of remote execution of the weave script in a container, permitting fully containerised deployment of weave.
  • improved diagnostics, such as the reporting of connection failures in weave status.
  • new weaveDNS features, most notably the caching of DNS records for application containers, which makes finding container IP addresses via weaveDNS much faster.

More detail in the change log

NB: This release changes the Weave Docker image names. To upgrade from an older version, 1) stop all application containers, 2) run weave reset from the old version to remove all traces of weave, and only then 3) install the new version.

Release 0.9.0

  • Improve WeaveDNS to the point where it can act as the name server for containers in nearly all situations.

  • Diagnose and report peer connectivity more comprehensively.

  • Adapt to changes in topology - adding & removing of weave peers, disruption of connectivity - more rapidly.

  • Cope with delays in downloading/running docker images/containers required for weave operation.

See the complete change log for more details.

Release 0.8.0

  • Align script and image version. When the weave script has a version number, i.e. it is part of an official release, it runs docker images matching that version. Thus the script and image versions are automatically aligned. Unversioned/unreleased weave scripts run the 'latest'-tagged image versions.

  • Eliminate dependency on ethtool and conntrack. Instead of requiring these to be installed on the host, weave invokes them via a weavetools docker image that contains minimally packaged versions of these utilities.

  • New weave setup command. This downloads all docker images used by weave. Invoking this is strictly optional; its main purpose is to facilitate automated installation of weave and preventing delays in subsequent weave command execution due to image downloading.

Release 0.7.0

This is the first release assigned a version number.

When downloading weave you now have the following choices...

  1. a specific version, e.g. https://github.com/weaveworks/weave/releases/download/v0.7.0/weave
  2. latest released version: https://github.com/weaveworks/weave/releases/download/latest_release/weave
  3. most recent 'master' commit: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weaveworks/weave/master/weave

Previously the only documented download location was (3). We recommend that any automated scripts using that be changed to either (1) or (2).