Changelog v0.17.0

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Changelog v0.17.0

Features

• [core] Remove the host and host-passthrough virtual machine classes from the installation of virtualization. If they already exist in the cluster, they will be retained. #926
• [core] Enhance security by restricting access to the virtqemud socket, allowing only the virt-launcher to connect. #817
• [core] Introduce the vlctl tool as a replacement for virsh, compatible with the restricted libvirt socket. #817
• [core] Enhance security by disabling unnecessary admin and read-only servers in libvirt's QEMU and logging services, reducing potential attack surfaces and preventing the creation of specific sockets. #809
• [core] Enhance security by tracking and verifying synchronized checksums of virtual machine instances, ensuring that spec changes are consistent and reducing the risk of unauthorized alterations by an attacker. #743
• [observability] Add a Grafana dashboard for monitoring virtual machine metrics. #861
• [observability] Add a Prometheus metric indicating the readiness of the virtual machine agent. #848
• [vd] Optimize the creation time for empty (blank) disks. #786
• [vd] Improve the user experience for virtual disks by hiding irrelevant conditions. #780
• [vm] Add new reasons for the Completed condition of VirtualMachineOperation to communicate the current progress and status of the requested virtual machine migration to the user. #957
• [vm] Implement a controller to evacuate virtual machines whose pods have been requested for evacuation. It creates a VirtualMachineOperation to migrate the virtual machine. Information about the required evacuation will be displayed in the status of the virtual machine. #919
• [vm] Introduce hypervisor versions in the status of virtual machines to provide detailed information about the versions of QEMU and libvirt used by the hypervisor. #907
• [vm] Implement a controller to update the firmware version of virtual machines when the virtualization version is updated. This controller initiates a VirtualMachineOperation to migrate the virtual machine to the new firmware version. Information about the update process or any user-required actions will be reflected in the virtual machine's condition. #881
• [vm] Implement the ability to cancel the migration of a virtual machine by deleting the corresponding VirtualMachineOperation resource. #857
• [vm] Implement an automatic CPU topology configuration mechanism for the virtual machines. The number of cores/sockets depends on the number of cores in .spec.cpu.cores. For more details, refer to the documentation. #747
• [vm] Add hot-plugged images to the status of the virtual machine. #681

Fixes

• [api] Fix the issue of block devices getting stuck in the Terminating phase. #920
• [api] Fix network unavailability to dvcr inside a Project with network policy Restricted for block devices with data source type Upload. #791
• [core] Resolve potential compatibility issues related to the truncation of scsi disk serial numbers in QEMU. #842
• [module] Fix the Kubernetes version switch issue during updates from 1.29 to 1.30 in newer Deckhouse versions (1.69+). #986
• [vd] Remove the phase 'Stopped' during startup when launching a virtual machine with the run policies AlwaysOn and AlwaysOnUnlessStopManually. Improve the message in the BlockDeviceReady condition for the virtual machine. #782
• [vm] Resolve EFI bootloader issues with more than 8 cores. #910
• [vm] Fix a bug with the early deletion of resource VirtualMachineBlockDeviceAttachment. Now it is deleted only after detachment is completed. #841
• [vm] Redesign and improve BlockDeviceReady condition messages of virtual machine. #800
• [vm] Rename FilesystemReady condition of virtual machine to FilesystemFrozen. #714
• [vm] Add a new error message that appears when a virtual machine is unable to freeze its filesystem because the agent is not ready to perform this operation. #713

Chore

• [core] Change vm-router-forge image to distroless. #790
• [core] Change virt-launcher image to distroless. #773
• [core] Change distroless user to deckhouse. #757
• [core] Change virt-handler image to distroless. #748
• [core] Change virtualization-api and virtualization-controller images to distroless. #745
• [core] Change virt-operator image to distroless. #744
• [core] Change dvcr images to distroless. #715
• [docs] Updated the documentation in accordance with version 0.17.0 updates of virtualization. #897
• [docs] Add more cloud image sources to the admin guide in the documentation. #813
• [docs] Add ansible provisioning guide to FAQ in the documentation. #803

For more information, see the changelog and minor version release changes.

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Cherry pick PR 995 to the branch release-0.17 successful!