Chapter 2. Release notes

This section documents the most important features and bug fixes in the Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.17 product.

2.1. Component Versions

Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.17 is shipped with the following versions of the main components:

Table 2.1. Container Development Kit, Component Versions

ComponentVersion

Docker

1.13.1

Docker API

1.26

Kubernetes

1.11.0

OpenShift Container Platform

3.11.374

2.2. VirtualBox Compatibility

Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.17 has been tested with VirtualBox 5.2.12 and higher, but is known to not work correctly with VirtualBox 5.1.11 or older. Ensure that you have VirtualBox 5.1.12 or higher if you intend to use VirtualBox as your virtualization provider. VirtualBox 5.2.12 is recommended.

2.3. Changes and Improvements

This section highlights some of the notable changes introduced in Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.17. Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.17 is a maintenance release and does not introduce any new features. This version contains updates to the default add-ons.

Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.17 contains the Minishift tool, a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ISO, and the oc (OpenShift client) binary for interacting with OpenShift Container Platform.

2.3.1. Minishift

Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.17 is based on Minishift, a command line tool to provision OpenShift locally for application developers. It supports all native hypervisors and some additional ones:

macOS
Linux
Windows

2.3.2. Notable Changes

  • The xpaas add-on has been updated, adding the rhpam and rhdm 7.11.1 imagestreams and templates.
  • The default OpenShift Container Platform version is now 3.11.374.