History

Bastille 0.10.20231125 includes improvements for bootstrapping BETA, RC and EOL releases. Additionally, a new bastille_rcorder startup option, a new rcp (reverse-copy) subcommand, bastille setup improvements, and more!

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Bastille 0.10.20231013 includes long overdue improvements to networking with dual-stack ip4/ip6 support, a new bastille setup command, enhanced Linux support with Debian “bookworm” and Ubuntu “jammy”, bastille tags and more!

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Bastille 0.9.20220714 includes fixes for VNET, bootstrap logic, documentation and more!

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Bastille 0.9.20220216 includes fixes for VNET, fixes for iocage imports and more.

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This release includes code from seven new contributors. Thank you!.

Bastille 0.9.20211225 includes support for Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 plus Debian 9, 10 and 11. We made improvements to the template validation, CMD now returns exit codes, VNET improvements, updates to PKG and more!

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This release adds a few exciting new features as well as patching a number of reported bugs.

Bastille 0.9.20210714 includes (experimental) support for Ubuntu-based containers, improvements to the import/export commands and an improved bastille list -a output.

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This release addresses a few minor issues discovered in the New Year 2021 version.

Bastille 0.8.20210115 improves the dynamic port redirection and empty (experimental) container support..

Note: there is also a change to the bastille.conf in this release.

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I figured we should start out 2021 with a brand new Bastille release. Happy New Year!

This release increments the version number from 0.7.x to 0.8.x

Note: there is also a change to the bastille.conf in this release.

Bastille 0.8.20210101 brings a number of improvements, bug-fixes and new features.

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This release matures the project from 0.6.x -> 0.7.x. Continued testing and bug fixes are proving Bastille capable for a range of use-cases. New (experimental) features are examples of innovation from community contribution and feedback. Thank you.

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Thank you to everyone that submitted bug reports and/or fixes to this release. Your support has been amazing.

Primarily a bug-fix release addressing reported issues.

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Bastille 0.6.20200412 release is dedicated to everyone around the world quarantined by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bastille 0.6.20200202 is easily the biggest update we’ve ever had and it’s all thanks to the generous FreeBSD community. Your contributions have been amazing! I am sincerely thankful.

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Features:

• standalone “thick” containers now available (create -T|--thick ...)
• Bastille Templates: now tested with GitLab CI/CD
• Bastille Documentation has been updated and extended
• bootstrap now supports optional update command to auto-patch release
• Network config validation added to avoid disconnected containers

Fixes:

• #49
• #50
• #53
• #54
• container target matching improved

Features:

• Added support for FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE, 12.1-RC1, 12.1-RC2 and 12.1-RELEASE.
• Added option to assign network interface during container creation, if empty bastille obeys config file.
• Added NIC validation.
• Improved IP validation.
• Added ability to destroy regex-matching base releases, cache content not affected.
• Added validation for the ZFS parameters.

Fixes:

• Fix for container and releases output listing.
• Fix for prevent double distfile.txz file extraction on bootstrap.
• Fix for missing subsequent directory creation for cache/*-RELEASE.
• Fix for missing subsequent directory creation for releases/*-RELEASE.
• Fix for chflags removal and container/release directory deletion if exist.
• Minor code fixes.

Happy Bastille Day! (Of course we had a release to celebrate)

Features:

• ip@interface syntax now (optionally) supported during bastille create.
• template system now supports INCLUDE and SERVICE.
• /usr/local/bastille now 0750 to avoid unprivileged users from accessing Bastille files, container, releases, etc.
• template hook CONFIG renamed to OVERLAY.
• support for listing container(s), template(s), log(s), release(s).
• only reload firewall on start/stop if loopback networking used.
• ZFS sub-command additions of get|set|snapshot.

Fixes:

• fixes bootstrap regression in non-zfs installs
• makes cp sub-command verbose (cp -av)
• adds support for cloning templates from GitLab
• code cleanup and formatting service sub-command added for managing services within container
• verify sub-command documented properly

Features:

• This release adds initial (basic) support for HardenedBSD as a platform
• Bastille now works on HardenedBSD and should work on OPNsense

Notes:

• This release supports basic templates in Bastille. See README for details.

Notes:

• this release should be “good ‘nuf” for others to use

Notes:

• alpha quality.
• no guarantees.
• basic proof of concept.
• startup script included