From cd9c5290249f06507fa87a58f164d1ddf4ab1122 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheSpad Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:07:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Wireguard tag changes --- content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md diff --git a/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md b/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..09ed4661 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +title: 'Notification: Changes to Wireguard image tags' +date: '2023-04-27 18:00:00Z' +informational: true +affected: + - 'Notifications' + - 'wireguard' +section: issue +--- +We will shortly be making changes to the tags available for our [Wireguard](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-wireguard) image. + +Currently we offer two tags: `latest` and `alpine`. The former uses our Ubuntu base image and contains all of the tools and dependencies required to compile the Wireguard kernel modules from scratch if your host kernel is too old to have it built-in. The latter uses our Alpine base image and does *not* contain the build tools and dependencies, which means it will only work on hosts that already have the Wireguard kernel modules installed and running. + +Almost all kernel builds since 5.6 come with Wireguard included, along with some older ones that have had it backported, which means that shipping an extra 800Mb of image to support those running old kernels is increasingly unnecessary. + +As a result, we're going to switch our tags around to make the Alpine-based image the default. + +* If you're currently using the `latest` tag you'll soon automatically get switched to the Alpine-based build. +* If you're currently using the `alpine` tag you'll need to switch to `latest` to continue receiving updates. +* If you're still running an old kernel and need the build support, you'll need to switch to the `legacy` tag. From 6146986f9276d44e9877270a4ba1ad27bd32fc63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheSpad Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:07:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Bring time forward --- content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md b/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md index 09ed4661..4cbf9f88 100644 --- a/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md +++ b/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: 'Notification: Changes to Wireguard image tags' -date: '2023-04-27 18:00:00Z' +date: '2023-04-27 12:00:00Z' informational: true affected: - 'Notifications' From bf9e0fd14484c17f92d35295cc7b572e0cb03ca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheSpad Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:08:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Tweak wording --- content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md b/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md index 4cbf9f88..9a8ffc19 100644 --- a/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md +++ b/content/issues/2023-04-27-wireguard.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ We will shortly be making changes to the tags available for our [Wireguard](http Currently we offer two tags: `latest` and `alpine`. The former uses our Ubuntu base image and contains all of the tools and dependencies required to compile the Wireguard kernel modules from scratch if your host kernel is too old to have it built-in. The latter uses our Alpine base image and does *not* contain the build tools and dependencies, which means it will only work on hosts that already have the Wireguard kernel modules installed and running. -Almost all kernel builds since 5.6 come with Wireguard included, along with some older ones that have had it backported, which means that shipping an extra 800Mb of image to support those running old kernels is increasingly unnecessary. +Almost all kernel builds since 5.6 come with Wireguard included, along with some older ones that have had it backported, which means that shipping an extra 800Mb of image by default to support those running old kernels is increasingly unnecessary. As a result, we're going to switch our tags around to make the Alpine-based image the default.