1.2.4

Google Metadata Scripts

• Check for a connection to the metadata server before startup script retrieval.
• Block startup scripts until a connection to the metadata server exists.
• Added logging for network connectivity issues.
• Added retry logic in startup scripts for metadata requests.

1.2.3

Google Daemon

• Reduced SSH key-related console spam.

Google Metadata Scripts

• Improved compatibility with Debian 8.

1.2.2

Google Metadata Scripts

• Improved performance on local SSD.

1.2.1

Google Metadata Scripts

• Fix a bug which could cause instances to take 2 minutes to shut down.
• Miscellaneous documentation and diagnostic updates.

1.2.0

Google Metadata Scripts

• Ensured that shutdown script feature will run before docker and kubelet.

1.1.9

Google Metadata Scripts

• Added a logging file for the shutdown script feature.
• Improvements allowing the startup scripts to work as intended on RHEL 7 and CentOS 7.

1.1.8

Google Startup Scripts

• Removed explicit run of apt-get update at first boot on Debian-based systems
• Improved first-boot SSH host key regeneration
• Improvements to shutdown script feature

Miscellaneous

• Removed obsolete embed-kernel.sh script

1.1.7

Google Startup Scripts

• Fix for first-boot script which was failing to run fully
• Basic support for shutdown scripts on all supported distros (experimental)
• safe_format_and_mount now works on RHEL 6

1.1.6

Image Bundle

• Support for the CentOS 7 and RHEL 7 operating systems
• Support for the XFS filesystem

Google Daemon

• Further reduce excessive default logging to console
• Never add SSH keys for system accounts with /sbin/nologin as shell

Google Startup Scripts

• Improve ordering on systemd systems

1.1.5

Image Bundle

• Support for CentOS 7.

Google Daemon

• Lowered some logging level to avoid spamming console log.
• Added client timeout to metadata hanging request.

Google Startup Scripts

• Removed redundant authentication check.
• Startup scripts now support newer Google Cloud Storage URIs.