The beta for Docker Engine 18.09 is out

A couple of months ago, we discussed some changes that went live in Docker CE 18.06. The 18.06 release was the last one to have a 4-month maintenance lifecycle with the team announcing more extended cycles for Docker Engine – Community.

As part of these changes, the team announced the beta period for the Docker Engine in hopes of delivering higher product quality.

So get ready – The game’s on!

The new features

It wouldn’t be any fun if you didn’t have any new things to try out now, would it?

SEE ALSO: Docker Desktop Stable channel now offers native Kubernetes support

Here are the new features you can find in the Docker Engine 18.09 beta.

• Built on containerd – Docker Engine’s new architecture is based on containerd 1.2 and fully supported through the Kubernetes containerd integration.
• BuildKit is now generally available – Access improved build performance (see slides 22-26) and scalability with the optional BuildKit integration. BuildKit remains opt-in with an environment variable, e.g.
• Support for SSH connections to the docker host – The client can now connect to a remote docker daemon via SSH, e.g.

Getting started

Can’t wait to give it a go?

You can install the beta package on a new system without the need to have previous versions of docker-ce installed.

$ curl -fsSL test.docker.com -o test-docker.sh

$ sh test-docker.sh # helper script installs the beta package

$ docker --version # verify install

Docker version 18.09.0-ce-beta1, build 78a6bdb

You can submit issues via GitHub issues.

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