upgrade minimum golang version

Signed-off-by: Xu Yang <xyang@ciq.com>

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.18', '1.19', '1.20']
+        go-version: ['1.19', '1.20', '1.21']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.18', '1.19', '1.20']
+        go-version: ['1.19', '1.20', '1.21']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.18', '1.19', '1.20']
+        go-version: ['1.19', '1.20', '1.21']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.18', '1.19', '1.20']
+        go-version: ['1.19', '1.20', '1.21']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.18', '1.19', '1.20']
+        go-version: ['1.19', '1.20', '1.21']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Locally defined `tr` has been dropped, templates updated to use Sprig replace.
 - Updated the glossary. #819
+- Upgrade the golang version to 1.19.
 
 ### Fixed
 

Tools.mk

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GO_TOOLS_BIN := $(addprefix $(TOOLS_BIN)/, $(notdir $(GO_TOOLS)))
 GO_TOOLS_VENDOR := $(addprefix vendor/, $(GO_TOOLS))
 
 GOLANGCI_LINT := $(TOOLS_BIN)/golangci-lint
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v1.53.2
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v1.56.2
 
 PROTOC := $(TOOLS_BIN)/protoc
 PROTOC_GEN_GO := $(TOOLS_BIN)/protoc-gen-go

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/warewulf/warewulf
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3