Installing Talos Linux on Bare Metal or Virtual Machines on Cozystack

Install Talos Linux using boot-to-talos

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This guide explains how to install Talos Linux on a host running any other Linux distribution using boot-to-talos.

boot-to-talos was made by Cozystack team to help users and teams adopting Cozystack with installing Talos, which is the most complex step in the process. It works entirely from userspace and has no external dependencies except the Talos installer image.

Note that Cozystack provides its own Talos builds, which are tested and optimized for running a Cozystack cluster.

Install Talos Linux using PXE

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This guide explains how to install Talos Linux on bare metal servers or virtual machines using temporary DHCP and PXE servers running in Docker containers. This method requires an extra management machine, but allows for installing on multiple hosts at once.

Note that Cozystack provides its own Talos builds, which are tested and optimized for running a Cozystack cluster.

Dependencies

To install Talos using this method, you will need the following dependencies on the management host:

Install Talos Linux using ISO

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This guide explains how to install Talos Linux on bare metal servers or virtual machines. Note that Cozystack provides its own Talos builds, which are tested and optimized for running a Cozystack cluster.

Installation

Download Talos Linux asset from the Cozystack’s releases page.

wget https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/releases/latest/download/metal-amd64.iso

Boot your machine with ISO attached.
Click and fill your network settings:

Next steps

Once you have installed Talos, proceed by installing and bootstrapping a Kubernetes cluster.