k8s-bootstrap-talos

🚀 Kubernetes cluster bootstrapping for Raspberry Pi using Talos.

⚠️ Raspberry Pi 5 currently not supported by Talos:

• siderolabs/talos#7978

Node preparation

• Update the EEPROM
• Get an image ID at factory.talos.dev
• Download the image

IMAGE_ID=<image-id> make image

• Write the image

sudo dd if=metal-arm64.raw of=/dev/sda conv=fsync bs=4M

• Boot and assign a static IP in the router based on the MAC

Controlplane

• Generate secrets

make gen-secrets

• Generate configuration

make gen-config

• Apply controlplane configuration

NODE=<controlplane-ip> make apply-controlplane

• Bootstrap Kubernetes

NODE=<controlplane-ip> make bootstrap-k8s

Worker

• Generate worker config

WORKER=worker1.yaml make gen-worker

• Apply worker configuration

WORKER=worker1.yaml NODE=<worker-ip> make apply-worker

Configuration

• Get kubeconfig

NODE=<controlplane-ip> make kubeconfig

• Get talosconfig

make talosconfig

Reference

• Talos docs
• Talos Linux Setup by @kubito

Alternative installation flavours

• k8s-bootstrap: Kubeadm based installation.
• k8s-bootstrap-talos: Talos based installation.