More than an edge OS

Transform your Linux system and preferred Kubernetes distribution into a secure bootable image for your edge devices.
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Please use the following docker command:

docker pull quay.io/kairos/ubuntu:24.04-standard-arm64-rpi4-v3.2.1-k3sv1.31.1-k3s1-img

You can find more information: here

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X86 version RPi4 version
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Please use the following docker command:

docker pull quay.io/kairos/alpine:3.19-standard-arm64-rpi4-v3.2.1-k3sv1.31.1-k3s1-img

You can find more information: here

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Welcome to Kairos 

Build custom bootable-OS images for your edge devices from your choice of OS and Kubernetes distribution.

Watch this CNCF Webinar to meet Kairos

Hot off the press

See how we're collaborating with Intel and Spectro Cloud on the new Secure Edge-Native Architecture

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Check us out in this The New Stack article by our maintainer, Ettore di Giacinto

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Learn how to use the famous OSS project, LocalAI, with Kairos and K3s on your nodes

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What makes Kairos different?

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Customizable to Your Needs

With Kairos, you're in the driver's seat. Build custom bootable-OS images for your edge devices from your choice of OS and Kubernetes distribution. These images are delivered as container images, and can be customized and extended to your needs. Kairos fits neatly into your CI/CD pipelines and lets you use the container engine of choice.

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Consistent and Secure

Say goodbye to inconsistencies across your clusters as each node boots from the same immutable image, ensuring uniformity. It also reduces the risk of malicious attacks, and with data encryption, your stored data remains protected, providing enhanced security for your clusters.

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Easy
to Install

We believe in making things simple. With Kairos, you can set up nodes via QR code, manually, remotely via SSH, interactively or with Kubernetes.

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Optimized for
Kubernetes

Kairos is optimized for running Kubernetes workloads, and Upgrades can be also done via Kubernetes. However - can also be used as a standard Linux distribution. The configuration management is done via cloud-init.

Join our community

Whether you're a part of a DevOps team, an IT engineer, a hobbyist, or a maker, we welcome you to join us in driving forward our vision of a secure, decentralized, and containerized edge.

Commercial Support

Need a hand? For enterprise support, get in touch with companies ready to help you tackle the toughest challenges.

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Spectro Cloud is the main supporter behind Kairos and provides enterprise-grade Kubernetes management through its platform, Palette, which allows organizations to deploy, manage, and scale Kubernetes across various environments, including public clouds, data centers, bare metal, and edge computing.

We are a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project.

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