Examples

Here, you will find a variety of examples that demonstrate how to use Kairos to create and manage Kubernetes clusters on bare metal.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting common issues: This page provides solutions to some common issues that you may encounter while using Kairos.

Configuring wifi via cloud-config

This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with WiFi

Kairos Trusted Boot in Virtual Box

This section describes how to use Virtual Box to boot Kairos in “Trusted boot” mode

Multi Node k3s cluster

This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s as a multi-node cluster

Single Node k3s cluster

This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s as a single-node cluster

High Availability K3s deployments

This section contains instructions how to deploy Kairos with a High Available control-plane for K3s

How to Create an Airgap K3s Installation with Kairos

This section describe examples on how to use AuroraBoot and Kairos bundles to create ISOs for airgapped installs

Bundles

This section describe examples on how to use a Kairos bundle to deploy MetalLB on top of K3s

Enabling kdump

This section describe examples on how to enable kdump in Kairos derivatives

Keylime agent

This section describes an example on how to create a custom derivative with the Keylime agent

LocalAI

This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s and LocalAI

MetalLB

This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s and MetalLB

Run stages along with K3s

This section describes a method to run stages with k3s.

Using Kairos Core Images as an Installer

Core images serve as the foundation for creating downstream images or as an installer for deploying other images during the installation process. In this guide, we’ll take a closer look at using Kairos core images as an installer to deploy other container images.