Kairos: Immutable Distro for K8s at the Edge
2 days ago
- #Containerization
- #Edge Computing
- #Kubernetes
- Kairos allows building custom bootable-OS images for edge devices with choice of OS and Kubernetes distribution.
- Images are delivered as container images, customizable and extendable to fit into CI/CD pipelines.
- Ensures consistency and security by booting each node from the same immutable image with data encryption.
- Easy installation options include QR code, manual setup, SSH, interactive, or Kubernetes.
- Optimized for Kubernetes workloads, upgrades via Kubernetes, but can also function as a standard Linux distribution.
- Configuration management is handled via cloud-init.
- A Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project.
- Community welcomes DevOps teams, IT engineers, hobbyists, and makers.
- Enterprise support available, with Spectro Cloud as the main supporter offering Kubernetes management via Palette.
- Adopters like DeEEP Network use Kairos for secure systems with trusted boot.