andrewrynhard

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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
Ahh thanks for the feedback. One thing is clear from all this is that we can do a better job in documentation.
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
Very similar but few key differentiators: - no SSH/console - has an API - not for general use - runs from squashfs in RAM - has a custom init system
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
It is not. The specifics are still a WIP to be honest, but the plugin system will almost certainly have a scope to it.
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
We're working through a plugin system that might allow for things like this. GPUs/other hardware will obviously not be pluggable, but we have had requests for both and we are interested in adding support for them. We have really p
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
Agree 100%. Part of the value add we feel we bring is going to be an OS that keeps pace with Kubernetes. Also, automated upgrades. Making the maintenance of a cluster a little easier over time.
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
We are working with a number of users currently. Please see our README for community meeting times if you'd like to chat some more!
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
The idea is that since - we go to great lengths to make the OS secure and immutable - we have an API - we will have automated upgrades We can allow those who are operating clusters to care far less about the OS. Managing SSH, packages, audi
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
We indeed integrate with CAPI, but the OS itself is not a CAPI implementation. We have a CAPI provider that works hand-in-hand with the OS.
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
I think you might be pleasantly surprised about our approach to security. Security is very machine a priority and built into the OS.
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
Hey folks, Talos creator here. Happy to answer any questions you guys may have. Sounds like some confusion about exactly what Talos is. A lot of good feedback here that we will take and improve our documentation. Talos is a Linux distributi
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by andrewrynhard 7y ago
Hi. I am writing up a response now :)
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
Interesting. Sounds a lot like my OSS project Talos: https://github.com/talos-systems/talos . Very similar goals too.
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
LinuxKit is really neat. Don't get me wrong. I think each have their benefits. LinuxKit is great if you need that flexibility. With Talos we would rather focus on building a Kubernetes-centric distro.
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
We want to build a great community. So I have taken note and we will look into supporting that!
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
Really good question. The short version is that CoreOS is a generic container based distro. Talos is not. It is designed with the goal of making a machine a Kubernetes node in a fast and reliable way. We don't use systemd, but a pure G
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
We actually had matrix up on running on a cluster built with Talos in AWS. We decided to focus our efforts on Talos instead of maintaining infrastructure. There is a convenience factor for us since it is only three of us.
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
It is indeed very similar. Talos does a few things differently. The biggest being that it does not allow any host-level access and exposes a gRPC API for things like querying the processes, or restarting a node.
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
Fair point :) But that does work. andrew@andrewrynhard.com
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by andrewrynhard 8y ago
For anyone interested in joining our slack, feel free to PM me!