Bare Metal Provisioning
How do you go from a rack of blank servers to a running Kubernetes cluster? This section covers the boot process, OS installation, and declarative infrastructure that turns hardware into a platform.
Modules
Section titled “Modules”| Module | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 Datacenter Fundamentals | Racks, PDUs, UPS, cooling, IPMI/BMC/Redfish, out-of-band management | 45 min |
| 2.2 OS Provisioning & PXE Boot | PXE/UEFI boot, DHCP/TFTP, MAAS, Tinkerbell, autoinstall | 60 min |
| 2.3 Immutable OS for Kubernetes | Talos Linux, Flatcar Container Linux, RHCOS, why immutable matters | 45 min |
| 2.4 Declarative Bare Metal | Cluster API for bare metal, Metal3, Sidero, machine lifecycle | 60 min |