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Matchbox

Matchbox is a service that matches bare-metal machines to profiles that PXE boot and provision clusters. Machines are matched by labels like MAC or UUID during PXE and profiles specify a kernel/initrd, iPXE config, and Ignition config.

Features

  • Chainload via iPXE and match hardware labels
  • Provision Fedora CoreOS or Flatcar Linux (powered by Ignition)
  • Authenticated gRPC API for clients (e.g. Terraform)

Installation

Matchbox can be installed from a binary or a container image.

Tutorials

Start provisioning machines with Fedora CoreOS or Flatcar Linux.

  • Terraform Usage
    • Fedora CoreOS (live PXE or PXE install to disk)
    • Flatcar Linux (live PXE or PXE install to disk)
  • Local QEMU/KVM
    • Fedora CoreOS (live PXE or PXE install to disk)
    • Flatcar Linux (live PXE or PXE install to disk)
  • dnsmasq - container image to run DHCP, TFTP, and DNS services
  • terraform-provider-matchbox - Terraform provider plugin for Matchbox
  • Typhoon - minimal and free Kubernetes distribution, supporting bare-metal