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Talos Linux

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The Kubernetes Operating System

What is Talos Linux?

Talos Linux is Linux designed for Kubernetes - secure, immutable, and
minimal.

  * Supports cloud platforms, bare metal, and virtualization
    platforms
  * All system management is done via an API. No SSH, shell or
    console
  * Production ready: supports some of the largest Kubernetes
    clusters in the world
  * Open source project from the team at Sidero Labs

It only takes 3 minutes to launch a Talos cluster on your laptop
inside Docker.

Try it now

Why Talos Linux?

Security

Talos reduces your attack surface. It's minimal, hardened and
immutable. All API access is secured with mutual TLS (mTLS)
authentication.

Predictability

Talos eliminates configuration drift, reduces unknown factors by
employing immutable infrastructure ideology, and delivers atomic
updates.

Evolvability

Talos simplifies your architecture, increases your agility, and
always delivers current stable Kubernetes and Linux versions.

Features

Minimal

Talos consists of only a handful of binaries and shared libraries:
just enough to run containerd and a small set of system services.

This aligns with NIST's recommendation in the Application Container
Security Guide.

Hardened

Hardened by design:

  * Built with the Kernel Self Protection Project configuration
    recommendations.
  * All access to the API is secured with Mutual TLS.
  * Settings and configuration described in the CIS guidelines are
    applied by default.

Immutable

Talos improves security further by mounting the root filesystem as
read-only and removing any host-level such as a shell and SSH.

Ephemeral

Talos runs in memory from a SquashFS, and persists nothing, leaving
the primary disk entirely to Kubernetes.

Current

Delivers the latest stable versions of Kubernetes and Linux.

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