Talos OS
About Talos OS
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Most Helpful Reviews for Talos OS
1 Review
Gerard
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2021
Great purpose-built Kubernetes OS for bare metal
Talos OS is a perfect fit when you want to run Kubernetes on bare metal. Installation and configuration is fully declarative and relatively easy compared to other server OSes. OS upgrades are done automatically and safely, which saves a lot of recurring maintenance.
PROSTalos OS only runs Kubernetes and nothing more, which fits the Linux philosophy 'do one thing and do it well'. There is no SSH, no shell and no package manager, which is great from a security perspective. Sidero labs also publishes a neat 'talosctl' CLI for reading logs and system info for all your debugging needs.
CONSThere is currently (version 0.12.3) limited support for hardware, only in-tree kernel drivers are supported. Most mainstream devices work out-of-the-box, but more exoctic hardware is harder to get working.
Reason for choosing Talos OS
The fully declarative way of configuring the OS and the minimal approach on packaged software was the deciding factor.
Reasons for switching to Talos OS
Talos OS is free (as in free beer) and does not impose high hardware requirements, so it also runs on fewer servers and on slower hardware.