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* Update Fedora CoreOS live PXE and disk install examples to Fedora 33 * Increase libvirt VM memory from 2GB to 3GB to support live PXE example, which is mostly just for laptop examples/demos. Reduce the VM count from 3 to 2 to compensate. * Change `fedora-coreos.ign` to suggest using an ed25519 SSH key since Fedora CoreOS 33 disables RSA SHA1 (256 is still ok but most people won't know which they have)
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)
Documentation
Installation
Matchbox can be installed from a binary or a container image.
- Install Matchbox as a binary, as a container image, or on Kubernetes
- Setup a PXE-enabled network
Tutorials
Start provisioning machines with Fedora CoreOS or Flatcar Linux.
- Terraform Usage
- Fedora CoreOS (PXE install to disk)
- Flatcar Linux (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)
Contrib
- dnsmasq - Run DHCP, TFTP, and DNS services as a container
- terraform-provider-matchbox - Terraform provider plugin for Matchbox