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Prerequisites

You will need
  • talosctl
  • an SD card
Download the latest talosctl.

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Download the image

The default schematic id for “vanilla” Libretech H3 CC H5 is 5689d7795f91ac5bf6ccc85093fad8f8b27f6ea9d96a9ac5a059997bffd8ad5c. Refer to the Image Factory documentation for more information. Download the image and decompress it:

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Writing the image

The path to your SD card can be found using fdisk on Linux or diskutil on macOS. In this example, we will assume /dev/mmcblk0. Now dd the image to your SD card:

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Bootstrapping the node

Insert the SD card to your board, turn it on and wait for the console to show you the instructions for bootstrapping the node. Generate the machine configuration for the cluster (see Getting Started for the full flow), and apply it to the node:
Once the configuration is applied, the cluster will form and you can then use kubectl.

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Retrieve the kubeconfig

Retrieve the admin kubeconfig by running:

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Upgrading

For example, to upgrade to the latest version of Talos, you can run: