Kairos CAPI Provider

Cluster API providers for Kairos OS.

Repository: github.com/kairos-io/cluster-api-provider-kairos

git clone https://github.com/kairos-io/cluster-api-provider-kairos.git

Overview

This project provides two Cluster API (CAPI) providers for managing Kubernetes clusters on Kairos:

1. Bootstrap Provider (bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io) - Generates Kairos cloud-config bootstrap data
2. Control Plane Provider (controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io) - Manages Kairos-based Kubernetes control plane machines

Status

Supports single-node k0s and k3s clusters with CAPD, CAPV, and CAPK.

Target Versions

• Kubernetes: v1.34+
• Cluster API: v1.11+ (v1beta2 contracts)
• Kairos: v3.6.0+
• Distributions: k0s, k3s

Documentation

• Install guide - Development install using make
• API Reference - CRD reference
• Testing - How to run tests

Quickstarts

• CAPD (Docker)
• CAPV (vSphere)
• CAPK (KubeVirt)

License

Apache-2.0