Meet Kairos, the linux meta distribution for edge
summary
Kairos packages an immutable, Kubernetes-enabled Linux OS delivered from OCI images and drives edge workflows with concrete features: peer-to-peer mesh (hbpn) that keeps a distributed ledger for self-coordinated cluster bootstrap, A/B upgrades with rollback for safe updates, and zero-touch QR provisioning plus Aurora PXE/netboot for mass deployment. It uses cloud-init YAML and k3s; demo builds a five-node cluster (3 masters, 2 workers) from images, supports Alpine/Fedora/Ubuntu/Rocky/Alma, and encrypts user data to TPM.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to Kairos
- 1:30Edge computing challenges
- 3:13Security and stability
- 6:06Peer-to-peer networking
- 8:21Simplified deployment
- 12:32Summary of features
- 13:36Cluster deployment demo
- 19:36Q&A and community resources
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