Image Factory

The Image Factory provides a way to download Talos Linux artifacts. Artifacts can be generated with customizations defined by a "schematic". A schematic can be applied to any of the versions of Talos Linux offered by the Image Factory to produce a "model".

The following assets are provided:

ISO
kernel, initramfs, and kernel command line
UKI
disk images in various formats (e.g. AWS, GCP, VMware, etc.)
installer container images

The supported frontends are:

HTTP
PXE
Container Registry

The official Image Factory is available at https://factory.talos.dev.

HTTP Frontend API

`POST /schematics`

Create a new image schematic.

The request body is a YAML (JSON) encoded schematic description:

customization:
    extraKernelArgs: # optional
        - vga=791
    systemExtensions: # optional
      officialExtensions: # optional
        - siderolabs/gvisor
        - siderolabs/amd-ucode

Output is a JSON-encoded schematic ID:

{"id":"2a63b6e7dab90ec9d44f213339b9545bd39c6499b22a14cf575c1ca4b6e39ff8"}

This ID can be used to download images with this schematic.

Well-known schematic IDs:

376567988ad370138ad8b2698212367b8edcb69b5fd68c80be1f2ec7d603b4ba - default schematic (without any customizations)

`GET /image/:schematic/:version/:path`

Download a Talos Linux boot image with the specified schematic and Talos Linux version.

:schematic is a schematic ID returned by POST /schematic
:version is a Talos Linux version, e.g. v1.5.0
:path is a specific image path (details below)

Common used parameters:

<arch> image architecture: amd64 or arm64
<platform> Talos Linux platform, e.g. metal, aws, gcp, etc.
<board> is a board name (only for arm64 metal platform), e.g. rpi_generic
-secureboot identifies a Secure Boot asset

Supported image paths:

kernel-<arch> (e.g. kernel-amd64) - raw kernel image
cmdline-<platform>[-<board>]-<arch>[-secureboot] (e.g. cmdline-metal-amd64) - kernel command line
initramfs-<arch>.xz (e.g. initramfs-amd64.xz) - initramfs image (including system extensions if configured)
<platform>-<arch>[-secureboot].iso (e.g. metal-amd64.iso) - ISO image
<platform>-<arch>-secureboot-uki.efi (e.g. `metal-amd64-secureboot-uki.efi) UEFI UKI image (Secure Boot compatible)
installer-<arch>[-secureboot].tar (e.g. installer-amd64.tar) is a custom Talos Linux installer image (including system extensions if configured)
disk images in different formats (see Talos Linux documentation for a full list):
- metal-<arch>[-secureboot].raw.xz (e.g. metal-amd64.raw.xz) - raw disk image for metal platform
- aws-<arch>.raw.xz (e.g. aws-amd64.raw.xz) - raw disk image for AWS platform, that can be imported as an AMI
- gcp-<arch>.raw.tar.gz (e.g. gcp-amd64.raw.tar.gz) - raw disk image for GCP platform, that can be imported as a GCE image
- ... other support image types

`GET /versions`

Returns a list of Talos Linux versions available for image generation.

["v1.5.0","v1.5.1", "v1.5.2"]

`GET /version/:version/extensions/official`

Returns a list of official system extensions available for the specified Talos Linux version.

[
  {
    "name": "siderolabs/amd-ucode",
    "ref": "ghcr.io/siderolabs/amd-ucode:20230804",
    "digest": "sha256:761a5290a4bae9ceca11468d2ba8ca7b0f94e6e3a107ede2349ae26520682832",
  },

]

PXE Frontend API

The PXE frontend provides an iPXE script which automatically downloads and boots Talos Linux. The bare metal machine should be configured to boot from the URL provided by this API, e.g.:

#!ipxe
chain --replace --autofree https://image.factory/pxe/376567988ad370138ad8b2698212367b8edcb69b5fd68c80be1f2ec7d603b4ba/v1.5.0/metal-${buildarch}

`GET /pxe/:schematic/:version/:path`

Returns an iPXE script which downloads and boots Talos Linux with the specified schematic and Talos Linux version, architecture and platform.

:schematic is a schematic ID returned by POST /schematic
:version is a Talos Linux version, e.g. v1.5.0
:path is a <platform>-<arch>[-secureboot] path, e.g. metal-amd64

In non-SecureBoot schematic, the following iPXE script is returned:

#!ipxe
kernel https://image.factory/image/:schematic/:version/kernel-<arch> <kernel-cmdline>
initrd https://image.factory/image/:schematic/:version/initramfs-<arch>.xz
boot

For SecureBoot schematic, the following iPXE script is returned:

#!ipxe
kernel https://image.factory/image/:schematic/:version/<platform>-<arch>-secureboot.uki.efi
boot

OCI Registry Frontend API

The Talos Linux installer image is used for the initial install and upgrades. It can be pulled from the Image Factory OCI registry. If the image hasn't been created yet, it will be built on demand automatically.

`docker pull <registry>/installer[-secureboot]/<schematic>:<version>`

Example: docker pull factory.talos.dev/installer/376567988ad370138ad8b2698212367b8edcb69b5fd68c80be1f2ec7d603b4ba:v1.5.0

Pulls the Talos Linux installer image with the specified schematic and Talos Linux version. The image platform (architecture) will be determined by the architecture of the Talos Linux Linux machine.

Development

Run integration tests in local mode, with registry mirrors:

make integration TEST_FLAGS="-test.image-registry=127.0.0.1:5004 -test.schematic-service-repository=127.0.0.1:5005/image-factory/schematic -test.installer-external-repository=127.0.0.1:5005/test -test.installer-internal-repository=127.0.0.1:5005/test" REGISTRY=127.0.0.1:5005

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Image Factory

HTTP Frontend API

POST /schematics

GET /image/:schematic/:version/:path

GET /versions

GET /version/:version/extensions/official