Flatcar Linux: A Modern OS for the Always-On Infrastructure
from Cloud Native Compass Hosted by Rawkode Academy
Flatcar maintainers Thilo, Mathieu, and Chewy explain the immutable A/B partition layout, Ignition provisioning, systemd-sysext for Kubernetes, LUKS/TPM disk encryption, and how Nebraska coordinates monthly fleet updates without SSH.
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- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:59 Guest Introductions
- 3:10 What is Flatcar?
- 12:30 Kernel modules and Flatcar
- 17:41 Getting started with Flatcar
- 21:27 Encryption with Flatcar
- 29:40 Kubernetes Upgrades with Flatcar
- 35:14 Flatcar k8s node upgrades
- 38:08 Flatcar Metrics
- 40:42 Operating at scale
- 44:25 Recap
- 45:07 Quick-fire questions
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