Quickstart
A short guide on setting up a simple Talos Linux cluster locally with Docker.
Local Docker Cluster
The easiest way to try Talos is by using the CLI (talosctl) to create a cluster on a machine with docker installed.
Prerequisites
talosctl
Download talosctl:
amd64
curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/talosctl https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/v1.1.1/talosctl-$(uname -s | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")-amd64
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/talosctl
arm64
For linux and darwin operating systems talosctl is also available for the arm64 processor architecture.
curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/talosctl https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/v1.1.1/talosctl-$(uname -s | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")-arm64
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/talosctl
kubectl
Download kubectl via one of methods outlined in the documentation.
Create the Cluster
Now run the following:
talosctl cluster create
Verify that you can reach Kubernetes:
$ kubectl get nodes -o wide
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION INTERNAL-IP EXTERNAL-IP OS-IMAGE KERNEL-VERSION CONTAINER-RUNTIME
talos-default-master-1 Ready master 115s v1.24.2 10.5.0.2 <none> Talos (v1.1.1) <host kernel> containerd://1.5.5
talos-default-worker-1 Ready <none> 115s v1.24.2 10.5.0.3 <none> Talos (v1.1.1) <host kernel> containerd://1.5.5
Destroy the Cluster
When you are all done, remove the cluster:
talosctl cluster destroy