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feat: introduce metal agent mode

Open utkuozdemir opened this issue 4 months ago • 0 comments

Introduce a new operating mode called the metal agent mode.

The mode is activated by the presence of a /usr/etc/is-metal-agent file under the root FS.

In this mode, Talos will:

  • Only run the Initialize sequence, won't follow it up with the install/boot sequences
  • Mark META/STATE partitions as missing, so they will always be detected as in "not installed" state.
  • Block applying configuration via API while in maintenance mode.

This mode can be used e.g., to collect hardware information from bare-metal servers.

utkuozdemir avatar Oct 14 '24 21:10 utkuozdemir