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How to Install

How to install Talos Linux in your homelab, from Docker to Proxmox

To install Talos Linux without touching hardware, talosctl cluster create docker brings up a two-node Kubernetes cluster in containers. On real machines or Proxmox three things change: you boot an Image Factory ISO, push the configuration with apply-config and run bootstrap exactly once. Everything is operated through an API, with no SSH.

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k3s vs k0s vs Talos Linux: which lightweight Kubernetes to choose

k3s and k0s are Kubernetes distributions you install on a conventional Linux host you keep administering; Talos Linux is an immutable operating system with no shell and no package manager, driven by an API, running upstream Kubernetes. They are not layers: you pick one, and node count decides which.