openSUSE Kubic
Certified Kubernetes distribution & container-related technologies built by the openSUSE community
Kubic Blog
Reaching the login prompt in 2.5 seconds - a journey
Feb 4, 2020
Not only in development environments it’s very handy to have a quick turnaround time, which can include reboots. Especially for transactional systems where changes to the system only take effect after booting into the new state, this can have a significant impact. So let’s see what can be done. Remember:...
Kubic with Kubernetes 1.17.0 released
Jan 15, 2020
Announcement The Kubic Project is proud to announce that Snapshot 20200113 has just been released containing Kubernetes 1.17.0. This is a particually exciting release with Cloud Provider Labels becoming a GA-status feature, and Volume Snapshotting now reaching Beta-status. Release Notes are avaialble HERE. Special Thanks Special thanks to Sascha Grunert,...
Configuration files in /etc and /usr/etc
Dec 5, 2019
Intro As some may have already noticed, openSUSE MicroOS introduced a /usr/etc directory and some configuration files are already moved to this directory. What’s behind this move? For a better understanding, let’s first look how configuration files are handled by RPM today: RPM and Configuration Files RPM has limited support...
Tumbleweed Kubic
Multi-purpose Standalone & Kubernetes Container Operating System based on openSUSE MicroOS
Tumbleweed-Kubic currently offers the following supported System Roles which can be selected during Installation
- openSUSE MicroOS
- kubeadm - Certified Kubernetes stack configured using kubeadm atop an openSUSE MicroOS base system
kubeadm 
Certified Kubernetes Distribution using kubeadm atop an openSUSE MicroOS base system
Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerised applications. Kubic uses kubeadm to provide an easy way of configuring a Kubernetes cluster across multiple machines, while our MicroOS base keeps your operating system updated automatically, with fully atomic rollbacks if required.
kubeadm DocumentationMicroOS
openSUSE Tumbleweed based OS providing Transactional (Atomic) Updates upon a read-only btrfs root filesystem
Designed to host container workloads with automated administration & patching. Installing the openSUSE MicroOS System Role from Kubic you get a quick, small environment for deploying Containers, or any other workload that benefits from Transactional Updates. MicroOS will also soon be offered as Virtual Machine Images
MicroOS DocumentationAnd much much more
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