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talosctl — Interact with Talos Linux, a minimal and immutable Kubernetes distribution. See also: `kubectl`. Mor

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Problem

How to use the talosctl command: Interact with Talos Linux, a minimal and immutable Kubernetes distribution. See also: kubectl. More information: <https://docs.siderolabs.com/talos/v1.11/reference/cli>.

Solution

talosctl — Interact with Talos Linux, a minimal and immutable Kubernetes distribution. See also: kubectl. More information: <https://docs.siderolabs.com/talos/v1.11/reference/cli>.

Apply a config to a fresh node:

talosctl apply-config {{[-i|--insecture]}} {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{control_plane_ip}} {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/control_plane.yaml}}

Bootstrap the etcd cluster on a node:

talosctl bootstrap {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Edit an API resource:

talosctl edit {{resource_to_edit}} {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Get resources:

talosctl get {{resource_to_get}} {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Download the admin kube configuration from a node:

talosctl kubeconfig {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Reset a node:

talosctl reset {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Code Snippets

Apply a config to a fresh node

talosctl apply-config {{[-i|--insecture]}} {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{control_plane_ip}} {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/control_plane.yaml}}

Bootstrap the `etcd` cluster on a node

talosctl bootstrap {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Edit an API resource

talosctl edit {{resource_to_edit}} {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Get resources

talosctl get {{resource_to_get}} {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Download the admin kube configuration from a node

talosctl kubeconfig {{[-n|--nodes]}} {{node_ip}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/talosctl

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