Cloud Providers on Flatcar Container Linux

Running Flatcar on Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)

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These instructions will walk you throug running Flatcar on Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode).

Choosing a region

For the commands we will execute in this guide, we are going to export an environment variable holding our desired compute region:

export REGION="us-ord"

Feel free to change this to your preferred region. For a complete list of regions, see Linode — Region Availability .

Importing an Image

Note: This getting started guide assumes you have already installed and configured the linode-cli .

Running Flatcar Container Linux on AWS EC2

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The current AMIs for all Flatcar Container Linux channels and EC2 regions are listed below and updated frequently. Using CloudFormation is the easiest way to launch a cluster, but it is also possible to follow the manual steps at the end of the article. Questions can be directed to the Flatcar Container Linux Matrix channel or user mailing list .

At the end of the document there are instructions for deploying with Terraform.

Running Flatcar on Brightbox

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These instructions will walk you through using Flatcar on Brightbox, importing a custom image, and running your first server using the command line interface. Please note that Brightbox is compatible with OpenStack: it is not a mistake if we refer to OpenStack images and specific variables.

Import the image

While Brightbox provides Flatcar images for Beta, Stable and LTS channels it is possible to import your own Flatcar image in Brightbox using the CLI .

Running Flatcar Container Linux on Microsoft Azure

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Creating resource group via Microsoft Azure CLI

Follow the installation and configuration guides for the Microsoft Azure CLI to set up your local installation.

Instances on Microsoft Azure must be created within a resource group. Create a new resource group with the following command:

az group create --name group-1 --location <location>

Now that you have a resource group, you can choose a channel of Flatcar Container Linux you would like to install.

Running Flatcar Container Linux on OpenStack

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These instructions will walk you through downloading Flatcar Container Linux for OpenStack, importing it with the glance tool, and running your first cluster with the nova tool.

Import the image

These steps will download the Flatcar Container Linux image, uncompress it, and then import it into the glance image store.

Choosing a channel

Flatcar Container Linux is designed to be updated automatically with different schedules per channel. You can disable this feature , although we don’t recommend it. Read the release notes for specific features and bug fixes.

Running Flatcar on STACKIT

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STACKIT Cloud is a european business cloud provider.
This guide shows you how to run Flatcar Container Linux on STACKIT Cloud by uploading a custom image and creating a server instance with it.

These instructions require Flatcar with version 4230.2.1 or newer.

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure you have the following:

A STACKIT account, organization, and a project.
The STACKIT CLI installed and configured on your machine.

Before you start, make sure to define all environment variables in order to reuse them in the next steps:

Running Flatcar Container Linux on VMware

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These instructions walk through running Flatcar Container Linux on VMware Fusion or ESXi. If you are familiar with another VMware product, you can use these instructions as a starting point.

Running the VM

Choosing a channel

The Stable channel should be used by production clusters. Versions of Flatcar Container Linux are battle-tested within the Beta and Alpha channels before being promoted. The current version is Flatcar Container Linux 4459.2.4.

Running Flatcar Container Linux on Google Compute Engine

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Before proceeding, you will need a GCE account ( GCE free trial ) and install gcloud on your machine. In each command below, be sure to insert your project name in place of <project-id>.

After installation, log into your account with gcloud auth login and enter your project ID when prompted.

Flatcar is published by the kinvolk publisher on GCE.

Choosing a channel

Deploying Flatcar Container Linux using Google Cloud Launcher

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You can deploy Flatcar Container Linux instances in a really easy way, using the Google Cloud Launcher. Before proceeding, you will need a GCE account ( GCE free trial ).

To start the deployment, go to https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/kinvolk-public/flatcar-container-linux Click “Launch”.

This will bring up a page where you can choose the parameters for your Flatcar Container Linux instance: You can use the default values already filled in for you, or customize them for your needs. When you’re happy with the settings, click “Deploy”

Running Flatcar Container Linux on DigitalOcean

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On Digital Ocean, users can upload Flatcar Container Linux as a custom image . Digital Ocean offers a quick start guide that walks you through the process.

In some cases upload of bzip2 compressed custom images has been seen to timeout/fail. In those cases we recommend re-compressing the image files using gzip and uploading to a custom location.

The import URL should be https://<channel>.release.flatcar-linux.net/amd64-usr/<version>/flatcar_production_digitalocean_image.bin.bz2. See the release page for version and channel history.

Running Flatcar Container Linux on Hetzner

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Hetzner Cloud is a cloud hosting provider. Flatcar Container Linux is not installable as one of the default operating system options, but you can deploy it by installing it through the rescue OS.

These instructions require Flatcar with version 3941.1.0 or newer.

Creating snapshots

Snapshots in Hetzner Cloud can be used as a base image to create new servers from. While you can manually create the snapshot, this guide will demonstrate two tools to prepare the snapshots for you.