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CLI

Talosctl CLI tool reference.

talosctl apply-config

Apply a new configuration to a node

talosctl apply-config [flags]

Options

      --cert-fingerprint strings                            list of server certificate fingeprints to accept (defaults to no check)
  -f, --file string                                         the filename of the updated configuration
  -h, --help                                                help for apply-config
  -i, --insecure                                            apply the config using the insecure (encrypted with no auth) maintenance service
  -m, --mode auto, interactive, no-reboot, reboot, staged   apply config mode (default auto)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl bootstrap

Bootstrap the etcd cluster on the specified node.

Synopsis

When Talos cluster is created etcd service on control plane nodes enter the join loop waiting to join etcd peers from other control plane nodes. One node should be picked as the boostrap node. When boostrap command is issued, the node aborts join process and bootstraps etcd cluster as a single node cluster. Other control plane nodes will join etcd cluster once Kubernetes is boostrapped on the bootstrap node.

This command should not be used when “init” type node are used.

Talos etcd cluster can be recovered from a known snapshot with ‘–recover-from=’ flag.

talosctl bootstrap [flags]

Options

  -h, --help                      help for bootstrap
      --recover-from string       recover etcd cluster from the snapshot
      --recover-skip-hash-check   skip integrity check when recovering etcd (use when recovering from data directory copy)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl cluster create

Creates a local docker-based or QEMU-based kubernetes cluster

talosctl cluster create [flags]

Options

      --arch string                              cluster architecture (default "amd64")
      --bad-rtc                                  launch VM with bad RTC state (QEMU only)
      --cidr string                              CIDR of the cluster network (IPv4, ULA network for IPv6 is derived in automated way) (default "10.5.0.0/24")
      --cni-bin-path strings                     search path for CNI binaries (VM only) (default [/home/user/.talos/cni/bin])
      --cni-bundle-url string                    URL to download CNI bundle from (VM only) (default "https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/v0.15.0-alpha.2/talosctl-cni-bundle-${ARCH}.tar.gz")
      --cni-cache-dir string                     CNI cache directory path (VM only) (default "/home/user/.talos/cni/cache")
      --cni-conf-dir string                      CNI config directory path (VM only) (default "/home/user/.talos/cni/conf.d")
      --config-patch stringArray                 patch generated machineconfigs (applied to all node types), use @file to read a patch from file
      --config-patch-control-plane stringArray   patch generated machineconfigs (applied to 'init' and 'controlplane' types)
      --config-patch-worker stringArray          patch generated machineconfigs (applied to 'worker' type)
      --cpus string                              the share of CPUs as fraction (each control plane/VM) (default "2.0")
      --cpus-workers string                      the share of CPUs as fraction (each worker/VM) (default "2.0")
      --crashdump                                print debug crashdump to stderr when cluster startup fails
      --custom-cni-url string                    install custom CNI from the URL (Talos cluster)
      --disk int                                 default limit on disk size in MB (each VM) (default 6144)
      --disk-image-path string                   disk image to use
      --dns-domain string                        the dns domain to use for cluster (default "cluster.local")
      --docker-host-ip string                    Host IP to forward exposed ports to (Docker provisioner only) (default "0.0.0.0")
      --encrypt-ephemeral                        enable ephemeral partition encryption
      --encrypt-state                            enable state partition encryption
      --endpoint string                          use endpoint instead of provider defaults
  -p, --exposed-ports string                     Comma-separated list of ports/protocols to expose on init node. Ex -p <hostPort>:<containerPort>/<protocol (tcp or udp)> (Docker provisioner only)
      --extra-boot-kernel-args string            add extra kernel args to the initial boot from vmlinuz and initramfs (QEMU only)
      --extra-disks int                          number of extra disks to create for each worker VM
      --extra-disks-size int                     default limit on disk size in MB (each VM) (default 5120)
      --extra-uefi-search-paths strings          additional search paths for UEFI firmware (only applies when UEFI is enabled)
  -h, --help                                     help for create
      --image string                             the image to use (default "ghcr.io/siderolabs/talos:latest")
      --init-node-as-endpoint                    use init node as endpoint instead of any load balancer endpoint
      --initrd-path string                       initramfs image to use (default "_out/initramfs-${ARCH}.xz")
  -i, --input-dir string                         location of pre-generated config files
      --install-image string                     the installer image to use (default "ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:latest")
      --ipv4                                     enable IPv4 network in the cluster (default true)
      --ipv6                                     enable IPv6 network in the cluster (QEMU provisioner only)
      --iso-path string                          the ISO path to use for the initial boot (VM only)
      --kubernetes-version string                desired kubernetes version to run (default "1.23.5")
      --masters int                              the number of masters to create (default 1)
      --memory int                               the limit on memory usage in MB (each control plane/VM) (default 2048)
      --memory-workers int                       the limit on memory usage in MB (each worker/VM) (default 2048)
      --mtu int                                  MTU of the cluster network (default 1500)
      --nameservers strings                      list of nameservers to use (default [8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1,2001:4860:4860::8888,2606:4700:4700::1111])
      --registry-insecure-skip-verify strings    list of registry hostnames to skip TLS verification for
      --registry-mirror strings                  list of registry mirrors to use in format: <registry host>=<mirror URL>
      --skip-injecting-config                    skip injecting config from embedded metadata server, write config files to current directory
      --skip-kubeconfig                          skip merging kubeconfig from the created cluster
      --talos-version string                     the desired Talos version to generate config for (if not set, defaults to image version)
      --use-vip                                  use a virtual IP for the controlplane endpoint instead of the loadbalancer
      --user-disk strings                        list of disks to create for each VM in format: <mount_point1>:<size1>:<mount_point2>:<size2>
      --vmlinuz-path string                      the compressed kernel image to use (default "_out/vmlinuz-${ARCH}")
      --wait                                     wait for the cluster to be ready before returning (default true)
      --wait-timeout duration                    timeout to wait for the cluster to be ready (default 20m0s)
      --wireguard-cidr string                    CIDR of the wireguard network
      --with-apply-config                        enable apply config when the VM is starting in maintenance mode
      --with-bootloader                          enable bootloader to load kernel and initramfs from disk image after install (default true)
      --with-cluster-discovery                   enable cluster discovery (default true)
      --with-debug                               enable debug in Talos config to send service logs to the console
      --with-init-node                           create the cluster with an init node
      --with-kubespan                            enable KubeSpan system
      --with-uefi                                enable UEFI on x86_64 architecture (default true)
      --workers int                              the number of workers to create (default 1)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
      --name string          the name of the cluster (default "talos-default")
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --provisioner string   Talos cluster provisioner to use (default "docker")
      --state string         directory path to store cluster state (default "/home/user/.talos/clusters")
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl cluster - A collection of commands for managing local docker-based or QEMU-based clusters

talosctl cluster destroy

Destroys a local docker-based or firecracker-based kubernetes cluster

talosctl cluster destroy [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for destroy

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
      --name string          the name of the cluster (default "talos-default")
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --provisioner string   Talos cluster provisioner to use (default "docker")
      --state string         directory path to store cluster state (default "/home/user/.talos/clusters")
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl cluster - A collection of commands for managing local docker-based or QEMU-based clusters

talosctl cluster show

Shows info about a local provisioned kubernetes cluster

talosctl cluster show [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for show

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
      --name string          the name of the cluster (default "talos-default")
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --provisioner string   Talos cluster provisioner to use (default "docker")
      --state string         directory path to store cluster state (default "/home/user/.talos/clusters")
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl cluster - A collection of commands for managing local docker-based or QEMU-based clusters

talosctl cluster

A collection of commands for managing local docker-based or QEMU-based clusters

Options

  -h, --help                 help for cluster
      --name string          the name of the cluster (default "talos-default")
      --provisioner string   Talos cluster provisioner to use (default "docker")
      --state string         directory path to store cluster state (default "/home/user/.talos/clusters")

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl completion

Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash, fish or zsh)

Synopsis

Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash, fish or zsh). The shell code must be evaluated to provide interactive completion of talosctl commands. This can be done by sourcing it from the .bash_profile.

Note for zsh users: [1] zsh completions are only supported in versions of zsh >= 5.2

talosctl completion SHELL [flags]

Examples

# Installing bash completion on macOS using homebrew
## If running Bash 3.2 included with macOS
	brew install bash-completion
## or, if running Bash 4.1+
	brew install bash-completion@2
## If talosctl is installed via homebrew, this should start working immediately.
## If you've installed via other means, you may need add the completion to your completion directory
	talosctl completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/talosctl

# Installing bash completion on Linux
## If bash-completion is not installed on Linux, please install the 'bash-completion' package
## via your distribution's package manager.
## Load the talosctl completion code for bash into the current shell
	source <(talosctl completion bash)
## Write bash completion code to a file and source if from .bash_profile
	talosctl completion bash > ~/.talos/completion.bash.inc
	printf "
		# talosctl shell completion
		source '$HOME/.talos/completion.bash.inc'
		" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
	source $HOME/.bash_profile
# Load the talosctl completion code for fish[1] into the current shell
	talosctl completion fish | source
# Set the talosctl completion code for fish[1] to autoload on startup
    talosctl completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/talosctl.fish
# Load the talosctl completion code for zsh[1] into the current shell
	source <(talosctl completion zsh)
# Set the talosctl completion code for zsh[1] to autoload on startup
    talosctl completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_talosctl"

Options

  -h, --help   help for completion

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl config add

Add a new context

talosctl config add <context> [flags]

Options

      --ca string    the path to the CA certificate
      --crt string   the path to the certificate
  -h, --help         help for add
      --key string   the path to the key

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config context

Set the current context

talosctl config context <context> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for context

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config contexts

List defined contexts

talosctl config contexts [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for contexts

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config endpoint

Set the endpoint(s) for the current context

talosctl config endpoint <endpoint>... [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for endpoint

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config info

Show information about the current context

talosctl config info [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for info

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config merge

Merge additional contexts from another client configuration file

Synopsis

Contexts with the same name are renamed while merging configs.

talosctl config merge <from> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for merge

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config new

Generate a new client configuration file

talosctl config new [<path>] [flags]

Options

      --crt-ttl duration   certificate TTL (default 87600h0m0s)
  -h, --help               help for new
      --roles strings      roles (default [os:admin])

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config node

Set the node(s) for the current context

talosctl config node <endpoint>... [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for node

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl config

Manage the client configuration file (talosconfig)

Options

  -h, --help   help for config

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl conformance kubernetes

Run Kubernetes conformance tests

talosctl conformance kubernetes [flags]

Options

  -h, --help          help for kubernetes
      --mode string   conformance test mode: [fast, certified] (default "fast")

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl conformance

Run conformance tests

Options

  -h, --help   help for conformance

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl containers

List containers

talosctl containers [flags]

Options

  -h, --help         help for containers
  -k, --kubernetes   use the k8s.io containerd namespace

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl copy

Copy data out from the node

Synopsis

Creates an .tar.gz archive at the node starting at and streams it back to the client.

If ‘-’ is given for , archive is written to stdout. Otherwise archive is extracted to which should be an empty directory or talosctl creates a directory if doesn’t exist. Command doesn’t preserve ownership and access mode for the files in extract mode, while streamed .tar archive captures ownership and permission bits.

talosctl copy <src-path> -|<local-path> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for copy

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl dashboard

Cluster dashboard with real-time metrics

Synopsis

Provide quick UI to navigate through node real-time metrics.

Keyboard shortcuts:

  • h, : switch one node to the left
  • l, : switch one node to the right
  • j, : scroll process list down
  • k, : scroll process list up
  • : scroll process list half page down
  • : scroll process list half page up
  • : scroll process list one page down
  • : scroll process list one page up
talosctl dashboard [flags]

Options

  -h, --help                       help for dashboard
  -d, --update-interval duration   interval between updates (default 3s)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl disks

Get the list of disks from /sys/block on the machine

talosctl disks [flags]

Options

  -h, --help       help for disks
  -i, --insecure   get disks using the insecure (encrypted with no auth) maintenance service

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl dmesg

Retrieve kernel logs

talosctl dmesg [flags]

Options

  -f, --follow   specify if the kernel log should be streamed
  -h, --help     help for dmesg
      --tail     specify if only new messages should be sent (makes sense only when combined with --follow)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl edit

Edit a resource from the default editor.

Synopsis

The edit command allows you to directly edit any API resource you can retrieve via the command line tools.

It will open the editor defined by your TALOS_EDITOR, or EDITOR environment variables, or fall back to ‘vi’ for Linux or ’notepad’ for Windows.

talosctl edit <type> [<id>] [flags]

Options

  -h, --help                                   help for edit
  -m, --mode auto, no-reboot, reboot, staged   apply config mode (default auto)
      --namespace string                       resource namespace (default is to use default namespace per resource)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl etcd forfeit-leadership

Tell node to forfeit etcd cluster leadership

talosctl etcd forfeit-leadership [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for forfeit-leadership

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl etcd leave

Tell nodes to leave etcd cluster

talosctl etcd leave [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for leave

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl etcd members

Get the list of etcd cluster members

talosctl etcd members [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for members

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl etcd remove-member

Remove the node from etcd cluster

Synopsis

Use this command only if you want to remove a member which is in broken state. If there is no access to the node, or the node can’t access etcd to call etcd leave. Always prefer etcd leave over this command.

talosctl etcd remove-member <hostname> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for remove-member

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl etcd snapshot

Stream snapshot of the etcd node to the path.

talosctl etcd snapshot <path> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for snapshot

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl etcd

Manage etcd

Options

  -h, --help   help for etcd

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl events

Stream runtime events

talosctl events [flags]

Options

      --duration duration   show events for the past duration interval (one second resolution, default is to show no history)
  -h, --help                help for events
      --since string        show events after the specified event ID (default is to show no history)
      --tail int32          show specified number of past events (use -1 to show full history, default is to show no history)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl gen ca

Generates a self-signed X.509 certificate authority

talosctl gen ca [flags]

Options

  -h, --help                  help for ca
      --hours int             the hours from now on which the certificate validity period ends (default 87600)
      --organization string   X.509 distinguished name for the Organization
      --rsa                   generate in RSA format

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl gen config

Generates a set of configuration files for Talos cluster

Synopsis

The cluster endpoint is the URL for the Kubernetes API. If you decide to use a control plane node, common in a single node control plane setup, use port 6443 as this is the port that the API server binds to on every control plane node. For an HA setup, usually involving a load balancer, use the IP and port of the load balancer.

talosctl gen config <cluster name> <cluster endpoint> [flags]

Options

      --additional-sans strings                  additional Subject-Alt-Names for the APIServer certificate
      --config-patch stringArray                 patch generated machineconfigs (applied to all node types), use @file to read a patch from file
      --config-patch-control-plane stringArray   patch generated machineconfigs (applied to 'init' and 'controlplane' types)
      --config-patch-worker stringArray          patch generated machineconfigs (applied to 'worker' type)
      --dns-domain string                        the dns domain to use for cluster (default "cluster.local")
  -h, --help                                     help for config
      --install-disk string                      the disk to install to (default "/dev/sda")
      --install-image string                     the image used to perform an installation (default "ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:latest")
      --kubernetes-version string                desired kubernetes version to run (default "1.23.5")
  -o, --output-dir string                        destination to output generated files
  -p, --persist                                  the desired persist value for configs (default true)
      --registry-mirror strings                  list of registry mirrors to use in format: <registry host>=<mirror URL>
      --talos-version string                     the desired Talos version to generate config for (backwards compatibility, e.g. v0.8)
      --version string                           the desired machine config version to generate (default "v1alpha1")
      --with-cluster-discovery                   enable cluster discovery feature (default true)
      --with-docs                                renders all machine configs adding the documentation for each field (default true)
      --with-examples                            renders all machine configs with the commented examples (default true)
      --with-kubespan                            enable KubeSpan feature

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl gen crt

Generates an X.509 Ed25519 certificate

talosctl gen crt [flags]

Options

      --ca string     path to the PEM encoded CERTIFICATE
      --csr string    path to the PEM encoded CERTIFICATE REQUEST
  -h, --help          help for crt
      --hours int     the hours from now on which the certificate validity period ends (default 24)
      --name string   the basename of the generated file

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl gen csr

Generates a CSR using an Ed25519 private key

talosctl gen csr [flags]

Options

  -h, --help            help for csr
      --ip string       generate the certificate for this IP address
      --key string      path to the PEM encoded EC or RSA PRIVATE KEY
      --roles strings   roles (default [os:admin])

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl gen key

Generates an Ed25519 private key

talosctl gen key [flags]

Options

  -h, --help          help for key
      --name string   the basename of the generated file

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl gen keypair

Generates an X.509 Ed25519 key pair

talosctl gen keypair [flags]

Options

  -h, --help                  help for keypair
      --ip string             generate the certificate for this IP address
      --organization string   X.509 distinguished name for the Organization

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl gen

Generate CAs, certificates, and private keys

Options

  -h, --help   help for gen

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl get

Get a specific resource or list of resources.

Synopsis

Similar to ‘kubectl get’, ’talosctl get’ returns a set of resources from the OS. To get a list of all available resource definitions, issue ’talosctl get rd’

talosctl get <type> [<id>] [flags]

Options

  -h, --help               help for get
  -i, --insecure           get resources using the insecure (encrypted with no auth) maintenance service
      --namespace string   resource namespace (default is to use default namespace per resource)
  -o, --output string      output mode (json, table, yaml) (default "table")
  -w, --watch              watch resource changes

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl health

Check cluster health

talosctl health [flags]

Options

      --control-plane-nodes strings   specify IPs of control plane nodes
  -h, --help                          help for health
      --init-node string              specify IPs of init node
      --k8s-endpoint string           use endpoint instead of kubeconfig default
      --run-e2e                       run Kubernetes e2e test
      --server                        run server-side check (default true)
      --wait-timeout duration         timeout to wait for the cluster to be ready (default 20m0s)
      --worker-nodes strings          specify IPs of worker nodes

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl images

List the default images used by Talos

talosctl images [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for images

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl inspect dependencies

Inspect controller-resource dependencies as graphviz graph.

Synopsis

Inspect controller-resource dependencies as graphviz graph.

Pipe the output of the command through the “dot” program (part of graphviz package) to render the graph:

talosctl inspect dependencies | dot -Tpng > graph.png

talosctl inspect dependencies [flags]

Options

  -h, --help             help for dependencies
      --with-resources   display live resource information with dependencies

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl inspect

Inspect internals of Talos

Options

  -h, --help   help for inspect

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

talosctl kubeconfig

Download the admin kubeconfig from the node

Synopsis

Download the admin kubeconfig from the node. If merge flag is defined, config will be merged with ~/.kube/config or [local-path] if specified. Otherwise kubeconfig will be written to PWD or [local-path] if specified.

talosctl kubeconfig [local-path] [flags]

Options

  -f, --force                       Force overwrite of kubeconfig if already present, force overwrite on kubeconfig merge
      --force-context-name string   Force context name for kubeconfig merge
  -h, --help                        help for kubeconfig
  -m, --merge                       Merge with existing kubeconfig (default true)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl list

Retrieve a directory listing

talosctl list [path] [flags]

Options

  -d, --depth int32    maximum recursion depth (default 1)
  -h, --help           help for list
  -H, --humanize       humanize size and time in the output
  -l, --long           display additional file details
  -r, --recurse        recurse into subdirectories
  -t, --type strings   filter by specified types:
                       f	regular file
                       d	directory
                       l, L	symbolic link

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl logs

Retrieve logs for a service

talosctl logs <service name> [flags]

Options

  -f, --follow       specify if the logs should be streamed
  -h, --help         help for logs
  -k, --kubernetes   use the k8s.io containerd namespace
      --tail int32   lines of log file to display (default is to show from the beginning) (default -1)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl memory

Show memory usage

talosctl memory [flags]

Options

  -h, --help      help for memory
  -v, --verbose   display extended memory statistics

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl mounts

List mounts

talosctl mounts [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for mounts

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl patch

Update field(s) of a resource using a JSON patch.

talosctl patch <type> [<id>] [flags]

Options

  -h, --help                                   help for patch
  -m, --mode auto, no-reboot, reboot, staged   apply config mode (default auto)
      --namespace string                       resource namespace (default is to use default namespace per resource)
  -p, --patch stringArray                      the patch to be applied to the resource file, use @file to read a patch from file.
      --patch-file string                      a file containing a patch to be applied to the resource.

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl processes

List running processes

talosctl processes [flags]

Options

  -h, --help          help for processes
  -s, --sort string   Column to sort output by. [rss|cpu] (default "rss")
  -w, --watch         Stream running processes

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl read

Read a file on the machine

talosctl read <path> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for read

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl reboot

Reboot a node

talosctl reboot [flags]

Options

  -h, --help          help for reboot
  -m, --mode string   select the reboot mode: "default", "powercyle" (skips kexec) (default "default")

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl reset

Reset a node

talosctl reset [flags]

Options

      --graceful                        if true, attempt to cordon/drain node and leave etcd (if applicable) (default true)
  -h, --help                            help for reset
      --reboot                          if true, reboot the node after resetting instead of shutting down
      --system-labels-to-wipe strings   if set, just wipe selected system disk partitions by label but keep other partitions intact

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl restart

Restart a process

talosctl restart <id> [flags]

Options

  -h, --help         help for restart
  -k, --kubernetes   use the k8s.io containerd namespace

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl rollback

Rollback a node to the previous installation

talosctl rollback [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for rollback

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl service

Retrieve the state of a service (or all services), control service state

Synopsis

Service control command. If run without arguments, lists all the services and their state. If service ID is specified, default action ‘status’ is executed which shows status of a single list service. With actions ‘start’, ‘stop’, ‘restart’, service state is updated respectively.

talosctl service [<id> [start|stop|restart|status]] [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for service

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl shutdown

Shutdown a node

talosctl shutdown [flags]

Options

      --force   if true, force a node to shutdown without a cordon/drain
  -h, --help    help for shutdown

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl stats

Get container stats

talosctl stats [flags]

Options

  -h, --help         help for stats
  -k, --kubernetes   use the k8s.io containerd namespace

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl support

Dump debug information about the cluster

Synopsis

Generated bundle contains the following debug information:

  • For each node:

    • Kernel logs.
    • All Talos internal services logs.
    • All kube-system pods logs.
    • Talos COSI resources without secrets.
    • COSI runtime state graph.
    • Processes snapshot.
    • IO pressure snapshot.
    • Mounts list.
    • PCI devices info.
    • Talos version.

  • For the cluster:

    • Kubernetes nodes and kube-system pods manifests.
talosctl support [flags]

Options

  -h, --help              help for support
  -w, --num-workers int   number of workers per node (default 1)
  -O, --output string     output file to write support archive to
  -v, --verbose           verbose output

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl time

Gets current server time

talosctl time [--check server] [flags]

Options

  -c, --check string   checks server time against specified ntp server
  -h, --help           help for time

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl upgrade

Upgrade Talos on the target node

talosctl upgrade [flags]

Options

  -f, --force          force the upgrade (skip checks on etcd health and members, might lead to data loss)
  -h, --help           help for upgrade
  -i, --image string   the container image to use for performing the install
  -p, --preserve       preserve data
  -s, --stage          stage the upgrade to perform it after a reboot

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl upgrade-k8s

Upgrade Kubernetes control plane in the Talos cluster.

Synopsis

Command runs upgrade of Kubernetes control plane components between specified versions.

talosctl upgrade-k8s [flags]

Options

      --dry-run           skip the actual upgrade and show the upgrade plan instead
      --endpoint string   the cluster control plane endpoint
      --from string       the Kubernetes control plane version to upgrade from
  -h, --help              help for upgrade-k8s
      --to string         the Kubernetes control plane version to upgrade to (default "1.23.5")
      --upgrade-kubelet   upgrade kubelet service (default true)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl usage

Retrieve a disk usage

talosctl usage [path1] [path2] ... [pathN] [flags]

Options

  -a, --all             write counts for all files, not just directories
  -d, --depth int32     maximum recursion depth
  -h, --help            help for usage
  -H, --humanize        humanize size and time in the output
  -t, --threshold int   threshold exclude entries smaller than SIZE if positive, or entries greater than SIZE if negative

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl validate

Validate config

talosctl validate [flags]

Options

  -c, --config string   the path of the config file
  -h, --help            help for validate
  -m, --mode string     the mode to validate the config for (valid values are metal, cloud, and container)
      --strict          treat validation warnings as errors

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl version

Prints the version

talosctl version [flags]

Options

      --client   Print client version only
  -h, --help     help for version
      --short    Print the short version

Options inherited from parent commands

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

  • talosctl - A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

talosctl

A CLI for out-of-band management of Kubernetes nodes created by Talos

Options

      --context string       Context to be used in command
  -e, --endpoints strings    override default endpoints in Talos configuration
  -h, --help                 help for talosctl
  -n, --nodes strings        target the specified nodes
      --talosconfig string   The path to the Talos configuration file (default "/home/user/.talos/config")

SEE ALSO

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