Taking Bare Metal to the Clouds with Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell is an open source project for provisioning bare metal using the same API-centric, declarative configuration and automation approach pioneered by the Kubernetes community, helping companies bring cloud native workloads to bare metal.

• Companies still run their workloads across a wide range of infrastructure, including on-prem hardware, due to various reasons such as acquisitions and infrastructure heterogeneity.
• Tinkerbell helps companies bring cloud native workloads to bare metal by providing an open source project for provisioning bare metal using the same API-centric, declarative configuration and automation approach pioneered by the Kubernetes community.
• Tinkerbell is built with a focus on openness and transparency, and has a sandbox for testing microservices.
• The speaker encourages attendees to get involved with the project.

The speaker, who had not touched hardware since 2001, explains the recent surge in interest in running cloud native workloads on-prem and the importance of companies having infrastructure of various types. Tinkerbell helps companies bring cloud native workloads to bare metal by providing an open source project for provisioning bare metal using the same API-centric, declarative configuration and automation approach pioneered by the Kubernetes community. The speaker also mentions the sandbox for testing microservices and encourages attendees to get involved with the project.

The technologies involved in provisioning bare metal machines have remained mostly unchanged since the 1990s. With the recent surge in interest in running cloud native workloads on-prem, this previously underappreciated part of the stack is experiencing a renaissance. Tinkerbell, an open source project for provisioning bare metal using the same API-centric, declarative configuration and automation approach pioneered by the Kubernetes community, helps companies bring cloud native workloads to bare metal. In this talk, Mark Coleman will discuss how the project is built with a focus on openness and transparency, demonstrate how to get from a bunch of servers to a cloud native application, and explain how attendees can get involved with the project.