AuroraBoot

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About

AuroraBoot is ranked #3 of 29 in bare metal provisioning software on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

Compared on bare metal provisioning software

OS image deployment: Yesgithub.com
PXE bootstrapping: Yesgithub.com
Lifecycle management: Yesgithub.com
API access: Yesgithub.com
Out-of-band management: Yesgithub.com

Facts

Purpose: AuroraBoot is the official Kairos bootstrapper for building images, provisioning machines and managing fleets.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Image formats: It builds ISO, UKI, raw disk and system-extension images from Kairos flavors or container images.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Provisioning: It provisions machines over PXE/netboot, Redfish or USB.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Fleet dashboard: The fleet server provides a browser dashboard for building artifacts, deploying them and managing nodes.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Artifact templates: The guided Artifact Builder includes templates for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, openSUSE, Alpine, Rocky and Hadron.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Node management: Registered nodes can receive upgrade, reboot, reset, cloud-config and arbitrary-shell commands with captured output.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Secure Boot: AuroraBoot includes a SecureBoot key store for PK, KEK, db and TPM PCR policy keys, with signed export and import.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
API: A REST API and Go client mirror the UI, with Swagger UI available at /api/docs.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Architectures: The documented supported architectures are amd64, arm64 and riscv64.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Integrations: AuroraBoot documents Redfish BMC deployment, Canonical MaaS image generation, Docker or OCI images and Pixiecore netboot serving.kairos.io · 1 Oct 2026
Security limitation: The netboot HTTP server is unauthenticated and serves kernel, initrd, squashfs and cloud-config over plain HTTP to reachable clients.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Rate limiting: Node registration, heartbeat and command-polling endpoints are rate-limited by default.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Storage backends: The fleet server uses SQLite by default and supports PostgreSQL through a configurable database DSN.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Support: Bug reports and feature requests are directed to the kairos-io/kairos issue tracker, and Kairos lists enterprise support contacts on its website.github.com · 1 Oct 2026