The Bare Metal Operator implements a Kubernetes API for managing bare metal
hosts. It maintains an inventory of available hosts as instances of the
BareMetalHost Custom Resource Definition. The Bare Metal Operator knows how
to:
- Inspect the host’s hardware details and report them on the corresponding
BareMetalHost. This includes information about CPUs, RAM, disks, NICs, and more. - Provision hosts with a desired image
- Clean a host’s disk contents before or after provisioning.
More capabilities are being added regularly. See open issues and pull requests for more information on work in progress.
For more information about Metal³, the Bare Metal Operator, and other related components, see the Metal³ docs.