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Talos VM on vSphere

Below are the instructions for creating a Talos VM atop a vSphere host for use with TrueCharts.

Creating Talos iso

  1. Navigate to https://factory.talos.dev/ in web browser.

  2. Hardware Type select Bare-Metal Machine..

  3. Select a Supported Talos version (e.g. 1.8.0).

  4. Select Machine Architecture amd64.

  5. Select System Extensions as follows and then tick the box for each of the following:

siderolabs/isci-tools siderolabs/util-linux-tools siderolabs/vmtoolsd-guest-agent

isoExtensions

  1. Select next on the Customization screen, keeping the default settings.

  2. The ISO is now ready, right click on ISO and copy the ISO URL link. Retain the URL for use in the next step.

isoSummary

Downloading Talos

  1. Login to vSphere Client, select Content Libraries, then select a Content Library (e.g. ISO).

  2. Select Import item and then select URL.

  3. Paste the URL from the Creating Talos iso step above.

  4. Provide an Item Name (e.g. talos-metal-1.8.0)

  5. Select Actions > Continue on the SSL Certificate prompt for factory.talos.dev

importISO

Creating the VM

  1. Select Hosts and Clusters, then select a node.

  2. Select Actions, then select New Virtual Machine.

  3. Select Create a new Virtual Machine.

vmCreation

  1. Enter a virtual machine name of talos.

vmName

  1. Select next on compute resource screen.

compute

  1. Select storage (e.g. local).

storage

  1. Select the latest available compatibility level of ESXi depending on version you are running.

compatibility

  1. Select Guest OS Family Linux and then Guest OS Version Other 4.x or later Linux (x64).

osFamily

  1. Select the sockets (e.g. 1) and amount of cores to be one less than the total available processor threads (e.g. if you have a 6 core processor with HyperThreading then there are 12 available threads and the value should be 11.)

  2. The minimum memory value should be 16384 and the recommended value is 32768 or more Megabytes

  3. Set the disk size to 500, then select the storage repository (e.g. local).

disk

  1. Set the Disk Provisioning to Thin Provision

  2. Set the CD/DVD Drive to Content Library ISO File, then the ISO uploaded earlier.

iso

confirm

confirm2

Update Talos Config

  1. Open the clusters/main/talos/talconfig.yaml file.

  2. Find the systemExtensions section under controlPlane section.

  3. Comment out - siderolabs/qemu-guest-agent with a # in front.

  4. Paste - siderolabs/vmtoolsd-guest-agent above the previous line, then ensure the tabspacing of the new line matches.

  5. Repeat steps 2-4 for the worker section.