Provisioning Tools

Several different tools can be used to automate the provisioning of Flatcar Container Linux images. These guides can help you understand what each of the tools do, as well as provide plenty of examples of how to use them.

Ignition

Provisioning utility specially designed for Container OSs

[DEPRECATED / EOL] Container Linux Config Transpiler

YAML configuration format used to generate Ignition configs.

Butane Config Transpiler

Transforms Butane files into Ignition configuration

Systemd-sysext

Extending the base OS with systemd-sysext images

Terraform

Provision Flatcar Container Linux with an Ignition configuration through Terraform