Bare Metal

Bare metal, provisioned like the cloud.

We automate the provisioning of your physical servers: from network boot through operating system and configuration to the finished cluster node. Reproducible from code, including air-gapped environments.

  • MAAS
  • Metal3
  • PXE / iPXE
  • cloud-init
  • Packer
  • IPMI / Redfish
  • Ansible
  • Terraform

Features

Automated provisioning

Servers are installed and configured via PXE, MAAS or Metal3, without manual work.

Tailored installation media

Images built with Packer and cloud-init, matched to hardware and purpose.

Out-of-band management

Console and power through separate management networks, via IPMI or Redfish.

Separated networks

Client, storage and management traffic run on separate networks.

Lifecycle

Asset management, firmware, updates and replacement over the whole service life.

Air-gapped

Provisioning from offline registries for networks without internet access.

Use cases

01

Storage and compute clusters

The foundation for Ceph, Kubernetes and virtualization.

02

Edge sites

Many sites, built identically and without staff on site.

03

Regulated environments

Traceable, documented provisioning against clear requirements.

Services

Let's talk about your infrastructure.

An architecture review, a new environment from the ground up or support in operations: talk directly to the engineers who will deliver it.