Cloud Providers
This section provides information and guidance on running Flatcar instances in different cloud environments.
Deployments
Flatcar can be deployed in three ways, depending on how much of the underlying infrastructure you manage yourself:
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Cloud Providers
: the provider manages the VM lifecycle for you. You point at an image and pass Ignition via
user-data; hardware, network, and storage are handled by the platform. - Virtualization Options : run Flatcar as a VM on a hypervisor you manage. You handle boot, storage, network, and Ignition delivery to the guest.
- Bare Metal : install Flatcar directly onto physical hardware, via ISO images, PXE / iPXE, or an installer running on an existing Linux system.
Within each category, some platforms are officially covered by the automated test suite and others are maintained by community contributors on a best-effort basis. Community-supported platforms are marked (community support) in the sidebar and on their individual pages.
Bare Metal
This section provides information and guidance on running Flatcar instances in bare-metal environments.