AuroraBoot
No phone app
6.5No. 9 of 26
in Bare Metal Provisioning Software
in Bare Metal Provisioning Software
- Recognised40% of the score31
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score83
- Free plan14% of the score100
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
Summary
AuroraBoot is ranked #9 of 26 in bare metal provisioning software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.
AuroraBoot plans and pricing
All plansOpen-source (Apache License 2.0) Free self-hosted · Docker or container engine required github.com · 1 Oct 2026
Compared on bare metal provisioning software
- OS image deployment
- Yesgithub.com
- PXE bootstrapping
- Yesgithub.com
- Lifecycle management
- Yesgithub.com
- API access
- Yesgithub.com
- Out-of-band management
- Yesgithub.com
Facts
- Purpose
- AuroraBoot is the official Kairos bootstrapper for building images, provisioning machines and managing fleets.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Image formats
- It builds ISO, UKI, raw disk and system-extension images from Kairos flavors or container images.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Provisioning
- It provisions machines over PXE/netboot, Redfish or USB.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Fleet dashboard
- The fleet server provides a browser dashboard for building artifacts, deploying them and managing nodes.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Artifact templates
- The guided Artifact Builder includes templates for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, openSUSE, Alpine, Rocky and Hadron.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Node management
- Registered nodes can receive upgrade, reboot, reset, cloud-config and arbitrary-shell commands with captured output.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Secure Boot
- AuroraBoot includes a SecureBoot key store for PK, KEK, db and TPM PCR policy keys, with signed export and import.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- API
- A REST API and Go client mirror the UI, with Swagger UI available at /api/docs.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Architectures
- The documented supported architectures are amd64, arm64 and riscv64.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- AuroraBoot documents Redfish BMC deployment, Canonical MaaS image generation, Docker or OCI images and Pixiecore netboot serving.kairos.io · 1 Oct 2026
- Security limitation
- The netboot HTTP server is unauthenticated and serves kernel, initrd, squashfs and cloud-config over plain HTTP to reachable clients.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Rate limiting
- Node registration, heartbeat and command-polling endpoints are rate-limited by default.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Storage backends
- The fleet server uses SQLite by default and supports PostgreSQL through a configurable database DSN.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Bug reports and feature requests are directed to the kairos-io/kairos issue tracker, and Kairos lists enterprise support contacts on its website.github.com · 1 Oct 2026
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Sources
- github.com/kairos-io/AuroraBoot/blob/main/README.m· checked 1 Oct 2026
- kairos.io/docs/reference/auroraboot/· checked 1 Oct 2026
- github.com/kairos-io/AuroraBoot/blob/main/LICENSE· checked 1 Oct 2026