AuroraBoot

AuroraBoot is ranked #2 of 29 in bare metal provisioning software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Open-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: Yes
PXE bootstrapping: Yes
Lifecycle management: Yes
API access: Yes
Out-of-band management: Yes

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AuroraBoot

Purpose: AuroraBoot is the official Kairos bootstrapper for building images, provisioning machines and managing fleets.
Image formats: It builds ISO, UKI, raw disk and system-extension images from Kairos flavors or container images.
Provisioning: It provisions machines over PXE/netboot, Redfish or USB.
Fleet dashboard: The fleet server provides a browser dashboard for building artifacts, deploying them and managing nodes.
Artifact templates: The guided Artifact Builder includes templates for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, openSUSE, Alpine, Rocky and Hadron.
Node management: Registered nodes can receive upgrade, reboot, reset, cloud-config and arbitrary-shell commands with captured output.
Secure Boot: AuroraBoot includes a SecureBoot key store for PK, KEK, db and TPM PCR policy keys, with signed export and import.
API: A REST API and Go client mirror the UI, with Swagger UI available at /api/docs.
Architectures: The documented supported architectures are amd64, arm64 and riscv64.
Integrations: AuroraBoot documents Redfish BMC deployment, Canonical MaaS image generation, Docker or OCI images and Pixiecore netboot serving.
Security limitation: The netboot HTTP server is unauthenticated and serves kernel, initrd, squashfs and cloud-config over plain HTTP to reachable clients.
Rate limiting: Node registration, heartbeat and command-polling endpoints are rate-limited by default.
Storage backends: The fleet server uses SQLite by default and supports PostgreSQL through a configurable database DSN.
Support: Bug reports and feature requests are directed to the kairos-io/kairos issue tracker, and Kairos lists enterprise support contacts on its website.
Price from: Free

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Bare Metal Provisioning Software in 2026#2 of 29

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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