rkhoja/warewulf-rke2 repository overview

⁠🐳 RKE2 Node Image for Warewulf

A hardened RKE2 Kubernetes image built for Warewulf 4 PXE boot provisioning. Designed by the University of Alberta Research Computing Group.

Maintained by:
Rahim Khoja ([email protected]⁠)
Karim Ali ([email protected]⁠)

⁠📦 Quick Start

docker pull rkhoja/warewulf-rke2:latest

⁠🧰 Features

• Based on Ubuntu 24.04
• RKE2 Kubernetes (server mode) via official Rancher installer
• SSH, NFS, LVM, Ansible, IPMI tools, smartmontools, lm-sensors
• Kernel modules for Kubernetes networking (iptables, auditd, CNI, etc.)
• CIS Level 2 SCAP hardening automatically applied
• Systemd-compatible for PXE boot via Warewulf
• Root password: changeme (please change!)

⁠🚀 Usage with Warewulf 4

warewulf import docker rkhoja/warewulf-rke2:latest --name=rke2-node
wwctl node set n001 --container=rke2-node
wwctl configure -a

Boot via PXE on your Warewulf-managed compute nodes.

⁠🔄 CI/CD

This image is auto-built and pushed from GitHub⁠ using GitHub Actions. Tag names match the source branch used (latest or otherwise).

To use in your own workflow, fork and push your changes to a new branch, then PR into latest.

⁠🧠 About Us

This image is maintained by the Research Computing Group at the University of Alberta⁠, supporting Canada's AI and HPC efforts through advanced infrastructure.

⁠📜 License

MIT License — free to use, modify, and redistribute. View License⁠