Scaleway

Talos is known to work on scaleway.com; however, it is currently mostly undocumented.

The process to run a Talos node in Scaleway is as follows:

Prerequisites

• Enable block storage on your Scaleway account (Scaleway will only allow snapshots from their block storage, not URLs)
• Configure the scw CLI to access your account (optional - you can use the console instead)
• Have qemu-img and wget installed for image conversion

Image Preparation

1. Download the image disk of the Talos version you wish to run:

   bash

   wget "https://factory.talos.dev/image/376567988ad370138ad8b2698212367b8edcb69b5fd68c80be1f2ec7d603b4ba/vv1.12.0-alpha0/scaleway-amd64.raw.zst"

   You can create your own brew on Talos Factory if you need a custom image.

2. Decompress and convert the image:

   bash

   zstd --decompress scaleway-amd64.raw.zst
   qemu-img convert -O qcow2 scaleway-amd64.raw scaleway-amd64.qcow2

3. Create S3 bucket (if it doesn’t exist): Go to Object Storage in the Scaleway console and create a new bucket.

4. Upload to S3-compatible object storage: Use the Scaleway console Object Storage interface to upload the QCOW2 file directly.

Snapshot Creation

Note: The following steps must be done via the CLI, as the Scaleway console does not support importing snapshots from object storage.

Import snapshot from object storage (repeat for each zone you need):

  scw block snapshot import-from-object-storage \
    name=talos-v1.12.0-alpha0 \
    bucket=YOUR-BUCKET \
    key=scaleway-amd64.qcow2 \
    size=10GB \
    zone=fr-par-1

Output will be similar to:

  ID         e14679a6-23a9-4287-be43-356c5b512a66
  Name       scaleway-amd64.qcow2
  Size       10 GB
  ProjectID  5f3c2379-9596-48c6-811c-b6847fa1a31d
  CreatedAt  now
  UpdatedAt  now
  Status     creating
  Zone       fr-par-1
  Class      sbs

Keep the ID of the snapshot for the next step.

Create image from snapshot (optional - instances can be created directly from snapshots):

scw instance image create \
  snapshot-id=SNAPSHOT-ID \
  arch=x86_64 \
  name=talos-v1.12.0-alpha0 \
  zone=fr-par-1

Output will be similar to:

  ID                f6999f79-c92c-4e61-9ffc-5688c27f4943
  Name              talos-v1.12.0-alpha0
  Arch              x86_64
  CreationDate      now
  ModificationDate  now
  ExtraVolumes      0
  FromServer        -
  Organization      00000000-1876-4b3f-ae96-000000000000
  Public            false
  RootVolume        00000000-23a9-4287-be43-000000000000
  State             available
  Project           00000000-9596-48c6-811c-000000000000
  Zone              fr-par-1

Instance Deployment

Create instance using the snapshot/image via GUI, CLI, or Infrastructure as Code tools.

Notes

• The instance works correctly with Scaleway’s reboot functionality
• talosctl reset performs the reset operation but don’t start the maintenance mode automatically