Immutable by Design: Managing Image-Based Linux Systems with Elemental
Managing traditional Linux deployments at scale is a growing bottleneck. This talk dives into the Elemental project and its declarative, distro-agnostic approach to building and managing image-based Linux systems. We will explore the core architectural boundaries Elemental relies on, detailing its assumed OS stack (including the bootloader, systemd, dracut, and snapshotter) and its resilient system layout. Furthermore, we will demonstrate how treating the OS as a declarative entity, managed seamlessly alongside Kubernetes workloads, drastically streamlines image creation, installation, and atomic upgrades.