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Genestack is OpenStack on Kubernetes on metal you own. The Console is the portal you install: bring metal in, Talos comes up (API, not SSH), Kubernetes is the plane, OpenStack instances sit on it. Then you stay here to operate.
http://127.0.0.1:8080/ui.The loop plays the stack up. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom, click a node.
Bring metal in
metal → overlay → kubernetes → pods → nova → tenants → edge
What you actually see
Same environment, two maps. The loop is the product: metal in, Talos, Kubernetes, OpenStack, then operate from this hub. Honeycomb shows one nest at a time — click a cell, a menu blooms (in / see / logs), breadcrumb goes up. 3D stacks the layers so you can orbit the whole cloud. This is sample data; a running Console draws your metal, pods, and instances.
The loop drills each layer, then returns to prod. Click a cell to nest in yourself.
Bring metal in
Click a cell. Menu blooms: in / see / logs. Breadcrumb goes up.
Get it done
Linux and WSL2: compiled binary. macOS and Windows Git Bash: Docker Desktop. Windows PowerShell: irm https://get.genestack.dev/console.ps1 | iex (runs WSL2). Laptop VM: add --dev.
curl -fsSL https://get.genestack.dev/console.sh | bash curl -fsSL https://get.genestack.dev/console.sh | bash -s -- --dev
http://127.0.0.1:8080/ui — SSH tunnel that port if you are off-box. Sign in. After that curl, tenant demo / environment walkthrough is already a full stack (the Console seeds it).
New environment → hardware in (Terraform for Rackspace / AWS / Azure / GCP, OVH API, or PXE / SSH / BMC) → fabric → deploy Talos, Kubernetes, OpenStack. Jobs stream until the plane is up.
Overview (honeycomb or 3D), Platform (Talos / Kubernetes / OpenStack), Observe (live tiles and series), Activity (jobs you can poll, retry, cancel). kubeconfig and talosconfig download here.
| You need to | You open |
|---|---|
| See the whole environment | Overview — honeycomb nest or 3D stack |
| Inventory or provision metal | Hardware — Terraform, OVH, PXE, BMC / Redfish |
| Walk the stack up | Guide — connect → fabric → deploy |
| Talos: logs, services, upgrade, reboot | Platform → Machines (API, not SSH) |
| Nodes, workloads, helm, drain, YAML | Platform → Kubernetes |
| Instances, images, volumes, consoles | Platform → OpenStack |
| Live metrics and alerts | Observe |
| Verify, upgrade, retry, cancel | Activity — jobs |
Screens
These are the real Console screens, on sample data. Use the sidebar or the list on the right.
A tenant holds environments. Each environment is one Genestack cloud.
| Name | Tenant | How | Status |
|---|
Tenant acme. Guide until it is up; Platform after that — Talos, Kubernetes, OpenStack.
| Server | From | Role | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| rs-1 | Rackspace | control | on |
| rs-2 | Rackspace | control | on |
| rs-3 | Rackspace | worker | on |
| Name | BMC | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|
| control-a | idrac | on | |
| control-b | ilo | on |
12:01 connect rackspace / aws / azure / gcp · pxe · ssh · redfish 12:02 fabric private net up · public only where punched 12:03 talos control-a Ready · API, not SSH
| Name | Role | Talos | Kubernetes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| control-a | CP | Ready | Ready | |
| control-b | CP | Ready | Ready | |
| worker-a | W | Ready | Ready | |
| worker-b | W | Ready | Ready |
| Node | Role | Pods | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| control-a | control-plane | 32 | Ready |
| control-b | control-plane | 28 | Ready |
| worker-a | worker | 41 | Ready |
| Namespace | Pod | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| openstack | keystone-api-0 | Running | |
| openstack | nova-api-0 | Running | |
| kube-system | coredns-7d9 | Running |
| Name | Flavor | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| web-1 | m1.small | ACTIVE | |
| db-1 | m1.medium | ACTIVE | |
| batch-0 | m1.large | SHUTOFF |
| Image | Status |
|---|---|
| ubuntu-24.04 | active |
| cirros | active |
| Volume | Size | Status |
|---|---|---|
| db-data | 100 GiB | in-use |
| backup-1 | 50 GiB | available |
| Network | Subnet | |
|---|---|---|
| private | your fabric | tenant net |
| public | floating | holes you punch |
| Job | Layer | Status |
|---|---|---|
| verify cluster | Kubernetes | ok |
| helm upgrade nova | OpenStack | ok |
| talos upgrade control-a | Talos | queued |
kubeconfig and talosconfig download from the portal. Jobs live in Activity.
Tenant, then environment. One Console holds many Genestack clouds.
Terraform, OVH, PXE, SSH, BMC. Inventory and provision in the same place.
Fabric then deploy. Job logs until the plane is up.
Talos: versions, logs, services, upgrades over the API.
Nodes, workloads, helm, kubeconfig — the plane is already there.
Instances, images, volumes, consoles. The cloud as workloads on that cluster.
Jobs: verify, helm, Talos upgrades. Config files when you need them.
Pi.FOSS
This Console is Pi.FOSS from P.Industries — community software to run Genestack, not a vendor control panel. Upstream Genestack remains the Apache-2.0 cloud tree we contribute into.
Docs
Catalog on this site: tenants, environments, hardware, Talos, Kubernetes, OpenStack, jobs —
what each endpoint does, the path, and curl.
A running Console serves the same catalog at /docs, and OpenAPI at /swagger.
Install
Fleet hub, then Guided setup. Linux/WSL2 is the ELF; Mac and Windows Git Bash use Docker. --dev is the local AIO VM:
curl -fsSL https://get.genestack.dev/console.sh | bash curl -fsSL https://get.genestack.dev/console.sh | bash -s -- --dev
Then http://127.0.0.1:8080/ui. Prefix /opt/genestack-console on Linux, ~/genestack-console on Mac/Windows. PowerShell: irm https://get.genestack.dev/console.ps1 | iex.
Install scripts, Helm, Kustomize — the cloud tree we contribute into:
git clone --recurse-submodules \ https://github.com/rackerlabs/genestack.git
Operator docs: docs.rackspacecloud.com — upstream, not us.
Contact
Questions about running the Console, Pi.FOSS, or contributing: [email protected].