Talosforge v0.2.0

Talosforge v0.2.0

Talosforge v0.2.0 is a major networking and operator-experience update focused on simplifying high availability and on-prem service exposure.

This release keeps Talos VIP as the control-plane HA endpoint and replaces MetalLB with Cilium's native LoadBalancer IPAM and L2 announcements. The result is a cleaner Talos-native HA and networking model with fewer moving parts and more accurate health reporting.

Highlights

• Talos VIP remains the HA API endpoint for multi-control-plane clusters
• MetalLB has been removed in favor of Cilium native LB IPAM and L2 announcements
• Health output now includes:
  • HA-aware talosctl health
  • direct Talos service checks
  • Kubernetes readiness verification
  • Cilium LoadBalancer IP pool visibility
  • LoadBalancer service IP visibility
• Configure flow now better handles:
  • derived Cilium pool and L2 policy names
  • cleaner default LoadBalancer range suggestions
  • safer reuse of prior config without stale derived values taking over
• Destroy workflow now:
  • lists tracked workspaces correctly
  • highlights workspace names more clearly
  • presents single-workspace confirmation with improved styling

What Changed

Networking

• Removed MetalLB from the Talosforge deployment model
• Added Cilium LoadBalancer IP pool rendering
• Added Cilium L2 announcement policy rendering
• Updated Cilium values to support kube-proxy replacement and L2 announcements in Talos
• Updated health output to show:
  • configured Cilium LB ranges
  • total / used / available IPs
  • assigned LoadBalancer service IPs

High availability

• Kept Talos VIP as the control-plane HA mechanism
• Improved HA-aware talosctl health invocation so it works cleanly with multi-control-plane clusters
• Removed misleading fallback language from health output now that the Talos health checks are wired correctly

Cluster lifecycle and operator UX

• Improved configure defaults for Cilium pool names and L2 policy names
• Improved LoadBalancer pool suggestions so they follow the planned node IP layout more intelligently
• Fixed cached Talos image reuse on Proxmox when the image already exists outside Terraform state
• Improved tracked destroy workspace discovery and confirmation output

Validated in this release

• Talos VIP multi-control-plane HA clusters on Proxmox
• Cilium-native LoadBalancer IP management
• Traefik LoadBalancer service IP assignment through Cilium
• Proxmox CSI installation and health checks
• Multi-workspace kubeconfig and talosconfig handling
• Destroy and workspace selection flows

Included stack

• talosctl
• Talos Linux
• Cilium
• Traefik
• optional Proxmox CSI

Licensed under Apache 2.0.

Talosforge v0.1.0

Initial public Talosforge release with Proxmox provisioning, Talos bootstrap, VIP-based HA, and optional Cilium, MetalLB, Traefik, and Proxmox CSI.