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This add documentation on how to setup the Turing RK1 with Talos the
first time.

Booting can be done with eMMC or NVMe (using a U-Boot SPI image on
eMMC)

This commit also add Turing RK1 to the SBC support matrix.

Signed-off-by: Nico Berlee <nico.berlee@on2it.net>
Signed-off-by: Noel Georgi <git@frezbo.dev>
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| - cloud | Akamai, AWS, GCP, Azure, CloudStack, Digital Ocean, Exoscale, Hetzner, OpenNebula, OpenStack, Oracle Cloud, Scaleway, Vultr, Upcloud | Akamai, AWS, GCP, Azure, CloudStack, Digital Ocean, Exoscale, Hetzner, OpenNebula, OpenStack, Oracle Cloud, Scaleway, Vultr, Upcloud |
| - bare metal | x86: BIOS, UEFI, SecureBoot; arm64: UEFI, SecureBoot; boot: ISO, PXE, disk image | x86: BIOS, UEFI; arm64: UEFI; boot: ISO, PXE, disk image |
| - virtualized | VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox, Xen | VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox, Xen |
| - SBCs | Banana Pi M64, Jetson Nano, Libre Computer Board ALL-H3-CC, Nano Pi R4S, Pine64, Pine64 Rock64, Radxa ROCK Pi 4c, Radxa Rock4c+, Raspberry Pi 4B, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 | Banana Pi M64, Jetson Nano, Libre Computer Board ALL-H3-CC, Nano Pi R4S, Orange Pi R1 Plus LTS, Pine64, Pine64 Rock64, Radxa ROCK Pi 4c, Raspberry Pi 4B, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 |
| - SBCs | Banana Pi M64, Jetson Nano, Libre Computer Board ALL-H3-CC, Nano Pi R4S, Pine64, Pine64 Rock64, Radxa ROCK Pi 4c, Radxa Rock4c+, Raspberry Pi 4B, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 | Banana Pi M64, Jetson Nano, Libre Computer Board ALL-H3-CC, Nano Pi R4S, Orange Pi R1 Plus LTS, Pine64, Pine64 Rock64, Radxa ROCK Pi 4c, Raspberry Pi 4B, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, Turing RK1 |
| - local | Docker, QEMU | Docker, QEMU |
| **Cluster API** | | |
| [CAPI Bootstrap Provider Talos](https://github.com/siderolabs/cluster-api-bootstrap-provider-talos) | >= 0.6.6 | >= 0.6.6 |
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---
title: "Turing RK1"
description: "Installing Talos on Turing RK1 SOM using raw disk image."
aliases:
- ../../../single-board-computers/turing_rk1
---

## Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure you have:

- `talosctl`
- `tpi` from [github](https://github.com/turing-machines/tpi/releases)
- [crane CLI](https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/releases)

Download the latest `talosctl`.

```bash
curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/talosctl https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/{{< release >}}/talosctl-$(uname -s | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")-amd64
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/talosctl
```

## Download the Image

Go to `https://factory.talos.dev` select `Single Board Computers`, select the version and select `Turing RK1` from the options.
Choose your desired extensions and fill in the kernel command line arguments if needed.

Download the disk image and decompress it:

```bash
curl -LO https://factory.talos.dev/image/[uuid]/v1.9.0/metal-arm64.raw.xz
xz -d metal-arm64.raw.xz
```

## Boot options

You can boot Talos from:

1. booting from eMMC
2. booting from a USB or NVMe (requires a spi image on the eMMC)

### Booting from eMMC

Flash the image to the eMMC and power on the node: (or use the WebUI of the Turing Pi 2)

```bash
tpi flash -n <NODENUMBER> -i metal-arm64.raw
tpi power on -n <NODENUMBER>
```

Proceed to [bootstrapping the node](#bootstrapping-the-node).

### Booting from USB or NVMe

#### Requirements

To boot from USB or NVMe, flash a u-boot SPI image (part of the SBC overlay) to the eMMC.

#### Steps

Skip step 1 if you already installed your NVMe drive.

1. If you have a USB to NVMe adapter, write Talos image to the USB drive:

```bash
sudo dd if=metal-arm64.raw of=/dev/sda
```

2. Install the NVMe drive in the Turing Pi 2 board.

If the NVMe drive is/was already installed:

- Flash the Turing RK1 variant of [Ubuntu](https://docs.turingpi.com/docs/turing-rk1-flashing-os) to the eMMC.
- Boot into the Ubuntu image and write the Talos image directly to the NVMe drive:

```bash
sudo dd if=metal-arm64.raw of=/dev/nvme0n1
```

3. Find the latest `sbc-rockchip` overlay, download and extract the SBC overlay image:

- Find the latest release tag of the [sbc-rockchip repo](https://github.com/siderolabs/sbc-rockchip/releases).
- Download the sbc overlay image and extract the SPI image:

```bash
crane --platform=linux/arm64 export ghcr.io/siderolabs/sbc-rockchip:<releasetag> | tar x --strip-components=4 artifacts/arm64/u-boot/turingrk1/u-boot-rockchip-spi.bin
```

4. Flash the eMMC with the Talos raw image (even if Talos was previously installed): (or use the WebUI of the Turing Pi 2)

```bash
tpi flash -n <NODENUMBER> -i metal-turing_rk1-arm64.raw
```

5. Flash the SPI image to set the boot order and remove unnecessary partitions: (or use the WebUI of the Turing Pi 2)

```bash
tpi flash -n <NODENUMBER> -i u-boot-rockchip-spi.bin
tpi power on -n <NODENUMBER>
```

Talos will now boot from the NVMe/USB and enter maintenance mode.

## Bootstrapping the Node

To monitor boot messages, run: (repeat)

```sh
tpi uart -n <NODENUMBER> get
```

Wait until instructions for bootstrapping appear.
Follow the UART instructions to connect to the interactive installer:

```bash
talosctl apply-config --insecure --mode=interactive --nodes <node IP or DNS name>
```

Alternatively, generate and apply a configuration:

```bash
talosctl gen config
talosctl apply-config --insecure --nodes <node IP or DNS name> -f <worker/controlplane>.yaml
```

Copy your `talosconfig` to `~/.talos/config` and fill in the `node` field with the IP address of the node and endpoints.

Once applied, the cluster will form, and you can use `kubectl`.

## Retrieve the `kubeconfig`

Retrieve the admin `kubeconfig` by running:

```bash
talosctl kubeconfig
```

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