Cobbler
6.2#4 in bare metal as a service (bmaas) softwareFree planFree planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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NVIDIA Infra Controller
5.6#11 in bare metal as a service (bmaas) softwareAPISelf-hosted
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| Fact | Cobbler | NVIDIA Infra Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Cobbler can integrate with external configuration management systems including cfengine3, Puppet, bcfg2 and Chef, and also has an internal lightweight system. | Documented integrations include Keycloak and compatible IAM solutions, Prometheus metrics, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry-compatible stacks, and Kubernetes. |
| Intended users | The project describes Cobbler as suitable for small and large installations and says it is used by companies, universities and government organizations. | The documentation identifies NVIDIA Cloud Partner infrastructure operators and infrastructure operators managing bare-metal fleets as users, and also addresses ISV developers and platform engineers integrating through NICo APIs. |
| Purpose | Cobbler is a Linux installation server for setting up and automating network installation environments. | NICo is an open-source suite of microservices for site-local, zero-trust bare-metal lifecycle management aimed at NVIDIA Cloud Partners and infrastructure operators. |
| Security | The security policy says Cobbler has no SELinux or AppArmor profile and advises protecting it because it manages DHCP and TFTP and has broad network control. | The site controller's services communicate over mTLS/gRPC, and its operator debug web UI uses HTTPS with OIDC authentication. |
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Cobbler suits administrators setting up Linux network installations in small or large environments. It is intended for people comfortable with Linux server administration and protecting systems with broad network control.
Pick NVIDIA Infra Controller if…
NICo is aimed at NVIDIA Cloud Partner infrastructure operators and others managing bare-metal fleets. ISV developers and platform engineers can also integrate with its APIs.