Foreman
6.9#3 in bare metal provisioning softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
VisitForeman vs Metal³
What both publish
| Fact | Foreman | Metal³ |
|---|---|---|
| Provisioning | Foreman provisions bare-metal systems and instances across virtualization environments and public or private clouds. | Metal³ can discover hardware, configure BIOS and RAID, clean disks, install operating system images, deploy Kubernetes, and perform rolling upgrades. |
| Purpose | Foreman is an open-source tool for managing servers through provisioning, configuration, orchestration, and monitoring. | Metal³ is an open-source project that provides tools for managing bare-metal infrastructure using Kubernetes. |
Foreman plans
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Metal³ plans
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Pick Foreman if…
Foreman is aimed at system administrators managing physical or virtual servers across on-premise and cloud environments. It is better suited to people with Linux system administration knowledge than to newcomers to server management.
Pick Metal³ if…
Metal³ suits teams provisioning on-premises Kubernetes nodes and managing bare-metal machines in testing or high-performance computing labs. It fits operators using supported remote-management hardware and Kubernetes-based workflows.