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What

Step 5 of the air-gapped install guide ("registry mirrors for tenant Kubernetes") documented the patch-containerd Secret. That Secret was removed in Cozystack v1.6: it has no consumer in the Talos-based worker machine config, so the documented procedure silently does nothing on current releases.

Why

An operator following the current page on v1.6 configures patch-containerd and gets no registry mirror on tenant worker nodes — a real problem in an air-gapped setup, where worker boot then depends on public egress that is not there.

Change

Replace the patch-containerd section with the mechanism available since v1.6 on the Kubernetes resource:

  • talos.registryMirrors — passthrough to the worker machine.registries.mirrors (with skipFallback: true per host to enforce a true air-gap instead of falling back to upstream)
  • talos.imageFactoryURL — mirror/self-hosted Image Factory for the worker OS disk image
  • talos.installerRepository — mirrored OCI registry for the Talos installer

It also documents the current limitation: in-guest pod pulls (workloads inside the tenant cluster) are not yet covered by a per-tenant mirror override and are a follow-up.

Applied to both next/ and v1.6/.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Updated the air-gapped Kubernetes installation guides with instructions for configuring registry mirrors on each Kubernetes cluster.
    • Clarified how control-plane and worker-node image pulls use registry settings, and documented repository defaults and how to prevent fallback to upstream registries.
    • Noted that these settings do not cover image pulls made by workloads inside the guest cluster, and that patch-containerd is no longer available in Cozystack v1.6.

The patch-containerd Secret described in step 5 was removed in Cozystack
v1.6 because it has no consumer in the Talos-based worker machine config.
Replace that section with the current talos.registryMirrors,
talos.imageFactoryURL and talos.installerRepository fields on the
Kubernetes resource, and document the current in-guest pod-pull
mirroring limitation.

Applies to both the next/ trunk and the v1.6/ release docs.

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Signed-off-by: IvanHunters <[email protected]>
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The air-gapped Kubernetes guides for the next and v1.6 documentation versions replace worker mirror instructions based on patch-containerd Secrets with Kubernetes resource Talos settings. They distinguish control-plane pod mirrors from worker configuration and describe fallback behavior and coverage limits.

Changes

Air-gapped Kubernetes guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Clarify mirror scope and removed setup
content/en/docs/next/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md, content/en/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md
The guides distinguish control-plane pod mirrors from worker configuration. They note that patch-containerd was removed in v1.6 and replace the previous setup guidance.
Document worker mirror settings
content/en/docs/next/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md, content/en/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md
The guides show imageFactoryURL, installerRepository, and per-registry registryMirrors. They document defaults, upstream fallback unless skipFallback: true is set per host, and that in-guest workload image pulls are not covered.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Other


Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b4c92

The v1.6 air-gapped guide tells users to set talos.registryMirrors, but that field does not exist in the v1.6 API. Users following the guide in a true air gap would not get working worker-node mirrors. The next-version guide also understates what the mirror setting covers. Correct the v1.6 example before merging.

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Review comments at @content/en/docs/next/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md:
- Around line 209-213: Update the limitation text around registry mirroring to
state that registryMirrors also applies to workload image pulls for configured
registry hosts. Keep the limitation scoped to imageFactoryURL and
installerRepository; remove the claim that in-guest pod pulls are unsupported.

Review comments at @content/en/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md:
- Around line 184-196: Remove the registryMirrors stanza from the v1.6
Kubernetes example because that release’s Talos API does not define the field;
do not present it as worker-node mirror configuration.

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Comment on lines +209 to +213
**Current limitation.** These fields cover a worker node's boot: the OS image,
the installer, and the images Talos itself pulls (such as `kubelet`). Mirroring
of in-guest pod pulls (workloads inside the tenant cluster pulling from
registries) is a follow-up; track it in the project roadmap and file an issue if
you depend on it.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify that registryMirrors also covers workload image pulls.

This field passes through to the worker's machine.registries.mirrors, which configures registry image pulls; it is not limited to Talos-managed images. Workload pulls for configured registry hosts use this mirror too. (github.com) Keep the limitation for imageFactoryURL and installerRepository, but do not say that in-guest pod pulls are unsupported.

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Review comment at @content/en/docs/next/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md around
lines 209 - 213:
Update the limitation text around registry mirroring to state that
registryMirrors also applies to workload image pulls for configured registry
hosts. Keep the limitation scoped to imageFactoryURL and installerRepository;
remove the claim that in-guest pod pulls are unsupported.

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Comment on lines +184 to +196
registryMirrors:
docker.io:
endpoints:
- https://registry.example.com/v2/docker.io
skipFallback: true
ghcr.io:
endpoints:
- https://registry.example.com/v2/ghcr.io
skipFallback: true
registry.k8s.io:
endpoints:
- https://registry.example.com/v2/registry.k8s.io
skipFallback: true

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- changed files ---'
git diff --stat ef7bf6d2007673c947672a5ed46c9d41e8822356 b4c9215d884b406cfef232958a310b11240c808b
printf '%s\n' '--- target diff ---'
git diff --unified=80 ef7bf6d2007673c947672a5ed46c9d41e8822356 b4c9215d884b406cfef232958a310b11240c808b -- content/en/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md
printf '%s\n' '--- current target with line numbers ---'
nl -ba content/en/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md | sed -n '130,225p'
printf '%s\n' '--- repository references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!public/**' --glob '!static/**' -- 'registryMirrors|imageFactoryURL|installerRepository|patch-containerd|cozystack.cozy' content config static .github 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n'

Repository: cozystack/website

Length of output: 16809


🌐 Web query:

site:github.com/cozystack/cozystack release-1.6 api/apps/v1alpha1/kubernetes types.go registryMirrors Talos CRD

💡 Result:

In `release-1.6`, `api/apps/v1alpha1/kubernetes/types.go` defines Talos image settings (`imageFactoryURL`, `installerRepository`, `schematicID`, and `version`), but I found no `registryMirrors` field in that file. Its Talos settings concern the worker OS image and installer—not container image pull mirrors. ([github.com](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/blob/release-1.6/api/apps/v1alpha1/kubernetes/types.go))

The search result mentioning a registry mirror refers to **KubernetesNodes node groups** on the later `main` branch, not this `release-1.6` Kubernetes API type. ([github.com](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/releases/?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/blob/release-1.6/api/apps/v1alpha1/kubernetes/types.go
- 2: https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/releases/?utm_source=openai

🌐 Web query:

cozystack release-1.6 generated CRD Kubernetes spec talos registryMirrors preserve unknown fields pruning

💡 Result:

**Short answer:** the Cozystack 1.6 Talm docs describe `registryMirrors` as a map keyed by registry host, with each value containing an `endpoints` list. That establishes it as a **Talm bootstrap input for generating Talos configuration**—not, by itself, a field in a Cozystack Kubernetes CRD’s `spec`. ([cozystack.io](https://cozystack.io/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/talm/))

The docs don’t establish whether a **generated CRD schema** preserves unknown fields under `spec.registryMirrors`. To answer that, the specific CRD’s published schema must be inspected for `x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true` at that field or an enclosing schema node. If it is absent, Kubernetes normally prunes fields not described by a structural schema; preservation is opt-in for a subtree. ([github.com](https://github.com/kubernetes/website/blob/main/content/en/docs/tasks/extend-kubernetes/custom-resources/custom-resource-definitions.md?utm_source=openai))

So: **don’t assume `registryMirrors` survives CRD pruning just because Talm accepts it.** The exact CRD name and generated YAML weren’t established by the sources found.

Citations:

- 1: https://cozystack.io/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/talm/
- 2: https://github.com/kubernetes/website/blob/main/content/en/docs/tasks/extend-kubernetes/custom-resources/custom-resource-definitions.md?utm_source=openai

Do not document registryMirrors as a v1.6 Kubernetes.spec.talos field.

The release-1.6 Talos API type defines imageFactoryURL, installerRepository, schematicID, and version, but it does not define registryMirrors. This example presents an unsupported v1.6 API setting. Remove this stanza or mark it as requiring a release whose Kubernetes API defines the field. Do not rely on it for worker-node mirror configuration.

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Review comment at @content/en/docs/v1.6/install/kubernetes/air-gapped.md around
lines 184 - 196:
Remove the registryMirrors stanza from the v1.6 Kubernetes example because that
release’s Talos API does not define the field; do not present it as worker-node
mirror configuration.

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