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Bootstrap: Light Mode

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Audience

This page is for developers and implementers who want a lighter AiOS bootstrap path.

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Goal and Scope

This page explains the light-mode install flow and how it differs from full mode.

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Core Concepts

  • light mode still installs or adopts K3s
  • the difference is a lighter dependency footprint and faster bootstrap defaults
  • the formal runtime target still remains image-based services inside K3s

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Standard Workflow

  1. run preflight checks
  2. detect the network and select sources
  3. install or adopt K3s
  4. deploy the minimal dependencies and control plane
  5. initialize default environments

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CLI Examples

go run ./cmd/aios

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Web UI Path

Choose light mode in the install wizard and continue through the bootstrap flow.

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Pitfalls / Risk Notes

  • light mode does not bypass the clustered runtime model; it only makes bootstrap lighter
  • if you later need fuller platform capabilities, you should expand toward the full-mode capability set