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  1. Getting Started
  • Introduction
    • Why Volant
    • Introduction
  • Getting Started
    • Installation
    • Quick Start: Initramfs Strategy
    • Quick Start: Rootfs Strategy
  • Guides
    • Networking
    • Cloud-Init
    • Deployments
    • GPU Passthrough
    • Troubleshooting
  • Plugin Development
    • Overview
    • Initramfs Plugins
    • OCI/Rootfs Plugins
  • Architecture
    • Overview
    • Components
    • Data Flow
    • Networking
    • Boot and Runtime
    • Security and Limits
    • Extensibility
  • References
    • Plugin Manifest Schema
    • Fledge.toml Schema
    • VFIO API
    • volar(cli)
    • volantd (server)
    • kestrel(agent)
    • Glossary
  • Development
    • Contributing
    • Security
  1. Getting Started

Quick Start: Initramfs Strategy

This path builds ultra-fast, minimal appliances.
References:
internal/pluginspec/spec.go (initramfs semantics)
initramfs-plugin-example repository

Install a prebuilt initramfs plugin#

Result: a microVM that boots in ~100ms and serves HTTP on its assigned IP.

Build your own (with Fledge)#

Install and run:
See also: docs/4_plugin-development/2_initramfs.md
Modified at 2025-10-05 17:45:44
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