The CNCF just bumped Metal3.io up to incubating status. That’s a clear nod to rising demand for Kubernetes-native bare-metal management.
Metal3.io wires up physical servers as Kubernetes resources—no VMs in sight. It leans on Ironic and the Bare Metal Operator to handle provisioning and lifecycle tasks like it's business as usual in the cluster.
Bigger picture: Infra teams are steering Kubernetes beyond the cloud—straight into racks, edge sites, and hybrid setups.
