Discover how to leverage open-source technologies to automate bare-metal server infrastructure and integrate it with container orchestration in this 15-minute conference talk. Learn about the shift towards container-first strategies and the benefits of returning to bare-metal servers. Explore how vendor-agnostic automation of servers can be achieved using an open-source project, and understand its integration with InfraKit to enable bare-metal consumption through native toolsets ready for container deployment. Gain insights into eliminating costly snowflake deployments and implementing immutable infrastructure for more efficient and scalable operations.