Orka Cluster 3.0 Feature Parity with Apple Hardware
Compatibility between Orka features and Intel- and Apple silicon-based nodes, VMs, and images.
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General: macOS versions | General features | Tool configuration | Cluster configuration and features | Checks
Users: Users
Service accounts: Service accounts
Namespaces: Namespaces
Nodes: Nodes
VMs: Listing and info | Create VM configurations | Deploy VMs | Start/stop/suspend/resume | Delete | Storage | Networking | Performance
Images: Images
ISOs: ISOs
macOS versions
| macOS version | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| macOS 10.14 (Mojave) | ✅ | ❌ |
| macOS 10.15 (Catalina) | ✅ | ❌ |
| macOS 11 (Big Sur) | ✅ | ❌ |
| macOS 12 (Monterey) | ✅ | ✅ |
| macOS 13 (Ventura) | ✅ | ✅ |
| macOS 14 (Sonoma) | ✅ | ✅ |
General features
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Use API IP to access Orka | ✅ | ✅ |
| Use built-in Orka domain to access Orka | ✅ | ✅ |
| Use external custom domain to access Orka | ✅ | ✅ |
| View output in TABLE format | ✅ | ✅ |
| View output in WIDE format | ✅ | ✅ |
| View output in JSON format | ✅ | ✅ |
Tool configuration
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Configure API IP | ✅ | ✅ |
| Configure built-in Orka domain | ✅ | ✅ |
| Configure external custom domain | ✅ | ✅ |
| Upload TLS certificate to use with an external custom domain | ✅ | ✅ |
Cluster configuration and features
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| VM scheduling | ✅ | ✅ |
| GPU passthrough | ✅* | ✅** |
| VM Internet isolation | ✅ | ✅ |
| VM network isolation | ✅ | ✅ |
| Namespaces | ✅ | ✅ |
| Namespaces with custom pods allowed (formerly, sandboxed mode) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Nested virtualization (Beta) | ✅ | ❌ |
The listed configurations are disabled by default and are available upon request.
** GPU passthrough is always enabled by default on Apple silicon-based nodes.
Checks
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Check the current tool version | ✅ | ✅ |
Users
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Log in | ✅ | ✅ |
| Log out | ✅ | ✅ |
| Get token | ✅ | ✅ |
| Set token | ✅ | ✅ |
| Manage role bindings for the user | ✅ | ✅ |
Service accounts
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Create service account | ✅ | ✅ |
| Get service account token | ✅ | ✅ |
| List service accounts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Delete service account | ✅ | ✅ |
| Manage role bindings for the service account | ✅ | ✅ |
Namespaces
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| List namespaces | ✅ | ✅ |
| Create namespace | ✅ | ✅ |
| Delete namespace | ✅ | ✅ |
| Manage role bindings for the namespace | ✅ | ✅ |
Nodes
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| List nodes | ✅ | ✅ |
| Assign node to a namespace (formerly, grouping) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Assign node to a namespace with enabled custom pods (formerly, sandboxing) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Apply tag (node affinity) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Remove tag (node affinity) | ✅ | ✅ |
VMs: Listing and info
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| List all users' VMs | ✅ | ✅ |
| List specific VMs | ✅ | ✅ |
| List all users' VM configurations | ✅ | ✅ |
| List specific VM configurations | ✅ | ✅ |
| List the VM's ports reserved for VNC, SSH, and Apple Screen Sharing | ✅ | ✅ |
| List the VM's ports reserved for port forwarding | ✅ | ✅ |
VMs: Create VM configurations
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Create basic VM configuration (name,image) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Create VM configuration with custom memory | ✅ | ✅ |
| Create VM configuration with attached ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
| Create VM configuration with enabled/disabled VNC | ✅ | ✅ |
| Create VM configuration with enabled/disabled I/O boost* | ✅ | ❌* |
| Create VM configuration with enabled/disabled Network boost setting* | ✅ | ❌* |
| Create VM configuration with enabled/disabled GPU passthrough* | ✅ | ❌* |
| Create VM configuration with custom serial number | ✅ | ❌ |
| Create VM configuration with preferred tag (node affinity) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Create VM configuration with required tag (node affinity) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Create VM configuration with custom scheduler | ✅ | ✅ |
* GPU passthrough, I/O boost, and Network boost are always enabled for Apple silicon-based nodes and VMs. You cannot manually disable or override these settings on the VM config or VM level.
VMs: Deploy VMs
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Deploy basic VM (image) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy VM with custom memory | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy VM with attached ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
| Deploy VM with enabled/disabled VNC | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy VM with enabled/disabled I/O boost* | ✅ | ❌* |
| Deploy VM with enabled/disabled Network boost* | ✅ | ❌* |
| Deploy VM with enabled/disabled GPU passthrough* | ✅ | ❌* |
| Deploy VM with custom serial number | ✅ | ❌ |
| Deploy VM with preferred tag (node affinity) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy VM with required tag (node affinity) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy VM with custom scheduler | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy without VM configuration | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy VM from VM configuration | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy VM from VM configuration and override the VM configuration | ✅ | ✅ |
* GPU passthrough, I/O boost, and Network boost are always enabled for Apple silicon-based nodes and VMs. You cannot manually disable or override these settings on the VM config or VM level.
VMs: Start/stop/suspend/resume
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Stop VM by name (power off) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Start VM by name (power on) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Suspend VM by name (sleep) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Resume VM by name (wake) | ✅ | ❌ |
VMs: Delete
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Delete VM by name | ✅ | ✅ |
VMs: Storage
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Shared VM storage | ✅ | ✅ |
| I/O boost* | ✅ | ✅ * |
* I/O boost is always enabled on Apple silicon-based nodes and VMs. You cannot manually disable or override it on the VM config or VM level.
macOS and shared VM storage
| macOS version | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| macOS 10.14 (Mojave) | ❌ | ❌ |
| macOS 10.15 (Catalina) | ✅ | ❌ |
| macOS 11 (Big Sur) | ✅ | ❌ |
| macOS 12 (Monterey) | ✅ | ❌* |
| macOS 13 (Ventura) | ✅ | ✅ |
| macOS 14 (Sonoma) | ✅ | ✅ |
* Starting with Orka 2.4.0, shared VM storage is deprecated for Apple silicon-based VMs running macOS Monterey. In Orka 3.0.0, shared VM storage will be removed for all Apple Silicon-based Monterey VMs.
VMs: Networking
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| VNC | ✅ | ✅ |
| SSH | ✅ | ✅ |
| Apple Screen Sharing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Port forwarding | ✅ | ✅ |
| Network boost* | ✅ | ✅* |
* Network boost is always enabled on Apple silicon-based nodes and VMs. You cannot manually disable or override it on the VM config or VM level.
VMs: Performance
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| GPU passthrough | ✅ | ❌ |
| I/O boost* | ✅ | ✅* |
| Network boost* | ✅ | ✅* |
* I/O boost and Network boost are always enabled for Apple silicon-based nodes and VMs. You cannot manually disable or override these settings on the VM config or VM level.
Images
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| Deploy from public OCI-compatible images | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deploy from private OCI-compatible images (with registry credentials configured locally) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Push an image from a running VM to an OCI-compatible registry (with registry credentials configured locally) | ✅ | ✅ |
| List images locally stored in the cluster | ✅ | ✅ |
| List remote images | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pull a remote image | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pull a remote image and rename it | ✅ | ✅ |
| Download an image on your local machine | ✅ | ❌ |
| Upload an image from your local machine | ✅ | ❌ |
| Generate a new empty image | ✅ | ❌ |
| Set an image description | ✅ | ✅ |
| Copy and rename an image | ✅ | ✅ |
| Save a new image from the specified VM (Save as) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Overwrite the existing image with its current state from the specified VM (Save) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Resize the disk and automatically resize the partition of the specified VM | ✅ | ✅ |
| Resize the disk and automatically resize the partition of a specified VM and automatically save a new image from it | ✅ | ✅ |
| Only resize the disk of the specified VM | ✅ | ✅ |
| Delete an image | ✅ | ✅ |
ISOs
| Feature | Intel | Apple silicon |
|---|---|---|
| List ISOs | ✅ | ❌ |
| List remote ISOs | ✅ | ❌ |
| Pull a remote ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
| Pull a remote ISO and rename it | ✅ | ❌ |
| Rename an ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
| Copy and rename an ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
| Delete an ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
| Download an ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
| Upload an ISO | ✅ | ❌ |
See also
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