Orka Images

Repository with Orka 3.2 OCI-compatible images.

These images can be used with Orka Desktop (via the GUI), or with Orka via the orka3 CLI

Using with Orka Desktop

To get started with Orka Desktop, click the 'Create New VM', choose 'Pull from Image', and use the following OCI image name:

ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/sonoma:latest

Currently, Orka Desktop doesn't support the new OCI image format, and Sequoia VM images may experience issues when deployed using Orka Desktop. Support for the new format will be available with the next release.

Using with the Orka 3 CLI

To get started with Orka, run:

orka3 vm deploy --image ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/sonoma:latest

Alternatively, create a VM directly with kubectl apply or kubectl create using the following definition:

apiVersion: orka.macstadium.com/v1
kind: VirtualMachineInstance
metadata:
  name: my-orka-vm
  namespace: orka-default
spec:
  image: ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/sonoma:latest

SIP Disabled Sonoma

To deploy a Sonoma VM with SIP (system integrity protection) disabled, deploy with the following image label:

orka3 vm deploy --image ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/sonoma:latest-no-sip

SIP Diabled Ventura

To deploy a Ventura VM with SIP disabled, run:

orka3 vm deploy --image ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/ventura:no-sip

Tahoe Beta 8 (25A5349a)

Note

MacOS 26 is currently in beta. This image is available for OS testing purposes only, using Orka Desktop 3.0 and above, and is not currently officially supported by MacStadium.

To deploy a Tahoe Beta VM with Orka Desktop:

1. Click + Create New VM button
2. Select 'Pull from OCI registry'
3. Name VM and set parameters (CPUs, Memory, HD size)
4. In the 'OCI Image Name' field enter: ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/tahoe:latest

  ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/tahoe:latest

To deploy a Tahoe Beta VM with SIP disabled using Orka Desktop:

1. Click + Create New VM button
2. Select 'Pull from OCI registry'
3. Name VM and set parameters (CPUs, Memory, HD size)
4. In the 'OCI Image Name' field enter: ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/tahoe:latest-no-sip

  ghcr.io/macstadium/orka-images/tahoe:latest-no-sip