UEFI Secure Boot in Cloud Workloads - Implementation and Benefits

Learn about UEFI Secure Boot implementation in cloud environments through this 23-minute conference talk from the OpenInfra Foundation. Explore how UEFI Secure Boot prevents unauthorized code execution by requiring signed boot loaders, kernels, and drivers. Discover the evolution from Legacy BIOS to UEFI boot in bare metal workloads, and understand OpenStack Nova's support for UEFI boot since Queens and Secure Boot for QEMU/KVM since Wallaby. Gain insights into Secure Boot benefits for virtual workloads, learn about enabling options in OpenStack, and evaluate various base distro images for Secure Boot compatibility. Master the process of building custom images with demonstrated tooling and understand the configuration of Ironic for grub network-boot in bare metal end-to-end Secure Boot deployments.