Install and Configure cloud-init

cloud-init is the application that reads the user-data script as part of autoinstallation. As I have been having issues with my user-data I needed a method to validate the content. Turns out cloud-init has a command for just that!

# enable community repository
vi /etc/apk/repositories
remove # from the row
#http://mirror.jingk.ai/alpine/v3.18/community

#install `cloud-init` 
apk update
apk add cloud-init

#setup cloud-init
setup-cloud-init

Validate user-data using the command below. At this time the lab has not generated the user-data file .

You can test this if you have a user-data file handy. The user-data will be shared in later steps

cloud-init schema --config-file user-data

My error was to put in an entry for remark that was not recognized.

Next step

We will proceed with the DHCP setup for PXE requirements.

Please continue with

108-alpine1-DHCP-for-PXE