AutoInstall - Cloud-Init setup using nocloud datasource

[Jerry Geis]

Hi Alex can you share your auto install file
Thanks

Jerry

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, alex <ubuntu at spottedmouse.com> wrote:

> I am trying to setup a number of new servers on Ubuntu 20.4 LTS. So far I
> got the auto-install via PXE working.
>
> My plan is to use autoinstall for the basic setup to install the OS,
> partition table and initial user.
>
> Once installed I was hoping to use something like clout-init / nocloud to
> install the customisation need to security and monitoring. Ideally I was
> just hoping to connect it to chef using cloud-init.
>
> However I have not been able to get cloud-init / nocloud-net datasource
> working.
>
> Tried updating /etc/default/grub with the following
>
> GRUB_DEFAULT=0
> #GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
> GRUB_TIMEOUT=30
> GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="serial=ds=nocloud-net;seedfrom=http://192.168.
> 0.172/ubuntu/config/"
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="serial=ds=nocloud-net;seedfrom=http://192.168.0.172/ub
> untu/config/"
>
> Any suggestions to get me in the right direction on how to get nocloud-net
> working?
>
> No matter what I try it always reports:
>
> root at ubuntu-base:/home/user# cloud-init status --long
> status: done
> time: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:53:14 +0000
> detail:
> DataSourceNone
>
> And the httpd host which provides the configuration files is never
> accessed.
>
> Kind regards
> Alex
>
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