AutoInstall - Cloud-Init setup using nocloud datasource

[alex]

Hi Jerry,

Thanks for getting back to me. Here is the auto-install user-data file. 
It goes on setting up some further partitions. My thought was to do the 
basic setup using auto-install, and then do the remainder of the 
configuration using cloud-init on first boot.

#cloud-config
autoinstall:
   apt:
     geoip: true
     preserve_sources_list: false
     primary:
     - arches: [amd64, i386]
       uri: http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
     - arches: [default]
       uri: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
   version: 1
   refresh-installer:
     update: no
   identity: {hostname: localhost, password: 
$6$6XlVz3AIXnn5wnuu$rmJAexybhEgJRaCrZxg5S/bBx/JwEFGJIylQrS4gbJOy/K.5pj77bC6Be/kb4tKmFSUEaEzZAcDW0hX//UDeW0,
     realname: User, username: user}
   packages:
     - net-tools
     - docker.io
     - ansible
   reporting:
     builtin:
       type: print
   ssh:
     allow-pw: true
     authorized-keys: []
     install-server: true
   late-commands:
     - sed -ie 's/GRUB_TIMEOUT=.*/GRUB_TIMEOUT=10/' 
/target/etc/default/grub
     - sed -ie 's/GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden/#GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden/' 
/target/etc/default/grub
   storage:
     swap:
       size: 0
     config:
     - id: disk0
       type: disk
       ptable: gpt
       name: main_disk
       preserve: false
       path: /dev/sda
       wipe: superblock-recursive
       grub_device: true
     #Boot Partition
     - id: disk0-part-boot
       type: partition
       number: 1
       size: 1GB
       device: disk0
       flag: bios_grub
....


On 2021-01-13 18:40, Jerry Geis wrote:
> 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
>> [1].
>> 0.172/ubuntu/config/"
>> 
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="serial=ds=nocloud-net;seedfrom=http://192.168.0.172/ub
>> [2]
>> 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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