> Charles: Currently ec2debian-build-ami drops scripts for this purpose in the > image when creating it, but I think that it would be neater if it would > install a package doing the same job, for instance cloud-init. I agree wholeheartedly, it makes
> Charles: In Ubuntu's cloud-init package, there is also a small infrastructure > to update PV-GRUB when installing a new kernel. This is also handled by the image. I stole Tom Headys grub.d script and improved a bit upon it. update-grub works like it always does, it's just that the grub.cfg file will look like the old menu.lst > Charles: For the SSH host keys, if I remember well, if images contain no > keys, these keys will already be generated at the first boot. The image has a script that does that, yes. > Stefan: There's a lot of heterogeneity in cloud settings out there, and I > dream of centralizing Debian policy decisions on how to initialize images in > a single place, from where derive all cloud-specific instantiations of it. This would be incredibly useful not only to debian user but also for all the derivatives out there, the reach of cloud-init could be increased quite a bit if we can achieve this. Has anybody talked to some of the original maintainers about this? I suspect a joint effort might yield quicker results on this. Anders On 6 December 2012 14:14, Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 01:11:11PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: >> so to rewrite cloud-init (as simple-cloud-init or whatever) what >> functionality is needed? > > Doesn't this go in the "wrong" direction? > > There's a lot of heterogeneity in cloud settings out there, and I dream > of centralizing Debian policy decisions on how to initialize images in a > single place, from where derive all cloud-specific instantiations of it. > Rewriting cloud init sounds like duplicating the information, making it > harder in the long run to maintain it. > > Of course, this is free software, so anyone is free to rewrite whatever > they like :-) But I can't help wondering: wouldn't it be better to adapt > cloud-init to your needs? Did you consider that as an alternative (and > maybe dismissed it for some valid reason)? > > Cheers. > -- > Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . [email protected] . . . . o . . . o . o > Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o > Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . > « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/camcogxh0ebmvpkxgryzko6d4j5-loqhycjwf9cy6uzqvhwc...@mail.gmail.com
