On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:05 AM Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrha...@canonical.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 10:24 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm testing Ubuntu Server in a VM. I noticed the server edition > > includes CloudInit by default. I don't need a VM inside a VM so I > > would like to remove it. > > There might be a misunderstanding. The CloudInit installed in your > current VM (level 1) isn't responsible for a potential VM (level 2) > further inside it. > > It is responsible to allow customization of your current VM (level 1). > And depending on where/how you run/host your current VM (level 1) it > might already be used to do customization when you have spawned it. > > > The CloudInit docs don't say if it is Ok to remove > > (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CloudInit). > > > > Is it Ok to remove CloudInit? > > We generally consider the ability to customize a system a core feature > of a server image, therefore ubuntu-server-minimal depends on > cloud-init and removing it will thereby wreak havoc as it would > (auto)remove plenty of other things then. > Even when not using CloudInit, it isn't much of a burden - it is small > and designed to quickly check if there is no datasource and then does > nothing. > If even that is too much you can completely disable its start, for > that check out [1] > > [1]: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/boot.html#generator
Ack, thanks. No sense in wreaking havoc :) Jeff -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
