On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 09:25, Major Hayden <ma...@mhtx.net> wrote: > On 2/7/24 07:36, Petr Menšík wrote: > > I am interested why two DHCP clients are required inside a single tool. > > Why it could not use NetworkManager in both times, but with some > > different settings? Maybe alternative service? If there is missing > > ability to change behaviour, it may make sense to fix just that. Instead > > of keeping another client maintained. Do we support any kind of images, > > which would not have Network Manager present? > > One of the design goals of cloud-init is to use the dhcp client to get > just enough networking done so the cloud instance can get to the cloud's > metadata service. That metadata service provides information about > network configuration, users, ssh keys, initial scripts, and more. > > cloud-init isn't used just for cloud systems. I have seen it used for similar reasons in enterprise locations where the configs are centrally located and Network-Manager's late start either sets up things which need to be replaced again post-install or might be 'blocked' without the info.
> If NetworkManager is used for this step, then the network would need to > be fully reconfigured when cloud-init finishes. It's my understanding > that they block the boot until the network configuration is fully > completed (using data from the metadata service) and then NetworkManager > is allowed to continue. > -- Stephen Smoogen, Red Hat Automotive Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. -- Ian MacClaren
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