Re: Remove CloudInit from Ubuntu Server
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 10:24 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > 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 > Thanks in advance. > > -- > 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 -- Christian Ehrhardt Staff Engineer, Ubuntu Server Canonical Ltd -- 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
Re: Remove CloudInit from Ubuntu Server
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:05 AM Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 10:24 PM Jeffrey Walton 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
