Public bug reported:
Current documentation states that:
http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources/configdrive.html#version-2
... a config drive: ...Must be a un-partitioned block device (/dev/vdb,
not /dev/vdb1)...
This is not correct.
1. Cloud-init actually, works with ConfigDrive as partition (e.g. /dev/sda1)
2. Ironic uses partition at the end of disk to write metadata, and it's absurd
for baremetal provisioning to dedicate whole disk (actual SATA, SSD, SAS/FC
drive) just to tiny metada.
3. According to @smoser at #cloud-init IRC, " i'm pretty sure the doc is just
wrong, ... i'm pretty sure reading current code that if the filesystem has a
label of 'config-2', then it will work".
I think this part of documentation should be rewritten to avoid
confusion with Ironic workflow for ConfigDrive.
** Affects: cloud-init
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
-
Current documentation states that:
http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources/configdrive.html#version-2
... a config drive: ...Must be a un-partitioned block device (/dev/vdb,
not /dev/vdb1)...
This is not correct.
- 1. Cloud-init actually, works with ConfigDrive as partition.
+ 1. Cloud-init actually, works with ConfigDrive as partition (e.g. /dev/sda1)
2. Ironic uses partition at the end of disk to write metadata, and it's
absurd for baremetal provisioning to dedicate whole disk (actual SATA, SSD,
SAS/FC drive) just to tiny metada.
3. According to @smoser at #cloud-init IRC, " i'm pretty sure the doc is just
wrong, ... i'm pretty sure reading current code that if the filesystem has a
label of 'config-2', then it will work".
I think this part of documentation should be rewritten to avoid
confusion with Ironic workflow for ConfigDrive.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673818
Title:
Misleading requirements for 'unpartitioned disks' for ConfigDrive in
documentation
Status in cloud-init:
New
Bug description:
Current documentation states that:
http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources/configdrive.html#version-2
... a config drive: ...Must be a un-partitioned block device
(/dev/vdb, not /dev/vdb1)...
This is not correct.
1. Cloud-init actually, works with ConfigDrive as partition (e.g. /dev/sda1)
2. Ironic uses partition at the end of disk to write metadata, and it's
absurd for baremetal provisioning to dedicate whole disk (actual SATA, SSD,
SAS/FC drive) just to tiny metada.
3. According to @smoser at #cloud-init IRC, " i'm pretty sure the doc is just
wrong, ... i'm pretty sure reading current code that if the filesystem has a
label of 'config-2', then it will work".
I think this part of documentation should be rewritten to avoid
confusion with Ironic workflow for ConfigDrive.
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