Re: Cloud-init for IBM i

[Miguel Peralta <mperalta8@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, you see these link?:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/cloud-init-support-ibm-i

You run these command?:

*How to enable the cloud-init on IBM i?*
To enable the cloud-init on an IBM i machine manually, run CALL 
PGM(QSYS/QAENGCHG) PARM(*ENABLECI) on the virtual machine.


On 08/abr./2020 10:23 a. m., Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been playing around with PowerVC after attending a course on it and
> since it supports IBM i and the course didn't cover it, I decided to test
> it myself.
>
> I built a 7.3 IBM i LPAR, updated with latest cumulative and groups,
> including the recommended PTFs for all products. Afterwards I installed all
> the open source packages thru the ACS tool.
>
> Finally, I installed cloud-init as per the only instructions available in
> the IBM site (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/cloud-init-support-ibm-i)
>
> I edited the cloud.cfg file and added the line about setting the hostname
> from the reversedns (PowerVC assigns an IP from the pool and when the
> system IPLs it does a reverse DNS search to obtain the hostname).
>
> Finally I shutdown the LPAR and do a capture from PowerVC.
>
> Now, when I deploy the template and IPL the new LPAR, I find that it's not
> doing any initialization at all, hostname, system name, etc stay the same.
> A lot of messages about missing paths for disks and missing devices are
> logged. The ethernet line that should be fixed to the new CMN object still
> references the old and the IP address is still the former one.
>
> So, has anybody worked with Cloud-init for IBM i?
> For my next test I'll add the line about writing a file to cloud.cfg to
> check if it is actually running on the first run.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Roberto