Re: Cloud-init for IBM i

Miguel,
That link is referenced in my initial email as the only "howto" regarding
cloud-init. Since my LPAR is running on POWER7 hardware, I did run that
command.
I cannot play with the LPAR right now, but I'll be testing the write
command on cloud.cfg tomorrow.

Roberto

On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 1:08 PM Miguel Peralta <mperalta8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

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