Cloud-Init for beginners

[TwiX]

Hi,

I just provisioned some new VMs based on a debian10 template with cloud-init. It works as expected.

So, after first boot, do I need to keep the cloud-init drive mounted (a then delete it) ? Also, remove cloud-init package ?

Thanks !

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

you can remove the package and the cloud-init iso.
I would recommend this because when the iso is missing you wait a while until cloud-int timeout and the OS will start.

 

[TwiX]

Thanks,

I tried without the cloud-init drive and without removing the packages. Seems that everything is OK, OS starts quite fast (as usually)