Ubuntu 20.04 - Cloud-Init only runs with full clone, not linked clone

vRod

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Been working on this for over a day now. I am getting started with linked clones and cloud-init and I am having an issue with the first boot of linked clones. The cloud-init simply doesn't run at all if the vm is a linked clone. After the clone, I make sure to change the IP and such, then press "Regenerate Image" and start the VM. I saw something about this issue back in November 2019 but it should be fixed?

On a full clone, the cloud-init program runs just as expected. I am building a CUSTOM image on Ubuntu 20.04.

Bash:
root@pxnode01:~# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 6.2-1 (running kernel: 5.4.44-2-pve)
pve-manager: 6.2-10 (running version: 6.2-10/a20769ed)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.2-4
pve-kernel-helper: 6.2-4
pve-kernel-5.3: 6.1-6
pve-kernel-5.0: 6.0-11
pve-kernel-5.4.44-2-pve: 5.4.44-2
pve-kernel-5.4.41-1-pve: 5.4.41-1
pve-kernel-5.3.18-3-pve: 5.3.18-3
pve-kernel-5.0.21-5-pve: 5.0.21-10
pve-kernel-5.0.15-1-pve: 5.0.15-1
ceph: 14.2.9-pve1
ceph-fuse: 14.2.9-pve1
corosync: 3.0.4-pve1
criu: 3.11-3
glusterfs-client: 5.5-3
ifupdown: 0.8.35+pve1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.3-1
libjs-extjs: 6.0.1-10
libknet1: 1.16-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.0.4
libpve-access-control: 6.1-2
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.0-3
libpve-common-perl: 6.1-5
libpve-guest-common-perl: 3.1-1
libpve-http-server-perl: 3.0-6
libpve-storage-perl: 6.2-5
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.2-4~pve6+1
lvm2: 2.03.02-pve4
lxc-pve: 4.0.2-1
lxcfs: 4.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.1.0-1
openvswitch-switch: 2.12.0-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 2.2-9
pve-cluster: 6.1-8
pve-container: 3.1-12
pve-docs: 6.2-5
pve-edk2-firmware: 2.20200531-1
pve-firewall: 4.1-2
pve-firmware: 3.1-1
pve-ha-manager: 3.0-9
pve-i18n: 2.1-3
pve-qemu-kvm: 5.0.0-11
pve-xtermjs: 4.3.0-1
qemu-server: 6.2-11
smartmontools: 7.1-pve2
spiceterm: 3.1-1
vncterm: 1.6-1
zfsutils-linux: 0.8.4-pve1

Followed the guide on the PVE Documentation Page, using this command to deploy the linked clones:

Bash:
root@pxnode01:~# qm clone 8100 1534 --name name
create full clone of drive ide0 (SSD1:vm-8100-cloudinit)
create linked clone of drive efidisk0 (SSD1:base-8100-disk-1)
clone base-8100-disk-1: base-8100-disk-1 snapname __base__ to vm-1534-disk-0
create linked clone of drive scsi0 (SSD1:base-8100-disk-0)
clone base-8100-disk-0: base-8100-disk-0 snapname __base__ to vm-1534-disk-1

Appreciate any help!

Chris
 
Hi,

here it is working with linked close as full clones.
What kind of storage do you use for this template?
 
Hey,

at the moment I am using a flash based ceph-storage (cephFS)
 
CephFS has no support for KVM guests.
So you use the CephFS mount point as Dir Storage?
 
Sorry, I misspoke. I am indeed using ceph but with rbd. CephFS is where I host my iso’s.
 

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