doc(OFV): Document how to configure cloud-init

[holmanb]

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doc(OFV): Document how to configure cloud-init

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[aciba90]

LGTM, thanks!

[s-makin]

Sorry I was a bit late to the party, but OFV s/b OVF :)

[aciba90]

Ups, I missed that one. The commit message also contained OFV.

[TobiPeterG]

Hey thanks. :)
This makes it clearer, however, by default the cloud image I use doesn't have the vapp property network-config.
Could this be added to the ovf image?

[aciba90]

Could this be added to the ovf image?

Hi, @TobiPeterG. The OVF image is not provided by cloud-init nor Canonical, I believe, but by the cloud you are running on.

[TobiPeterG]

Could this be added to the ovf image?

Hi, @TobiPeterG. The OVF image is not provided by cloud-init nor Canonical, I believe, but by the cloud you are running on.

We got our image from here:
https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/

So these are not official images?

Whoops, typo, we used the ova image

[aciba90]

@TobiPeterG

ova: Ubuntu image
ovf: dynamic disc with user-data / vendor-data / network config

The network config, as it is not static, has to be provided via the OVF disc, and that is build and presented by the cloud to the instance.

[holmanb]

Could this be added to the ovf image?

I looked internally at getting a field added to the default OVF provided by the official ubuntu OVA downloads. It sounds like such a change comes with a high risk of breaking existing users of this OVA, so there is little interest in modifying the default.

@TobiPeterG You are free to copy the OVF file and add the field (copy the user-data field and rename it) if you are launching directly from an OVA, or if it is cloud-provided @aciba90 suggested, your cloud will need to provide the modification.