CloudSigma

This datasource finds meta-data and user-data from the CloudSigma cloud platform. Data transfer occurs through a virtual serial port of the CloudSigma’s VM, and the presence of a network adapter is NOT a requirement. See server context in their public documentation for more information.

Setting a hostname

By default, the name of the server will be applied as a hostname on the first boot.

Providing user-data

You can provide user-data to the VM using the dedicated meta field in the server context cloudinit-user-data. By default, cloud-config format is expected there, and the #cloud-config header can be omitted. However, since this is a raw-text field you could provide any of the valid config formats.

You have the option to encode your user-data using Base64. In order to do that you have to add the cloudinit-user-data field to the base64_fields. The latter is a comma-separated field with all the meta fields having Base64-encoded values.

If your user-data does not need an internet connection you can create a meta field in the server context cloudinit-dsmode and set “local” as the value. If this field does not exist, the default value is “net”.