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simple-init
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Basic network and system configuration that can't be done until boot
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Unfortunately, as much as we'd like to bake it in to an image, we can't
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know in advance how many network devices will be present, nor if DHCP is
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present in the host cloud. Additionally, in environments where cloud-init
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is not used, there are a couple of small things, like mounting config-drive
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and pulling ssh keys from it, that need to be done at boot time.
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Autodetect network interfaces during boot and configure them
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The rationale for this is that we are likely to require multiple
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network interfaces for use cases such as baremetal and there is no way
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to know ahead of time which one is which, so we will simply run a
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DHCP client on all interfaces with real MAC addresses (except lo) that
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are visible on the first boot.
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The script `/usr/local/sbin/simple-init.sh` will be called
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early in each boot and will scan available network interfaces and
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ensure they are configured properly before networking services are started.
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Processing startup information from config-drive
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On most systems, the DHCP approach desribed above is fine. But in some clouds,
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such as Rackspace Public cloud, there is no DHCP. Instead, there is static
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network config via `config-drive`. `simple-init` will happily call
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`glean` which will do nothing if static network information is
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not there.
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Finally, glean will handle ssh-keypair-injection from config
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drive if cloud-init is not installed.
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