The Python Podcast.__init__

Cloud-Init with Scott Moser


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Summary

Server administration is a complex endeavor, but there are some tools that can make life easier. If you are running your workload in a cloud environment then cloud-init is here to help. This week Scott Moser explains what cloud-init is, how it works, and how it became the de-facto tool for configuring your Linux servers at boot.

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  • Your host as usual is Tobias Macey and today I’m interviewing Scott Moser about cloud-init, a set of python scripts and utilities to make your cloud images be all they can be!
  • Interview
    • Introductions
    • How did you get introduced to Python?
    • What is cloud-init and how did the project get started?
    • Why was Python chosen as the language for implementing cloud-init?
    • How has cloud-init come to be the de-facto utility for managing cloud instances across vendors and distributions?
    • Are there any viable competitors to cloud-init? coreos-cloudinit, some others.
    • How much overlap is there between cloud-init and configuration management tools such as SaltStack, Ansible, Chef, etc.
    • How have you architected cloud-init to allow for compatibility across operating system distributions?
    • What is the most difficult or complex aspect of building and maintaining cloud-init? [os integration, networking, goal of “do stuff without reboot”]
    • Given that it is used as a critical component of the production deployment mechanics for a large number of people, how do you ensure an appropriate level of stability and security while developing cloud-init?
    • How do you think the status of cloud-init as a Canonical project has affected the level of contributions that you receive?
    • How much of the support and roadmap is contributed by individual vs corporate users such as AWS and Azure?
    • What are some of the most unexpected or creative uses of cloud-init that you have seen? [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpenCompute?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss “disposable use os”]
    • In your experience, what has been the biggest stumbling block for new users of cloud-init?
    • Do you have any notable features or improvements planned for the future of cloud-init, or do you feel that it has reached a state of feature-completeness?
    • Keep In Touch
      • smoser on GitHub
      • Picks
        • Tobias
          • mu4e
          • isync

          • Scott

            • LXD

            • Links
              • IBM – Linux Technology Center
              • Cloud-Init
              • Ubuntu
              • Canonical
              • CoreOS
              • EC2
              • OpenStack
              • CentOS
              • RHEL
              • coreos-cloudinit
              • JuJu
              • Puppet
              • SystemV
              • Upstart
              • SystemD
              • Joyent SmartOS
              • Digital Ocean
              • IPv4
              • IPv6
              • Canonical MaaS+
              • JSON-Schema
              • LXD
              • Launchpad
              • Bzr
              • Git
              • SUSE
              • FreeBSD
              • KVM
              • Go-lang
              • Pretty Table
              • RAID
              • ZFS
              • LVM
              • The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish The Freak Fandango Orchestra / CC BY-SA

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