Is it possible to run pixiecore with cloud-init config?

[mahalel]

Hey, first of all, this is a great tool, thank you for your work.

I have managed to boot Ubuntu Focal using the 'quick' command, which takes me to the setup wizard - all good.
I would like however to use the kernel flags discussed in this article to have it autoinstall using cloud-init.

I tried using the following, assuming the user config yaml file was in the 'root' directory where i ran the pixiecore executable.

--cmdline='ip=dhcp autoinstall ds="nocloud-net;s=http://192.168.70.193/" root=/dev/ram0 cloud-config-url=/dev/null'

I expected the file could be served from the webserver pixiecore is running but I suspect that is where I am not understanding it correctly.

Wonder if there is any advice on how to do this using just pixiecore and not setting up a separate TFTP/HTTP server.

[antermin]

Perhaps you can try this:

1. On your server (let's suppose its IP is 192.168.70.193), create a directory which holds your meta-data and user-data.
2. cd into that directory and set up a simple web server: python3 -m http.server (maybe there are other even simpler ways for a quick HTTP server, but this is the best that I can think of)
3. Open TCP port 8000 (default for Python HTTP server, change accordingly if you are using another port)
4. ds="nocloud-net;s=http://192.168.70.193:8000/"

The above sets up a separate HTTP server using Python, but I think it should be quick and simple enough to work around the issue of Pixiecore not being able to serve the cloud-init config.