Structure

OpenStack BSD Cloud Init Installer

A shell script that transforms a VM into OpenStack template and installs bsd-cloudinit

OpenStack BSD Cloud Init

Framework based on cloudbase-init, specialized for BSD (currently only FreeBSD). Executes the first time when VM is brought up.

Functions

bsd-cloudinit

1. Inject user SSH key into authorized_keys
2. Network configuration: IP, gateway, DNS (make according changes to rc.conf)
3. Set hostname (and modify rc.conf)
4. Detect all network interfaces, add them into rc.conf, set to DHCP

bsd-cloudinit-installer

1. Remove SSH host keys to trigger automatic key generation on next boot
2. Install Python environment
3. Make bsd-cloudinit execute after rc.subr and before rc.conf
4. Install bsd-cloudinit

What users should do before running the installer

1. Install & configure desired packages
2. Install virtio-kmod for performance