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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst index 0159e853..665057f3 100644 --- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst @@ -11,6 +11,28 @@ You can provide meta-data and user-data to a local vm boot via files on a `vfat`_ or `iso9660`_ filesystem. The filesystem volume label must be ``cidata``. +Alternatively, you can provide meta-data via kernel command line or SMBIOS +"serial number" option. The data must be passed in the form of a string: + +:: + + ds=nocloud[;key=val;key=val] + +or + +:: + + ds=nocloud-net[;key=val;key=val] + +e.g. you can pass this option to QEMU: + +:: + + -smbios type=1,serial=ds=nocloud-net;s=http://10.10.0.1:8000/ + +to cause NoCloud to fetch the full meta-data from http://10.10.0.1:8000/meta-data +after the network initialization is complete. + These user-data and meta-data files are expected to be in the following format. :: |