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Docs/vmware-backdoor: Rename backdoor to guestinfo Based on results of google searches on a few possible titles to improve on the connotation of backdoor, Guestinfo Configuration Interface (as part of the RPC API) seems recognizable in vmware circles. Friends call it just guestinfo. This changeset also makes docs and usage for this flag appear with a single hypen (-flag) like most go programs do.
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# VMWare Guestinfo Interface
Added additional vmware info, fixed cli help
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Docs/vmware-backdoor: Rename backdoor to guestinfo Based on results of google searches on a few possible titles to improve on the connotation of backdoor, Guestinfo Configuration Interface (as part of the RPC API) seems recognizable in vmware circles. Friends call it just guestinfo. This changeset also makes docs and usage for this flag appear with a single hypen (-flag) like most go programs do.
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## Cloud-Config VMWare Guestinfo Variables
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Docs/vmware-backdoor: Rename backdoor to guestinfo Based on results of google searches on a few possible titles to improve on the connotation of backdoor, Guestinfo Configuration Interface (as part of the RPC API) seems recognizable in vmware circles. Friends call it just guestinfo. This changeset also makes docs and usage for this flag appear with a single hypen (-flag) like most go programs do.
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coreos-cloudinit accepts configuration from the VMware RPC API's *guestinfo*
facility. This datasource can be enabled with the `-from-vmware-guestinfo`
flag to coreos-cloudinit.
doc: Add docs for VMware backdoor
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Docs/vmware-backdoor: Rename backdoor to guestinfo Based on results of google searches on a few possible titles to improve on the connotation of backdoor, Guestinfo Configuration Interface (as part of the RPC API) seems recognizable in vmware circles. Friends call it just guestinfo. This changeset also makes docs and usage for this flag appear with a single hypen (-flag) like most go programs do.
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The following guestinfo variables are recognized and processed by cloudinit
when passed from the hypervisor to the virtual machine at boot time. Note that
property names are prefixed with `guestinfo.` in the VMX, e.g., `guestinfo.hostname`.
| guestinfo variable | type |
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|:--------------------------------------|:--------------------------------|
| `hostname` | `hostname` |
| `interface.<n>.name` | `string` |
| `interface.<n>.mac` | `MAC address` |
| `interface.<n>.dhcp` | `{"yes", "no"}` |
| `interface.<n>.role` | `{"public", "private"}` |
| `interface.<n>.ip.<m>.address` | `CIDR IP address` |
| `interface.<n>.route.<l>.gateway` | `IP address` |
| `interface.<n>.route.<l>.destination` | `CIDR IP address` |
| `dns.server.<x>` | `IP address` |
| `coreos.config.data` | `string` |
| `coreos.config.data.encoding` | `{"", "base64", "gzip+base64"}` |
datasource/vmware: introduce guestinfo.coreos.config.url allow use of a URL instead of an inline document. Inline document takes precedence.
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| `coreos.config.url` | `URL` |
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Note: "n", "m", "l", and "x" are 0-indexed, incrementing integers. The
Docs/vmware-backdoor: Rename backdoor to guestinfo Based on results of google searches on a few possible titles to improve on the connotation of backdoor, Guestinfo Configuration Interface (as part of the RPC API) seems recognizable in vmware circles. Friends call it just guestinfo. This changeset also makes docs and usage for this flag appear with a single hypen (-flag) like most go programs do.
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identifier for an `interface` does not correspond to anything outside of this
configuration; it serves only to distinguish between multiple `interface`s.
Added additional vmware info, fixed cli help
2015-09-22 14:30:30 +03:00
Docs/vmware-backdoor: Rename backdoor to guestinfo Based on results of google searches on a few possible titles to improve on the connotation of backdoor, Guestinfo Configuration Interface (as part of the RPC API) seems recognizable in vmware circles. Friends call it just guestinfo. This changeset also makes docs and usage for this flag appear with a single hypen (-flag) like most go programs do.
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The guide to [booting on VMWare][bootvmware] is the starting point for more
information about configuring and running CoreOS on VMWare.
Added additional vmware info, fixed cli help
2015-09-22 14:30:30 +03:00
Docs/vmware-backdoor: Rename backdoor to guestinfo Based on results of google searches on a few possible titles to improve on the connotation of backdoor, Guestinfo Configuration Interface (as part of the RPC API) seems recognizable in vmware circles. Friends call it just guestinfo. This changeset also makes docs and usage for this flag appear with a single hypen (-flag) like most go programs do.
2015-11-05 04:06:09 +03:00
[bootvmware]: https://github.com/coreos/docs/blob/master/os/booting-on-vmware.md
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