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With our prototype, a secured network and the mac address generator we With our prototype, a secured network and the mac address generator we
are not far from being able to migrate some test VMs to uncloud.! are not far from being able to migrate some test VMs to uncloud.

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title: How to build an OpenStack alternative: Step 4, the metadata service
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pub_date: 2020-01-14
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author: ungleich virtualisation team
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twitter_handle: ungleich
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abstract:
Passing meta information into the VM
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body:
This time we describe how to pass information to the virtual machines
in uncloud.
The previous time we described
[how to generate MAC
addresses(../how-to-build-an-openstack-alternative-step-3-automating-mac-addresses/),
a key element of uncloud.
## Metadata
## Status
While being a small and very specific tool, the mac address generator
is actually a key element of creating a virtualisation
framework. Without it, it is practically impossible to spawn a dynamic
amount of virtual machines.
With our prototype, a secured network and the mac address generator we
are not far from being able to migrate some test VMs to uncloud.!