From ba34eb76dd5364e17551e36b55a2f897038c47b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reyk Floeter Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 22:12:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add cloud-agent(8) as markdown file --- README.md | 6 ++- cloud-agent.md | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 cloud-agent.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8de4435..0836734 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ has removed CMS which is required by Azure. Usage ----- -Installation is easy, `cloud-agent` detects the cloud type automatically. +See the [cloud-agent(8)](cloud-agent.md) documentation for more +information about the usage. + +Basic installation is easy, `cloud-agent` detects the cloud type +automatically. * On Microsoft Azure, create a file `/etc/hostname.hvn0` diff --git a/cloud-agent.md b/cloud-agent.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ef3ea3 --- /dev/null +++ b/cloud-agent.md @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +CLOUD-AGENT(8) - System Manager's Manual + +# NAME + +**cloud-agent** - cloud provisioning for OpenBSD VMs + +# SYNOPSIS + +**cloud-agent** +\[**-nuv**] +\[**-p** *length*] +\[**-r** *rootdisk*] +\[**-t** *timeout*] +\[**-U** *username*] +*interface* + +# DESCRIPTION + +The +**cloud-agent** +program manages the OpenBSD provisioning and VM interaction in cloud +environments, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. + +The options are as follows: + +**-p** *length* + +> Generate and set a random password for the default user. +> The password will be written in its plain form into the +> *~/.ssh/authorized\_keys* +> file. +> This allows to use the +> doas(1) +> command to gain root privileges. +> The minimum +> *length* +> is 8 characters and the default is an empty password. + +**-n** + +> Do not configure the system and skip the provisioning step. + +**-t** *timeout* + +> Change the HTTP timeout. +> The default is 3 seconds. + +**-U** *username* + +> Change the default user. +> The default is +> "ec2-user" +> on AWS, +> "azure-user" +> on Azure, and +> "puffy" +> everywhere else. +> The default user is used when it is not obtained from the cloud +> configuration. +> Using +> "root" +> is supported, but not recommended. + +**-r** *rootdisk* + +> Automatically grow the last +> OpenBSD +> FFS partition of the root disk to use all the available space. + +**-u** + +> Deprovision and unconfigure the system. +> This deletes keys, passwords, and logs files without asking for permission. + +**-v** + +> Produce more verbose output. + +Enable +**cloud-agent** +in the +hostname.if(5) +of the VM's primary networking interface and automatically the last +partition of the root disk: + + # cat /etc/hostname.hvn0 + dhcp + !/usr/local/libexec/cloud-agent -r sd0 "\$if" + +# FILES + +*~/.ssh/authorized\_keys* + +> The location of the agent-configured SSH public keys and optional password. + +*/usr/local/libexec/cloud-agent* + +> The agent itself. + +*/usr/local/bin/cms* + +> The CMS binary that is used to decrypt messages from the Azure fabric. + +*/var/db/cloud-instance* + +> The instance ID as reported by the cloud. +> **cloud-agent** +> reprovisions the system when the value has changed. + +# SEE ALSO + +meta-data(8), +vmd(8) + +# AUTHORS + +Reyk Floeter <[reyk@openbsd.org](mailto:reyk@openbsd.org)> + +OpenBSD 6.5 - June 5, 2019