Fedora CoreOS minimal ignition config for XCP-NG

This is the Ignition config that I use to bring up my Fedora CoreOS instance on a VM on my XCP-NG server:

{
  "ignition": {
    "version": "3.2.0"
  },
  "passwd": {
    "users": [
      {
        "groups": [
          "sudo",
          "docker"
        ],
        "name": "uli",
        "sshAuthorizedKeys": [
          "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDpvDSxIwnyMCFtIPRQmPUV6hh9lBJUR0Yo7ki+0Vxs+kcCHGjtcgDzcaHginj1zvy7nGwmcuGi5w83eKoANjK5CzpFT4vJeiXqtGllh0w+B5s6tbSsD0Wv3SC9Xc4NihjVjLU5gEyYmfs/sTpiow225Al9UVYeg1SzFr1I3oSSuw== sample@host"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "storage": {
    "files": [
      {
        "path": "/etc/hostname",
        "contents": {
          "source": "data:,coreos-test%0A"
        },
        "mode": 420
      },
      {
        "path": "/etc/profile.d/systemd-pager.sh",
        "contents": {
          "source": "data:,%23%20Tell%20systemd%20to%20not%20use%20a%20pager%20when%20printing%20information%0Aexport%20SYSTEMD_PAGER%3Dcat%0A"
        },
        "mode": 420
      },
      {
        "path": "/etc/sysctl.d/20-silence-audit.conf",
        "contents": {
          "source": "data:,%23%20Raise%20console%20message%20logging%20level%20from%20DEBUG%20(7)%20to%20WARNING%20(4)%0A%23%20to%20hide%20audit%20messages%20from%20the%20interactive%20console%0Akernel.printk%3D4"
        },
        "mode": 420
      }
    ]
  },
  "systemd": {
    "units": [
      {
        "enabled": true,
        "name": "docker.service"
      },
      {
        "enabled": true,
        "name": "containerd.service"
      },
      {
        "dropins": [
          {
            "contents": "[Service]\n# Override Execstart in main unit\nExecStart=\n# Add new Execstart with `-` prefix to ignore failure\nExecStart=-/usr/sbin/agetty --autologin core --noclear %I $TERM\nTTYVTDisallocate=no\n",
            "name": "autologin-core.conf"
          }
        ],
        "name": "[email protected]"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Which is build from this YAML:

variant: fcos
version: 1.2.0
passwd:
  users:
    - name: uli
      groups:
        - "sudo"
        - "docker"
      ssh_authorized_keys:
        - "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDpvDSxIwnyMCFtIPRQmPUV6hh9lBJUR0Yo7ki+0Vxs+kcCHGjtcgDzcaHginj1zvy7nGwmcuGi5w83eKoANjK5CzpFT4vJeiXqtGllh0w+B5s6tbSsD0Wv3SC9Xc4NihjVjLU5gEyYmfs/sTpiow225Al9UVYeg1SzFr1I3oSSuw== sample@computer"

systemd:
  units:
    - name: docker.service
      enabled: true

    - name: containerd.service
      enabled: true
    - name: [email protected]
      dropins:
      - name: autologin-core.conf
        contents: |
          [Service]
          # Override Execstart in main unit
          ExecStart=
          # Add new Execstart with `-` prefix to ignore failure
          ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/agetty --autologin core --noclear %I $TERM
          TTYVTDisallocate=no
storage:
  files:
    - path: /etc/hostname
      mode: 0644
      contents:
        inline: |
          coreos-test
    - path: /etc/profile.d/systemd-pager.sh
      mode: 0644
      contents:
        inline: |
          # Tell systemd to not use a pager when printing information
          export SYSTEMD_PAGER=cat
    - path: /etc/sysctl.d/20-silence-audit.conf
      mode: 0644
      contents:
        inline: |
          # Raise console message logging level from DEBUG (7) to WARNING (4)
          # to hide audit messages from the interactive console
          kernel.printk=4

using

fcct --pretty --strict ignition.yml --output ignition.ign

or TechOverflow’s online transpiler tool.

Install using:

sudo coreos-installer install /dev/xvda --copy-network --ignition-url https://mydomain.com/ignition.ign

Features:

• DHCP on all network interfaces
• TTY on the screen
• No password – remember to replace the SSH key by your key!