13:04:01 <unix> hi
13:04:20 <unix> I would like to ask how to set up cloud-init on SmartOS under the BHYVE brand with a custom ISO installation. I mean that I'm not using the official Joyent image. What I want to do is configure the network with cloud-init in a BHYVE VM. I have installed cloud-init, all related services are enabled, I also set up the serial console in the grub, etc. It seems to be working because under '/var/lib/cloud/instances' the VM UUID is created and I can see the IP 
13:04:20 <unix> settings I specified in the metadata on the SmartOS host in the 'obj.pkl' file, but for some reason, it doesn't execute them. The datasource_list [ SmartOS ] is, of course, set. I checked the official Joyent image and applied the same settings that are in the '/etc/cloud' folder, and the kernel parameters in the grub are the same, yet it doesn't work for me.
13:04:21 <unix> Any ideas?
14:48:30 <unix> problem solved
15:02:15 <neuroserve> unix - nice
23:45:16 <pjustice> I tried to rebuild my one LX zone today, using:
23:45:18 <pjustice> 632a25ad-15dc-42f0-a23b-743b37f62cbb  alpine-3        20240726  linux    lx-dataset    2024-07-26
23:45:39 <pjustice> It's tres unhappy.  I think the main problem is that dns is hosed.
23:45:57 <pjustice> e.g.:
23:45:58 <pjustice> cats:/var/log# host cats.h-net.org
23:45:58 <pjustice> netmgr/udp.c:1021:isc_nm_udpconnect(): fatal error: RUNTIME_CHECK(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS || result == ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED) failed
23:46:01 <pjustice> Aborted (core dumped)
23:46:13 <bahamat> Can you ping it?
23:47:25 <pjustice> yes, and since ssh is running right now, I can ssh to it.
23:47:39 <pjustice> (In an earlier attempt, ssh wouldn't run.)
23:48:10 <bahamat> I mean, can you ping cats.h-net.org?
23:48:10 <pjustice> nginx won't start because it can't look up its syslog server to send logs to.
23:48:17 <pjustice> yes
23:48:24 <bahamat> by name?
23:48:28 <pjustice> yes
23:48:37 <pjustice> dns service in the environment is fine
23:48:50 <pjustice> but something about resolution on this machine is hosed
23:48:55 <pjustice> this guest
23:49:10 <bahamat> Can you ping it by name from inside the guest?
23:49:37 <pjustice> yes, but its name is in /etc/hosts
23:49:59 <bahamat> What if you take it out?
23:50:00 <pjustice> `dig` does similar things to `host`
23:50:09 <pjustice> oddly, `apk update` works
23:50:41 <bahamat> dig and host both set privileged flats on packets. They don't just do gethostbyname().
23:50:41 <pjustice> yes, can ping from inside the guest by name even without its name in /etc/hosts
23:51:03 <pjustice> oh, and this is an alpine image
23:51:13 <pjustice> ah, there it is, I did say that
23:54:15 <bahamat> Do you have a dns server declaration in the nginx config?
23:54:35 <pjustice> no, haven't ever needed to
23:54:37 <pjustice> lemme see
23:57:41 <pjustice> doesn't help
23:58:16 <pjustice> but doc says that's for looking up upstream servers (in proxy, I think?) so maybe it doesn't use it to look up syslog servers to which it will send access log data.