Following up to myself, in case anyone else has the same issue. I came
up with a workaround for the problem (see earlier report below), see my
writeup here:
https://blog.josefsson.org/2022/08/22/static-network-config-with-debian-cloud-images/
It would be great if someone more knowledgeable about cloud-init and
Debian cloud images could suggest what a proper solution could be. I'm
not sure if this is a cloud-init problem, debian cloud image problem, or
even if it is actually intended behaviour (although the behaviour is not
consistent with cloud-init documentation on how to disable DHCP). See
also the cloud-init bug referenced from the AlmaLinux wiki:
https://wiki.almalinux.org/cloud/Generic-cloud-on-local.html#static-ip
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1225922
/Simon
Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes:
> Hello,
>
> thanks for providing cloud images! I'm migrating towards them for VM
> installs instead of preseeding and the debian installer.
>
> I'm using bullseye genericcloud images with libvirt on a buster host. I
> want a completely static network configuration. The following commands
> works, and the VM comes up with static network, but there is a
> one-minute delay during first boot. What is happening? I'm guessing it
> is doing a DHCP request that times out.
>
> Is this a bug that should be reported and fixed, or is this intentional
> behaviour?
>
> How do I avoid the timeout?
>
> For comparison, Ubuntu cloud images does not behave like this, they boot
> quickly and acquire a static network config as expected.
>
> I have tried dsmode=local too ('cloud-localds -m local'), but it didn't
> make a difference.
>
> See at the end for content of the input files, if someone wants to
> experiment with reproducing this.
>
> cloud-localds -v --network-config=network_config_static.cfg /var/lib/libvirt/images/seed-sid.iso cloud_init.cfg
> wget -O /var/lib/libvirt/images/sid.qcow2 https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/daily/20210528-651/debian-11-genericcloud-amd64-daily-20210528-651.qcow2
> virt-install --name sid --import --os-variant debian10 --memory 1024 --vcpu 1 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/sid.qcow2 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/seed-sid.iso,readonly=on --noreboot --autostart --noautoconsole
> virsh start --console sid
>
> ...
> [ 3.843084] cloud-init[361]: Cloud-init v. 20.4.1 running 'init-local' at Sat, 29 May 2021 18:33:10 +0000. Up 3.82 seconds.
> [ OK ] Finished Initial cloud-init job (pre-networking).
> [ OK ] Reached target Network (Pre).
> [ OK ] Started ifup for enp1s0.
> Starting Raise network interfaces...
> [ 4.233341] pcieport 0000:00:02.7: pciehp: Slot(0-7): No device found
> [** ] A start job is running for Raise network interfaces (19s / 5min 1s)
> [ OK ] Finished Raise network interfaces.
> [ OK ] Reached target Network.
> Starting Initial cloud-ini… (metadata service crawler)...
> [ 67.626612] cloud-init[616]: Cloud-init v. 20.4.1 running 'init' at Sat, 29 May 2021 19:01:25 +0000. Up 67.60 seconds.
> [ 67.644647] cloud-init[616]: ci-info: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Net device info+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> [ 67.647251] cloud-init[616]: ci-info: +--------+------+----------------------------+-----------------+--------+-------------------+
> [ 67.652810] cloud-init[616]: ci-info: | Device | Up | Address | Mask | Scope | Hw-Address |
> [ 67.660669] cloud-init[616]: ci-info: +--------+------+----------------------------+-----------------+--------+-------------------+
> [ 67.663239] cloud-init[616]: ci-info: | enp1s0 | True | 178.174.241.111 | 255.255.255.192 | global | 52:54:00:d2:c6:85 |
> [ 67.668836] cloud-init[616]: ci-info: | enp1s0 | True | 2001:9b1:8633::111/48 | . | global | 52:54:00:d2:c6:85 |
> ...
>
> /Simon
>
> cloud_init.cfg:
>
> #cloud-config
> fqdn: sid.sjd.se
> manage_etc_hosts: true
> disable_root: false
> ssh_pwauth: false
> ssh_authorized_keys:
> - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILzCFcHHrKzVSPDDarZPYqn89H5TPaxwcORgRg+4DagE cardno:FFFE67252015
>
> network_config_static.cfg:
>
> version: 2
> ethernets:
> enp1s0:
> dhcp4: false
> addresses: [ 178.174.241.111/26, 2001:9b1:8633::111/48 ]
> gateway4: 178.174.241.65
> gateway6: 2001:9b1:8633::1
> nameservers:
> addresses: [ 213.80.98.2, 2001:9b0::53:1, 213.80.101.3, 2001:9b0::53:2 ]
>
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