<div dir="ltr">I think there's still a basic disconnect.<div><br></div><div>Ironic builds a ramdisk image from scratch, currently using DIB, to run IPA in an ephemeral environment for provisioning and cleaning. We can't run just a simple qcow image. I think the current methods using debootstrap are great because it makes it trivial to setup a new image using DIB.</div><div><br></div><div>If we were to use published  debian images, we'd have to edit them, embed the IPA ramdisk, and ensure they're in a separate kernel:ramdisk format to be used as a ramdisk. In my experience, that's pretty difficult to do with a standard cloud image.</div><div><br></div><div>-</div><div>Jay Faulkner</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:29 AM Thomas Goirand <<a href="mailto:zigo@debian.org">zigo@debian.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 12/16/20 11:59 AM, Dmitry Tantsur wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:47 AM Thomas Goirand <<a href="mailto:zigo@debian.org" target="_blank">zigo@debian.org</a><br>
>     Hi Dmitry,<br>
> <br>
>     Could you please have a quick try with the official "Generic" image from<br>
>     the Debian team? Best maybe would be to try this one:<br>
> <br>
>     <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cdimage.debian.org_cdimage_cloud_bullseye_daily_20201216-2D486_debian-2D11-2Dgeneric-2Damd64-2Ddaily-2D20201216-2D486.qcow2&d=DwIFaQ&c=sWW_bEwW_mLyN3Kx2v57Q8e-CRbmiT9yOhqES_g_wVY&r=NKR1jXf8to59hDGraABDUb4djWcsAXM11_v4c7uz0Tg&m=uESkxZk94GL3tbchP2DfHN_zngJl2NupwL8fB-OnEbU&s=dlEFTBtQS8Hp5qeia6c82SqK81nv9dAvui5-z-zhASI&e=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cdimage.debian.org_cdimage_cloud_bullseye_daily_20201216-2D486_debian-2D11-2Dgeneric-2Damd64-2Ddaily-2D20201216-2D486.qcow2&d=DwIFaQ&c=sWW_bEwW_mLyN3Kx2v57Q8e-CRbmiT9yOhqES_g_wVY&r=NKR1jXf8to59hDGraABDUb4djWcsAXM11_v4c7uz0Tg&m=uESkxZk94GL3tbchP2DfHN_zngJl2NupwL8fB-OnEbU&s=dlEFTBtQS8Hp5qeia6c82SqK81nv9dAvui5-z-zhASI&e=</a> <br>
>     <<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cdimage.debian.org_cdimage_cloud_bullseye_daily_20201216-2D486_debian-2D11-2Dgeneric-2Damd64-2Ddaily-2D20201216-2D486.qcow2&d=DwIFaQ&c=sWW_bEwW_mLyN3Kx2v57Q8e-CRbmiT9yOhqES_g_wVY&r=NKR1jXf8to59hDGraABDUb4djWcsAXM11_v4c7uz0Tg&m=uESkxZk94GL3tbchP2DfHN_zngJl2NupwL8fB-OnEbU&s=dlEFTBtQS8Hp5qeia6c82SqK81nv9dAvui5-z-zhASI&e=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cdimage.debian.org_cdimage_cloud_bullseye_daily_20201216-2D486_debian-2D11-2Dgeneric-2Damd64-2Ddaily-2D20201216-2D486.qcow2&d=DwIFaQ&c=sWW_bEwW_mLyN3Kx2v57Q8e-CRbmiT9yOhqES_g_wVY&r=NKR1jXf8to59hDGraABDUb4djWcsAXM11_v4c7uz0Tg&m=uESkxZk94GL3tbchP2DfHN_zngJl2NupwL8fB-OnEbU&s=dlEFTBtQS8Hp5qeia6c82SqK81nv9dAvui5-z-zhASI&e=</a> ><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Only if DIB provides support for it. I'm not inclined to reproduce the<br>
> whole generation process manually.<br>
> <br>
> Dmitry<br>
<br>
Hi Dmitry,<br>
<br>
I'm not asking that you switch within the CI, I'm just asking if you can<br>
just try the Debian image *once* and *anywhere* you like, just to<br>
confirm that the image works. Anyone else volunteering would to do... :)<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Thomas Goirand (zigo)<br>
<br>
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