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| Functionality | Cloud-init | Hypervisor tools |
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| Set fully qualified domain name (FQDN) |   | |
| Generate a random password at deploy and send by email to owner | | |
| Inject network configuration if no DHCP server is available | | |
| Inject SSH keys into guest | |   |
| Configuration drive with environment variables and user-data presented to guest OS on an ISO disk. See Automate first boot with Configuration drive and cloud-init | | |
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Editing a VM with a FQDN set by Abiquo based on the VM UUID (with the default localdomain) and the Guest initial password option selected |
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- The FQDN that the user manually enters for the VM, which has the highest priority
- A hostname based on the Abiquo database ID, plus VM network domain name (from VM NIC or VDC default VLAN), or localdomain (automatic)
- A hostname that is the VM_uuid (or Abiquo database ID on Windows), plus VM network domain name, or localdomain (automatic)
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