In private cloud datacenters, Abiquo supports guest setup with cloud init or hypervisor tools. In public cloud providers, Abiquo supports cloud init, and in AWS it also supports provider setup tools. The Abiquo Chef integration uses cloud-init. Guest setup runs the first time you deploy a VM. The hypervisor tools guest setup also runs when you add a NIC. If the guest setup is not successful, the VM deploy or reconfigure will fail and roll back.
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Chef uses cloud init
In private cloud datacenters, the Abiquo Chef integration now uses cloud init. You will need a cloud-init or cloud-base-init compatible template.
In all public cloud providers, Chef is always available and supported, even if you do not select the Guest setup option in the VM template.
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