Andy Randall 🇺🇦 @ bluesky/hachyderm Profile picture
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Jun 8, 2022 14 tweets 3 min read
Some Linux distros (e.g. @FedoraCoreOS and @flatcar) use Ignition instead of cloud-init for machine initialization.

⚡️What is ignition, and how is it different from cloud-init?

Kudos to @RedHat for the clear docs (see link at end), summarized in this 🧵(1/14) Ignition runs from an initial RAM disk that is separate from the system you are installing to. Because of that, Ignition can repartition disks, set up file systems, and perform other changes to the machine’s permanent file system. (2/14)