Remove VMType check from the lima-init boot script #3861

afbjorklund · 2025-08-18T20:32:39Z

Do this when setting up the cidata instead, next to the decision on whether to use "cidata/" directory or "cidata.iso".

This means that this particular boot script is not depending on the driver, but can be used from all container drivers.

We probably want to add an explicit bool config for it to the driver, instead of checking for the driver name?

And there are still some features left to add to the script (from cloud-config), like the hostname and timezone.

Refactor: Lima Config and External Drivers #3769

Currently we dont use user-data, but lima.env (+ ssh key)

We execute this script through the boot.sh directly (lima-init).

pkg/cidata/template.go

pkg/cidata/cidata.go

pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/02-lima-init.sh

Do this when setting up the cidata instead, next to the decision on whether to use "cidata" dir or "cidata.iso". This means that this particular boot script is not depending on the driver, but can be used from all container drivers. Signed-off-by: Anders F Björklund <anders.f.bjorklund@gmail.com>

afbjorklund · 2025-08-24T07:32:07Z

This should be returned by the driver, instead of hardcoded on driver name like now:

func useCloudInit(instConfig *limayaml.LimaYAML) bool {
       // all drivers but WSL2 use cloud-init
       return *instConfig.VMType != limayaml.WSL2
}

Not so keen on the variable name, but it does follow the "default is false" convention.

AkihiroSuda · 2025-08-26T05:42:51Z

pkg/cidata/cidata.go

@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ func setupEnv(instConfigEnv map[string]string, propagateProxyEnv bool, slirpGate
 	return env, nil
 }

+func useCloudInit(instConfig *limayaml.LimaYAML) bool {
+	// all drivers but WSL2 use cloud-init
+	return *instConfig.VMType != limayaml.WSL2


(Should be moved to the DriverFeatures struct in the driver infra)

AkihiroSuda · 2025-08-27T05:42:58Z

Needs rebase