Inject guest configuration via the Firecracker microVM Metadata Service (MMDS) over 169.254.169.254

domain: firecracker-microvm.github.io · 4 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Populate the data store from the host: curl --unix-socket /tmp/firecracker.socket -X PUT http://localhost/mmds -d '{"latest":{"meta-data":{"local-hostname":"my-vm"}}}'
  2. Update incrementally with PATCH (JSON Merge Patch per RFC 7396) or replace wholesale with PUT; read the store back with GET /mmds
  3. To serve MMDS to the guest, Firecracker's embedded Dumbo HTTP/TCP/IPv4 stack must be enabled: create the network interface first, then include its interface id in the network_interfaces list of the MMDS config
  4. From inside the guest, retrieve metadata with curl http://169.254.169.254/ (the embedded server handles GET and PUT)

Known gotchas

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