During which phase of the boot process does cloud-init typically run?

During the early boot phase, before the instance is fully operational

Only when the instance is shut down

After the system is fully booted and all services are running

At a random time after boot, depending on system load

Which of the following is a common source of configuration data for cloud-init?

A metadata service provided by the cloud platform

The instance's local disk partition table

A developer wants to test cloud-init locally using a VM without a cloud metadata service. They plan to use the config drive datasource. What must they provide to the VM to ensure cloud-init reads the configuration?

A disk image with a partition labeled 'cidata' containing user-data and meta-data files.

A file named 'user-data' placed in the root of the VM's root filesystem.

A network share mounted at /var/lib/cloud/seed with the files.

A kernel command line parameter 'ds=nocloud' and a separate ISO with the files.

A security policy requires that the default user created by cloud-init have a random password that is only known to the administrator. They want to set the password via user-data. What should they use?

runcmd: [echo 'user:password' | chpasswd]

chpasswd: expire: true, list: | user:hashedpassword

LPIC-3 Virtualization and Containerization

Domain 3Objective 3

353.3 Cloud-Init (weight: 3) LPIC-3-VIRTUALIZATION Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Topic 353: VM Deployment and Provisioning domain, which makes up ~29% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~10–17 in this domain), expect 3–4 from this objective — we provide 30 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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16foundation · easy
During which phase of the boot process does cloud-init typically run?
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17foundation · easy
Which file is the primary configuration file for cloud-init?
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18foundation · easy
Which of the following is a common source of configuration data for cloud-init?
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19application · medium
A developer wants to test cloud-init locally using a VM without a cloud metadata service. They plan to use the config drive datasource. What must they provide to the VM to ensure cloud-init reads the configuration?
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20application · medium
A security policy requires that the default user created by cloud-init have a random password that is only known to the administrator. They want to set the password via user-data. What should they use?
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