infra/modules/create-template-vm/cloud_init.yaml

#cloud-config 
hostname: terraform-vm
users:
  - name: wizard
    sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
    ssh_authorized_keys:
      - ${authorized_ssh_key}
    passwd: ${passwd}
    lock_passwd: false # enable passwd login
    shell: /bin/bash
package_update: true
package_upgrade: true
packages:
  - htop
  - vim
  - curl
  - jq
  - tcpdump
  - tree
  - tmux
  - wget
  - net-tools
  - zsh
  - apt-transport-https
  - ca-certificates
  - gpg
  - isc-dhcp-client
  - cloud-guest-utils # to enable resizing of disk via growpart
  - qemu-guest-agent
  - nginx
  # docker
  - docker-ce
  - docker-ce-cli
  - containerd.io
  - docker-buildx-plugin
  - docker-compose-plugin
  %{if is_k8s_template}
  # kubernetes
  - kubeadm
  - kubelet
  # iSCSI client for CSI-backed database storage
  - open-iscsi
  %{endif}

apt:
  sources:
  %{if is_k8s_template}
    kubernetes:
      source: "deb https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.32/deb/ /"
      keyid: "DE15B14486CD377B9E876E1A234654DA9A296436"
      filename: kubernetes.list
  %{endif}
    docker:
      source: "deb https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu noble stable"
      keyid: "9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88"
      filename: docker.list

runcmd:
  # Enable weekly TRIM/discard to reclaim freed blocks in LVM thin pool
  - systemctl enable --now fstrim.timer
  # Enable persistent journald logging for crash forensics, with size limits to reduce disk wear
  - mkdir -p /var/log/journal
  - sed -i 's/#Storage=auto/Storage=persistent/' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
  - sed -i 's/#SystemMaxUse=/SystemMaxUse=500M/' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
  - sed -i 's/#MaxRetentionSec=/MaxRetentionSec=7day/' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
  - sed -i 's/#MaxFileSec=/MaxFileSec=1day/' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
  - sed -i 's/#Compress=yes/Compress=yes/' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
  - systemctl restart systemd-journald
  %{if is_k8s_template}
  # Re-enabled 2026-05-10: unattended-upgrades is back on, but with a tight
  # Allowed-Origins list, a Package-Blacklist for k8s/containerd/runc/calico,
  # and Automatic-Reboot disabled (kured + sentinel-gate handles reboots in a
  # 24h-soaked rolling window, gated by Prometheus alerts).
  # Original outage (March 2026) was kernel update → containerd overlayfs corruption.
  # Mitigations: 24h cool-down between node reboots, Prometheus halt-on-alert,
  # apt-mark hold on k8s components, Package-Blacklist for runtime components.
  - apt-get install -y unattended-upgrades update-notifier-common
  - |
    cat > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-k8s <<'EOF'
    Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
        "$${distro_id}:$${distro_codename}";
        "$${distro_id}:$${distro_codename}-security";
        "$${distro_id}:$${distro_codename}-updates";
        "$${distro_id}ESMApps:$${distro_codename}-apps-security";
        "$${distro_id}ESM:$${distro_codename}-infra-security";
    };
    Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist {
        "^containerd(\.io)?$$";
        "^runc$$";
        "^cri-tools$$";
        "^kubernetes-cni$$";
        "^calico-.*";
        "^cni-plugins-.*";
        "^docker-ce$$";
    };
    Unattended-Upgrade::DevRelease "false";
    Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "false";
    EOF
  - |
    cat > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades <<'EOF'
    APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
    APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
    EOF
  - systemctl unmask unattended-upgrades 2>/dev/null || true
  - systemctl enable --now unattended-upgrades
  - apt-mark hold kubelet kubeadm kubectl
  - apt-mark hold containerd containerd.io runc 2>/dev/null || true
  - systemctl stop kubelet
  - containerd config default | sudo tee /etc/containerd/config.toml
  - ${containerd_config_update_command}
  - systemctl restart containerd
  - systemctl enable --now iscsid
  # Harden iSCSI: increase recovery timeout (300s vs 120s default) and enable
  # CRC32C data/header digests to detect bit flips over the network.
  # Prevents SQLite corruption from transient iSCSI session drops.
  - sed -i 's/^node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout = .*/node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout = 300/' /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
  - sed -i 's/^node.conn\[0\].timeo.noop_out_interval = .*/node.conn[0].timeo.noop_out_interval = 10/' /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
  - sed -i 's/^node.conn\[0\].timeo.noop_out_timeout = .*/node.conn[0].timeo.noop_out_timeout = 15/' /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
  - |
    if ! grep -q '^node.conn\[0\].iscsi.HeaderDigest' /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf; then
      echo 'node.conn[0].iscsi.HeaderDigest = CRC32C,None' >> /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
      echo 'node.conn[0].iscsi.DataDigest = CRC32C,None' >> /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
    fi
  - systemctl restart iscsid
  # Create /sentinel directory for kured reboot gating (sentinel gate DaemonSet)
  - mkdir -p /sentinel
  # Create 4Gi swap file for worker node memory pressure relief (NOT for master — etcd is latency-critical)
  - fallocate -l 4G /swapfile
  - chmod 600 /swapfile
  - mkswap /swapfile
  - swapon /swapfile
  - echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
  - sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10
  - echo 'vm.swappiness=10' >> /etc/sysctl.d/99-swap.conf
  - ${k8s_join_command}
  - systemctl enable kubelet
  - systemctl start kubelet
  %{ endif }
  %{ for provision_cmd in provision_cmds ~}
  - ${provision_cmd}
  %{ endfor ~}