Lennart Poettering on Nostr: …provided is not actually intended for systemd-imds, but for example cloud-init, ...

…provided is not actually intended for systemd-imds, but for example cloud-init, and then just steps away gracefully.

systemd-imdsd is generally useful, even if you don't buy into our system credential concept, as it improves both on reliability and on security over the traditional way to access IMDS. That is because clouds typically heavily ratelimit IMDS access, and refuse to operate if you access it too frequently. systemd-imdsd knows what to do in that case. And it's also because…