Install debian package using cloud-init

Question

I'm trying to install netcat using cloud-init.

As soon as I SSH'd to my vm, with all my keys configured correctly via cloud-init (meaning, it's executing), I try to run netcat and it doesn't work;

I'm using Container-Optimized OS (cos) as they refer to use it for cloud-init, and as of research I found cos is based on ChromiumOS kernel;

All I add to my cloud-init file is

packages:
 - nano
 - netcat

And none of them work.

Is there anything I'm missing to be able to add these packages?

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 04 '18 at 20:08

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Assuming you want to run tools like nano and netcat interactively in that session, you can use the CoreOS toolbox in Container-Optimized OS to install and run these tools.

$ toolbox apt-get install -y nano netcat
$ toolbox nano

answered Nov 04 '18 at 20:08

YaguraStation

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what about something like tmux – Ozymandias Jan 28 '22 at 20:23
Yeah, I wouldn't know why not. Go for it :-) – YaguraStation Mar 23 '22 at 13:08
Toolbox doesn't seem to work unfortunately. I couldn't return to my tmux session – vozman Mar 28 '23 at 16:28

Install debian package using cloud-init

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