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Install a Linux machine locally with something that is almost, but not quite, cloud-init
10 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 3 stories, 7 comments · first 2023-03-20 · latest 2025-11-27
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At last, one of my uses for https://github.com/rcarmo/ground-init is gone.
comment by rcarmo · 2025-11-27 · in Cloud-Init on Raspberry Pi OS -
I have https://github.com/rcarmo/ground-init - which I also use for Macs, although via a bit of a hack right now. I should update it to a brewfile-like setup... Anyway, my $0.02 is that doing fully automated installs on Macs is a fast…
comment by rcarmo · 2025-04-25 · in How I set up new MacBooks -
…base image or where it’s not fully supported by the orchestrator (like Proxmox containers), I use https://github.com/rcarmo/ground-init (which I first wrote to set up my laptop and local machines and lets me re-use cloud-init files).
comment by rcarmo · 2024-10-31 · in What scripts have you built to stand up a new server? -
Maintainer and co-author here. If you like simple, minimalist deployment tools, check out https://github.com/rcarmo/ground-init for a very much down to earth take on cloud-init…
comment by rcarmo · 2024-06-09 · in Piku: Allows git push deployments to your own servers -
…Some models will require apcd instead of nut, but I have configs for using Proxmox with both here: https://github.com/rcarmo/ground-init/tree/main/samples
comment by rcarmo · 2024-02-23 · in I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be monitored except in Windows -
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Install a machine with something that is almost, but not quite, cloud-initstory by rcarmo · 2023-12-07 · 0 comments
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…done you have Heroku-like deployments for any language runtime you install on the Pi. I also have https://github.com/rcarmo/ground-init , a cloud-init like shim that simplifies setting up machines (I'm a big fan of cloud-init, but since…
comment by rcarmo · 2023-09-20 · in Gokrazy is cool -
I mostly use cloud-init these days, to the point where I just went and built a shim ( https://github.com/rcarmo/ground-init ) for desktop setups. But if you don’t nuke & pave your infrastructure, Ansible is much better than other desired…
comment by rcarmo · 2023-06-30 · in Self-published Ansible book – 87k copies, 300k revenue, 41 revisions -
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Show HN: ground-init: Install a machine with almost, but not quite, cloud-initstory by rcarmo · 2023-06-23 · 2 comments
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Ground-init – Install a Linux machine with something that is almost cloud-initstory by rcarmo · 2023-03-20 · 0 comments