Fix: Add qemu guest tools by default on normal/gpu instances.

nesitor · nesitor · commit d0f4b1f3c3d4 · 2026-02-04T20:20:36.000+01:00
diff --git a/src/aleph/vm/controllers/firecracker/instance.py b/src/aleph/vm/controllers/firecracker/instance.py
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ def _encode_user_data(self) -> bytes:
             "ssh_authorized_keys": ssh_authorized_keys,
             # Avoid the resize error because we already do it on the VM disk creation stage
             "resize_rootfs": False,
+            "package_update": True,
+            "packages": ["qemu-guest-agent"],
+            "runcmd": ["systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service"],
         }
 
         cloud_config_header = "#cloud-config\n"

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ def _encode_user_data(self) -> bytes:`
`151`	`151`	`"ssh_authorized_keys": ssh_authorized_keys,`
`152`	`152`	`# Avoid the resize error because we already do it on the VM disk creation stage`
`153`	`153`	`"resize_rootfs": False,`
	`154`	`+ "package_update": True,`
	`155`	`+ "packages": ["qemu-guest-agent"],`
	`156`	`+ "runcmd": ["systemctl start qemu-guest-agent.service"],`
`154`	`157`	`}`
`155`	`158`
`156`	`159`	`cloud_config_header = "#cloud-config\n"`