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CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8) Practice Question

During a hybrid deployment project, you need to automate the installation of new bare-metal RHEL hosts and, separately, customize pre-built cloud VM images the first time they boot. The team is considering Kickstart and cloud-init. Which statement about these two technologies is correct?

  • Kickstart is designed to re-apply its settings on every reboot by default, while cloud-init runs only once during the installation phase and is never executed again.

  • Kickstart files are processed by the Anaconda installer during OS installation, whereas cloud-init runs on first boot of an image and pulls its user-data from sources such as a cloud metadata service or config drive.

  • Both Kickstart and cloud-init require YAML user-data delivered by a cloud metadata service and therefore cannot be used when booting from local media.

  • cloud-init depends on the Anaconda installer to parse its configuration, but Kickstart runs as a systemd service the first time the new VM boots.

CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8)
Automation, Orchestration, and Scripting
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