[17:10] <blackboxsw> falcojr: just approved with doc suggestion https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/917. Thanks for that take what you think makes sense from that supplement.
[17:10] <blackboxsw> yay PR bot links
[17:12] <blackboxsw> falcojr: thanks for the doc update. wheee I get some soft-ball reviews in today for credit https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/918
[18:56] <ananke> I'm trying to figure out how to kick off running of write-files module, to force it writing files manually, since it's set to per-instance
[18:57] <ananke> I've tried 'cloud-init single --name cc_write_files --frequency always', but I get the following error in log files: 
[18:58] <ananke> udo cloud-init single --name cc_write_files --frequency always
[18:58] <ananke> oops, wrong paste
[18:58] <ananke> 2021-06-10 18:57:35,470 - helpers.py[DEBUG]: Running config-cc_write_files using lock (<cloudinit.helpers.DummyLock object at 0x7f8ab8465a60>)
[18:58] <ananke> 2021-06-10 18:57:35,470 - cc_write_files.py[DEBUG]: Skipping module named cc_write_files, no/empty 'write_files' key in configuration
[18:59] <ananke> the docs indicate that this should be the correct module name
[19:00] <blackboxsw> ananke: `sudo cloud-init devel schema --system --annotate` beware if you have username's passwords in that userdata  before pasteing
[19:00] <blackboxsw> it'll print out the full userdata provided to the vm and allow us to check for syntax errors or missing keys
[19:01] <ananke> unrecognized argument: --system
[19:01] <blackboxsw> oops too new a feature: cloud-init --version
[19:02] <blackboxsw> ananke: `sudo cloud-init query userdata` does the same without error format annotations
[19:02] <blackboxsw> but depends on whether your vm has new enough cloud-init too :)
[19:03] <ananke> ahh, you are right on the money that the syntax may be the culprit. I've removed the additional items I added to write-files, and it works
[19:03] <blackboxsw> +1 yeah something is invalid YAML in that output
[19:03] <blackboxsw> +1 yeah something is invalid YAML in that userdata
[19:03] <ananke> it's cloud-init v 20.2
[19:04] <ananke> thank you, this gives me enough info to go on. the original error just threw me off track
[19:06] <blackboxsw> ananke: for quick iterations on your cloud-init env w/ 20.2: sudo cloud-init query userdata > ud.yaml; cloud-init devel schema --config-file --annotate ud.yaml;
[19:06] <blackboxsw> then you don't have to boot/reboot instances as you keep changing ud.yaml.
[19:07] <blackboxsw> at some point it'll work :)
[19:07] <blackboxsw> +1
[19:12] <ananke> cheers!
[19:18] <blackboxsw> falcojr: do you know if you plan to get to merging https://github.com/canonical/pycloudlib/pull/148 today. I think it might give us slight CI speed improvement on UA
[19:19] <falcojr> yes, sorry, I'll do that now
[19:20] <blackboxsw> excellent
[19:20] <blackboxsw> I realize  logically doesn't make sense for me to ask/press as it took me so long to review :)
[19:23] <falcojr> pushed my squashes, once CI finishes I'll merge it
[19:43] <falcojr> blackboxsw: done!
[19:44] <blackboxsw> Thanks falcojr