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User preferences in Cloud Shell
VPS/Cloud customers may now set user preferences via the cloud-shell application. Currently, we're supporting two such preferences and will continue to expand this list to support a wide array of user-configurable options...
The current variables include:
cpu_arch, which should be '32' or '64'. Default is 64.
autoheal, which should be 1 or 0. Default is 1.
The cpu_arch setting will be used to determine which architecture kernel should be loaded on boot. Please note that the boot_method variable may override this setting. WARNING: the legacy command 'boot32' has been removed in favor of this user-preference.
The autoheal setting will determine whether or not the configured instance pool will be automatically restored/rebooted upon failure.
To set or get these variables, use the commands 'setpref' and 'getpref' as such:
cloud-shell> setpref cpu_arch 32
cloud-shell> setpref autoheal 0
cloud-shell> getpref
$VAR1 = {
'client:NNN:pref:cpu_arch' => '32',
'client:NNN:pref:autoheal' => '0'
};
It should be noted that reimaging your OS currently cannot modify these variables. Thus, if you switch from a 32-bit or 64-bit OS, you must modify the cpu_arch variable manually. This is a forthcoming improvement we must make to the system.
UPDATE: New 'boot_method' preference available!
Currently accepted boot methods are:
- pv - Paravirtualized (default)
- pv_part - Paravirtualized, Partitioned disk
- pvgrub - Paravirtualized, with GRUB
- rescue - Boot into rescue image
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