OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest

A quieter week focused on image-builder improvements and a notable new cloud-init feature request. The openchami.org repo also saw a bulk maintenance sweep across older digest and event PRs.

Highlights#

• Image-builder runtime improvements: image-builder PR #54 adds support for module operations when not building from scratch, and PR #55 removes ansible variable printing — both shipped by travisbcotton this week.
• User-provided repo config in image-builder: image-builder PR #53 from smehta99 explores letting users supply their own repo config to the build pipeline. Closed for now; expect a follow-up.
• Multi-NIC cloud-init metadata proposed: New issue cloud-init #102 by Katakam-Rakesh asks SMD to expose multiple network interfaces in cloud-init metadata — useful for nodes with bonded or multi-fabric setups.

New & Notable PRs#

• Module operations without scratch build (image-builder #54) by travisbcotton
• Remove ansible variable printing (image-builder #55) by travisbcotton
• User-provided repo config (image-builder #53) by smehta99

Issues to Watch#

• Expose multiple network interfaces in cloud-init metadata (cloud-init #102) — a real ask from operators running multi-NIC nodes.

Releases#

No releases this week.

Contributor Thanks#

• travisbcotton — back-to-back image-builder improvements this week.
• smehta99 — pushing on image-builder config flexibility.
• Katakam-Rakesh — surfacing the multi-NIC cloud-init gap.

What’s next?#

• Decide the path forward for user-provided repo config in image-builder — close, redesign, or merge a follow-up?
• Triage cloud-init #102 and identify the SMD-side fields that need to surface.
• Plan upcoming OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026 logistics.

Proposed Blog Titles#

1. “Building Smarter Images: Recent image-builder Improvements”
2. “Multi-NIC Node Support in cloud-init: What Operators Are Asking For”
3. “How OpenCHAMI Maintains Configurable Build Pipelines”