Introducing azure-init, a minimal provisioning agent written in Rust (asg2024)

[Azure-init](https://github.com/Azure/azure-init) is a fresh open source reference implementation for provisioning Linux virtual machines in Azure. In contrast to existing systems like cloud-init, azure-init aims to be minimal, focusing on basic instance initialization from Azure metadata. Azure-init also consists of a flexible structure to enable its use by other provisioning agents like Fedora CoreOS’ [Afterburn](https://github.com/coreos/afterburn/). Finally, azure-init aims to be fast and secure, being written in Rust. In this talk we will review the motivations for the creation of azure-init, the current status of the project, and vision for its future development. Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de/ about this event: https://cfp.all-systems-go.io/all-systems-go-2024/talk/BK7KMD/