Optional USER_INPUTS attributes

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1

When custom attributes for a VM template are defined with USER_INPUTS, is there a way of making them optional?

I’m trying to let users specify optional cloud-init user data for my CoreOS image. I tried this in my VM template:

USER_INPUTS = [
    USER_DATA = "M|text|User data for `cloud-config`"
]
CONTEXT = [
  USER_DATA = "$USER_DATA"
]

If the user provides some cloud-init data, everything works fine. If the input field is left empty, however, Sunstone complains with a warning.

Is there a way of making that attribute non-mandatory? (I already tried replacing the M in "M|text|User data for 'cloud-config'" with an O, but it did not work.

2

The ‘M/O’ was a placeholder. I’m afraid there is no way to make the user inputs optional in 4.14.

We will however include optional user inputs in 5.0

3

We will however include optional user inputs in 5.0

Looking forward to it — thanks, Carlos!