Debian 12 template - long load on bios sreen at startup

[SylvainB]

Hi,

On a new Debian model, with cloud-init, during a reboot, the screen remains blocked for around 2 minutes.

Here my cloud-init config :

#cloud-config
users:

• name: user
  passwd: passwordhash
  lock_passwd: false
  groups: sudo
  shell: /bin/bash
  sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
  home: /home/user

Why is the screen stuck on this ?

Thank you for your help !

[SylvainB]

FYI, problem disappeared after allow dhcp traffic on my vlan.

[Danp]

Thanks for sharing the solution.

[olivierlambert]

Yes indeed, if you are not passing a static IP in the template, Cloud init will wait to get an IP for few minutes before continuing to boot