From 25c4affd1e8853a423c94f18d6445c6b0d24031b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJ Schroeder <6432150+ajschroeder@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:12:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: disable cloud-init instead of uninstalling

---
 ansible/roles/clean/tasks/ubuntu.yml | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ansible/roles/clean/tasks/ubuntu.yml b/ansible/roles/clean/tasks/ubuntu.yml
index 3016532..7d70275 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/clean/tasks/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/clean/tasks/ubuntu.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,23 @@
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     enable_cloudinit: "{{ enable_cloudinit | default('false') }}"
 
-# Tasks for removing the cloud-init package.
-- name: "Removing the cloud-init package."
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: cloud-init
-    state: absent
+# Tasks for disabling cloud-init
+- name: "Disabling cloud-init."
+  block:
+    - name: 'Check if /etc/cloud/ exists'
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: '/etc/cloud/'
+      register: etc_cloud_folder
+
+    - name: 'Generate /etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled'
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: '/etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled'
+        content: "disabled by ansible\n"
+        owner: 'root'
+        group: 'root'
+        mode: '0644'
+      when:
+        - 'etc_cloud_folder.stat.exists'
   when: enable_cloudinit == 'false'
 
 # Tasks to clean the audit logs.