honestly its been months, i found unstaged changes and forgot

templates/cloud-init-user-data.yml.j2

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ fqdn: {{ cloud_init_fqdn | default(nbops_fqdn) }}
 manage_etc_hosts: true
 timezone: {{ cloud_init_timezone | default(nbops_timezone) }}
 locale: {{ cloud_init_locale | default(nbops_locale) }}
+{% set serial_console_enabled = cloud_init_serial_console_enabled | default(true) %}
+{% set serial_console_tty = cloud_init_serial_console_tty | default('ttyS0') %}
+{% set serial_console_term = cloud_init_serial_console_term | default('xterm-256color') %}
 
 users:
   - default
@@ -72,6 +75,14 @@ write_files:
       net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
       fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576
       fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 1024
+{% if serial_console_enabled | bool %}
+  - path: /etc/systemd/system/serial-getty@{{ serial_console_tty }}.service.d/10-nbops-xterm.conf
+    owner: root:root
+    permissions: "0644"
+    content: |
+      [Service]
+      Environment=TERM={{ serial_console_term }}
+{% endif %}
 
 runcmd:
   - install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
@@ -87,9 +98,12 @@ runcmd:
   - ufw allow {{ cloud_init_ssh_port | default(nbops_ssh_port) }}/tcp
   - ufw --force enable
   - systemctl enable --now chrony qemu-guest-agent docker unattended-upgrades
+{% if serial_console_enabled | bool %}
+  - systemctl daemon-reload
+  - systemctl enable --now serial-getty@{{ serial_console_tty }}.service
+{% endif %}
   - sysctl --system
   - ansible-galaxy collection install -r {{ cloud_init_repo_path | default('/opt/nbops-ansible') }}/requirements.yml || true
   - ansible-pull -U {{ cloud_init_repo_url }} -i localhost, -c local {{ cloud_init_playbook | default('playbooks/pull.yml') }} --accept-host-key
 
 final_message: "nbops cloud-init bootstrap complete after $UPTIME seconds"
-