`limactl start` should optionally show the progress of the provision scripts

[AkihiroSuda]

Currently it is hard to track the progress of the provision scripts.

[afbjorklund]

As long as cloud-init is running them, there is the cloud-init log?

[jandubois]

How is this supposed to be implemented? By tailing /var/log/cloud-init-output.log to the terminal over ssh?

[AkihiroSuda]

How is this supposed to be implemented? By tailing /var/log/cloud-init-output.log to the terminal over ssh?

Yes, probably

[olamilekan000]

regarding the title, when you say "optionally show the progress..." does this mean the user can opt in to see the log via a flag on the start command? @AkihiroSuda

[jandubois]

does this mean the user can opt in to see the log via a flag on the start command?

Yes

We need to discuss if this can just piggy-back on the --debug option, or if we need an extra one for this.

[olamilekan000]

I think the --debug flag works since it is used throughout the codebase for verbose logging

[olamilekan000]

@jandubois can you assign this to me. Also, are we agreeing to go with the --debug flag?

[AkihiroSuda]

I'd prefer to have a new --progress flag, as --debug is too verbose