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[enhancement] Allow / Choose a way to tell cc_mounts.py to use UUID for the entries added to fstab
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Description
### Problem
On our systems, we have found that relying on /dev/sdX paths is not reliable and have tried various workarounds to avoid issues.
The solution we have recently implemented is to use the path provided in /dev/disk/by-id/. This has been working well so far.
However, we would prefer to rely on the disk's UUID, and the fstab is populated by cc_mounts.py, which we don't have much control over through configuration.
Would it be possible to provide a configuration option to use the newly created disk's UUID instead of the path ?
### Configuration sample
```
device_aliases:
disk-os: /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0QEMU_QEMU_HARDDISK_drive-scsi0
swap: /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0QEMU_QEMU_HARDDISK_drive-scsi1
disk_setup:
disk-os:
table_type: gpt
overwrite: false
swap:
table_type: gpt
layout: [[100, 82]]
overwrite: true
fs_setup:
- device: swap
filesystem: swap
```
This is how the fstab entry is filled :
` - cc_mounts.py[DEBUG]: Changes to fstab: ['+ /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0QEMU_QEMU_HARDDISK_drive-scsi1-part1 none swap sw,comment=cloudconfig 0 0']`
### Additional note
If UUIDs are not reliable either, would it be possible to at least provide an alternative ?
### Closure
Thank you for considering this feature request. We appreciate your time and effort in improving cloud-init.
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