single-step script to perform all administration, some ansible performance settings

wait_ready.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z ""]
+then
+    LABEL="UpskillChallengeNode"
+fi
+
+NODESTATE="indeterminate"
+while [ "$NODESTATE" != "running" ]
+do
+  OLDSTATE=$NODESTATE
+  NODESTATE=$(linode-cli linodes list --format 'status' --label "$LABEL" --text | tail -n 1)
+  if [ "$NODESTATE" = "status" ]
+  then
+      echo "No node detected."
+      exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$NODESTATE" != "$OLDSTATE" ]
+  then
+    echo "$(date '+%F %T'): $NODESTATE"
+  fi
+done