curl instead of ping

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## 3.1.1 - 2024-06-08
+## 3.1.2 - 2024-07-03
 
 ### Changed
+- use curl https://ncsa.illinois.edu/ to see if network is alive
+
+## 3.1.1 - 2024-06-08
 
+### Changed
 - healthmonitor/longhorn are now disabled by default
 
 ### Fixed 
-
 - missing secret/storageclass additional helm charts for manila
 - ability to enable/disable permissions fix for acme
 

terraform/modules/rke1/templates/user_data.tmpl

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ write_files:
   content: |
     #!/usr/bin/bash
     echo "sleeping to wait for network"
-    while ! ping -c 1 -w 0  1.1.1.1 > /dev/null ; do echo "Sleep 10s"; sleep 10; done
+    while ! curl --fail --silent --output /dev/null http://ncsa.illinois.edu ; do echo "Sleep 10s"; sleep 10; done
 %{ if ncsa_security }
     sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
     sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1