Is it possible to use Ignition in Google Cloud offered Container Optimised OS?

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We have an GCE instance running on CoreOs which is going to have its end of Life by May 26, 2020. So I would like to upgrade/Migrate my instance to Container Optimised OS. So I would like to understand if it is possible to use Ignition in COS config, as we have set the configuration using Ignition in CoreOS. It will make our lives easier. Is there way that I can use Ignition in COS. If yes any reference would be appreciated.

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Compute Engine requires specific guest environment packages. Ignition will choose where to look for configuration based on the underlying platform. In Google Compute Platform, it will read its configuration from the instance metadata entry named "user-data".

I have found a github page on Running CoreOS Container Linux on Google Compute Engine with examples and how to troubleshoot the issue.