Tutorials#

This section contains step-by-step tutorials to help you get started with cloud-init. We hope our tutorials make as few assumptions as possible and are accessible to anyone with an interest in cloud-init. They should be a great place to start learning about cloud-init, how it works, and what it’s capable of.


Core tutorial#

This tutorial, which we recommend if you are completely new to cloudinit, uses the QEMU emulator to introduce you to all of the key concepts, tools, processes and operations that you will need to get started.

Quick-start tutorial#

This tutorial is recommended if you have some familiarity with cloud-init or the concepts around it, and are looking to get started as quickly as possible. Here, you will use an LXD container to deploy a cloud-init user data script.