Cloud config archive

Example

#cloud-config-archive
- type: "text/cloud-boothook"
  content: |
    #!/bin/sh
    echo "this is from a boothook." > /var/tmp/boothook.txt
- type: "text/cloud-config"
  content: |
    bootcmd:
    - echo "this is from a cloud-config." > /var/tmp/bootcmd.txt

Explanation

A cloud-config-archive is a way to specify more than one type of data using YAML. Since building a MIME multipart archive can be somewhat unwieldy to build by hand or requires using a cloud-init helper utility, the cloud-config-archive provides a simpler alternative to building the MIME multi-part archive for those that would prefer to use YAML.

The format is a list of dictionaries.

Required fields:

  • type: The Content-Type identifier for the type of user-data in content

  • content: The user-data configuration

Optional fields:

  • launch-index: The EC2 Launch-Index (if applicable)

  • filename: This field is only used if using a user-data format that requires a filename in a MIME part. This is unrelated to any local system file.

All other fields will be interpreted as a MIME part header.