How-to guides

If you have a specific goal in mind and are already familiar with the basics of cloud-init, our how-to guides cover some of the more common operations and tasks that you may need to complete.

They will help you to achieve a particular end result, but may require you to understand and adapt the steps to fit your specific requirements.

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How do I…?

• Run cloud-init locally before deploying
• Re-run cloud-init
• Change how often a module runs
• Validate my user data
• Debug cloud-init
• Check the status of cloud-init
• Report a bug
• Identify my datasource
• Disable cloud-init
• Test pre-release cloud-init on Ubuntu