Cloud config examples index

Note

This page is an index to all the cloud config YAML examples, organized by operation or process. Alternatively see the all examples page.

System initialization and boot

• Run commands during boot using bootcmd and runcmd

• Control vendor-data use on boot

• Provide random seed data

• Writing out arbitrary files

System configuration

• Set keyboard layout

• Set system locale and timezone

SSH and security

• Configure SSH and SSH keys

  There are four modules related to SSH keys and their configuration, all of which are described in this page:

  • SSH

  • SSH Import ID

  • Keys to Console

  • SSH AuthKey Fingerprints.

• Add and configure trusted CA certificates

• Disable AWS EC2 IMDS

Disk and file system setup

• Configure partitions and filesystems - this includes initial disk and filesystem setup, resizing the file system, and growing partitions

• Configure mount points and swap files

• Gluster

Manage users

• Configure users and groups

• User passwords

Hostname

• Set hostname and FQDN

• Update hostname and FQDN

Networking

• Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP)

• Configure resolv.conf

• Configure Wireguard tunnel

• Update the hosts file

Package management

• Update, upgrade and install packages

• Configure APT

• APT pipelining

• Configure APK repositories (Alpine)

• Manage snaps (Ubuntu)

• Yum repositories (RPM-based)

• Configure Zypper repositories (OpenSUSE)

System monitoring and logging

• Create Reporting endpoints

• Output message when cloud-init finishes

• Configure system logging via rsyslog

Configuration managers

Ansible

• Install Ansible

• Configure instance to be managed by Ansible

• Configure instance to be an Ansible controller

Chef

• Install and run Chef recipes

Puppet

• Puppet

Salt Minion

• Salt Minion

Distribution-specific setup

Red Hat

• Register a Red Hat system

Ubuntu

• Configure Ubuntu Pro services

• Third party drivers in Ubuntu

• Install Landscape client

• Configure Ubuntu fan networking

• Configure which device is used as the target for GRUB installation

Miscellaneous

• Configure LXD

• Enable/disable Byobu terminal multiplexer

• Install hotplug udev rules

• Install and configure MCollective

• Phone home: post data to remote host

• Change power state

• Install and configure Spacewalk

• Configure datasources

• Amazon EC2 launch index