Set system locale and timezone¶
Configure the system locale and timezone. For a full list of keys, refer to the locale module and the timezone module schema.
Set the system locale¶
By default, cloud-init uses the locale specified by the datasource.
Set the locale directly¶
1#cloud-config
2locale: ar_AE
Set the locale via config file¶
This example sets the locale to fr_CA in /etc/alternate_path/locale.
1#cloud-config
2locale: fr_CA
3locale_configfile: /etc/alternate_path/locale
Set the system timezone¶
1#cloud-config
2timezone: US/Eastern