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.

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Core tutorial

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

• Core tutorial with QEMU

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.

• Quick-start tutorial with LXD

WSL tutorial

This tutorial is for learning to use cloud-init within a WSL environment. You will use a cloud-init user data script to customize a WSL instance.

• WSL Tutorial