cloud-init

cloud-init: What is the execution order of cloud-config directives?

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From https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init/tree/config/cloud.cfg (thanks to garbelini) (As of Sep 2017 the above link is incorrect and is now https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init/tree/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl, see note below) # The modules that run in the ‘init’ stage cloud_init_modules: – migrator – ubuntu-init-switch – seed_random – bootcmd – write-files – growpart – resizefs – set_hostname – update_hostname – update_etc_hosts – ca-certs – rsyslog … Read more

Why do people use Puppet/Chef with Amazon Cloud Formation instead of just using CloudInit?

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Is there an advantage over CloudInit? Yes, absolutely, many of them! Sure, you can write top to bottom run once CloudInit scripts to provision a server. But what happens when you need to change a configuration file, add a user, update a package, or install a new package? You will end up logging into servers … Read more