Getting Started with cloud-init

cloud-init is an awesome technology that can be used to customize Linux images for deployment, that lets you do all kinds of neat things such as automatically creating users, installing packages, resetting SSH keys, and more. However, it's often shrouded in mystery. In this video, I'll walk you through using it to create a user, set the hostname, and install some packages.

cloud-init links
🐧 Official page:
➡️ https://cloud-init.io/

🐧 Modules documentation:
➡️ https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/l...

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