Cloud Init

James Nugent - CloudInit: The Good Parts

Docs:

• All
• CLI
• AWS data source
• FAQ
• Cloud-Init Configuration Merging

Also:

• https://medium.com/awesome-cloud/aws-difference-between-secrets-manager-and-parameter-store-systems-manager-f02686604eae
• https://docs.gomplate.ca/datasources/#using-aws-smp-datasources

bash tips

More bash tips.

Start with

set -o errexit; set -o pipefail; set -o nounset
set -x # enable xtrace
#set +x # disable xtrace

Use shellcheck.

Cloud Init Run Phases:

• Init
• Config
• Final

Files

https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/faq.html