cloudinit

KVM: Testing cloud-init locally using KVM for a CentOS cloud image

The ability to quickly stand up a guest OS with cloud-init is most often associated with deployment of virtual machines in an IaaS like EC2 or Azure. But cloud-init is not just for remote cloud providers, and using cloud-init for local images that can be quickly deployed in KVM works great for local development and KVM: Testing cloud-init locally using KVM for a CentOS cloud image

KVM: Testing cloud-init locally using KVM for an Ubuntu cloud image

The ability to quickly stand up a guest OS with cloud-init is most often associated with deployment of virtual machines in an IaaS like EC2 or Azure. But cloud-init is not just for remote cloud providers, and using cloud-init for local images that can be quickly deployed in KVM works great for local development and KVM: Testing cloud-init locally using KVM for an Ubuntu cloud image