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Configuration Management

Cloud‑init is the industry‑standard tool for initializing Linux/Unix VMs across public clouds, private clouds, and bare‑metal installations.

Python Latest 26.1 · 4mo ago Security brief →

Features

  • Discovers cloud provider metadata at boot
  • Configures network, storage, SSH keys, and other system settings based on that metadata
  • Processes optional user data and vendor data for custom instance setup

Recent releases

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26.1 Breaking risk
Breaking changes
  • Dropped support for Python 3.8
Notable features
  • s390x platform detection on LXD
  • Tilaa cloud platform support
  • RaspberryPI support with keymap and usb-gadget

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