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In private cloud and VCD, the platform implements cloud-init with configuration drive. See Configuration drive.

In public cloud, it the platform uses cloud provider metadata; . Please check your provider documentation about metadata security. For Windows in AWS, the platform supports guest setup with CLOUDBASE_INIT, EC2LAUNCH_V2, EC2LAUNCH, and EC2CONFIG.

Cloud-init in Abiquo

Abiquo supports two main kinds of first boot automation with cloud-init:

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• Create a custom Windows image with cloudbase-init in Azure

• Create a custom Windows AMI with cloudbase-init for AWS

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Edit

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a VM template for guest setup

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Go to the Advanced tab

1. For the Guest setup option select Cloud-init

2. Optionally, choose to Set initial guest password.
   The platform will log in with the template User and Password and change the password to an initial password as configured. The platform will send the initial password to the user via mail or SMS as configured. It does not store the initial password. It is possible to display the initial password using the key button in the Abiquo UI

3. Select the Operating system and enter an optional Version

4. For the User, enter a user in the template. For Windows enter “Administrator” or for Linux, enter a user with password access to sudo to change the password

5. For the Password enter the default password of the user on the VM template.

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Optionally, go to Bootstrap and paste your configuration or script in the Bootstrap script text box. This can be a cloud configuration, for examples see https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/examples.html, or another startup script that is compatible with cloud init.

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Optionally, go to Variables and set predefined variables for the template. The configuration process may use the variables, it will also make them available through the configuration drive as user data or as VM metadata.

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