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diff --git a/doc/var-lib-cloud.txt b/doc/var-lib-cloud.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..328edd01 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/var-lib-cloud.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +/var/lib/cloud has the following structure: + - scripts/ + per-instance/ + per-boot/ + per-once/ + + files in these directories will be run by 'run-parts' once per + instance, once per boot, and once per *ever*. + + - seed/ + <datasource>/ + sys-user-data + user-data + meta-data + + The 'seed/' directory allows you to seed a specific datasource + For example, to seed the 'nocloud' datasource you would need to + populate + seed/nocloud/user-data + seed/nocloud/meta-data + + - instance -> instances/i-abcde + This is a symlink to the current instance/<instance-id> directory + created/updated on boot + - instances/ + i-abcdefgh/ + scripts/ # all scripts in scripts are per-instance + sem/ + config-puppet + config-ssh + set-hostname + cloud-config.txt + user-data.txt + user-data.txt.i + obj.pkl + - sem/ + scripts.once + These are the cloud-specific semaphores. The only thing that + would go here are files to mark that a "per-once" script + has run. + + +to clear out the current instance's data as if to force a "new run" on reboot +do: + ( cd /var/lib/cloud/instance && sudo rm -Rf * ) + |