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diff --git a/doc/examples/seed/README b/doc/examples/seed/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..927768f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/seed/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +This directory is an example of a 'seed' directory. + + +copying these files inside an instance's + /var/lib/cloud/data/cache/nocloud +or + /var/lib/cloud/data/cache/nocloud-net + +will cause the 'DataSourceNoCloud' and 'DataSourceNoCloudNet' modules +to enable and read the given data. + +The directory must have both files. + +- user-data: + This is the user data, as would be consumed from ec2's metadata service + see examples in doc/examples. +- meta-data: + This file is yaml formated data similar to what is in the ec2 metadata + service under meta-data/. See the example, or, on an ec2 instance, + run: + python -c 'import boto.utils, yaml; print( + yaml.dump(boto.utils.get_instance_metadata()))' |