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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..63b34270 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +===================== +Capabilities +===================== + +- Setting a default locale +- Setting a instance hostname +- Generating instance ssh private keys +- Adding ssh keys to a users ``.ssh/authorized_keys`` so they can log in +- Setting up ephemeral mount points + +User configurability +-------------------- + +`Cloud-init`_ 's behavior can be configured via user-data. + + User-data can be given by the user at instance launch time. + +This is done via the ``--user-data`` or ``--user-data-file`` argument to ec2-run-instances for example. + +* Check your local clients documentation for how to provide a `user-data` string + or `user-data` file for usage by cloud-init on instance creation. + + +.. _Cloud-init: https://launchpad.net/cloud-init |