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diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-add-apt-repos.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-add-apt-repos.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# Add apt repositories
+#
+# Default: auto select based on cloud metadata
+#  in ec2, the default is <region>.archive.ubuntu.com
+# apt_mirror:
+#   use the provided mirror
+# apt_mirror_search:
+#   search the list for the first mirror.
+#   this is currently very limited, only verifying that
+#   the mirror is dns resolvable or an IP address
+#
+# if neither apt_mirror nor apt_mirror search is set (the default)
+# then use the mirror provided by the DataSource found.
+# In EC2, that means using <region>.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com
+# 
+# if no mirror is provided by the DataSource, and 'apt_mirror_search_dns' is
+# true, then search for dns names '<distro>-mirror' in each of
+# - fqdn of this host per cloud metadata
+# - localdomain
+# - no domain (which would search domains listed in /etc/resolv.conf)
+# If there is a dns entry for <distro>-mirror, then it is assumed that there
+# is a distro mirror at http://<distro>-mirror.<domain>/<distro>
+#
+# That gives the cloud provider the opportunity to set mirrors of a distro
+# up and expose them only by creating dns entries.
+#
+# if none of that is found, then the default distro mirror is used
+apt_mirror: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
+apt_mirror_search: 
+ - http://local-mirror.mydomain
+ - http://archive.ubuntu.com
+apt_mirror_search_dns: False
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-boot-cmds.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-boot-cmds.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b281d327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-boot-cmds.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# boot commands
+# default: none
+# this is very similar to runcmd, but commands run very early
+# in the boot process, only slightly after a 'boothook' would run.
+# bootcmd should really only be used for things that could not be
+# done later in the boot process.  bootcmd is very much like
+# boothook, but possibly with more friendly.
+#  * bootcmd will run on every boot
+#  * the INSTANCE_ID variable will be set to the current instance id.
+#  * you can use 'cloud-init-boot-per' command to help only run once
+bootcmd:
+ - echo 192.168.1.130 us.archive.ubuntu.com > /etc/hosts
+ - [ cloud-init-per, once, mymkfs, mkfs, /dev/vdb ]
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-final-message.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-final-message.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ce31467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-final-message.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# final_message
+# default: cloud-init boot finished at $TIMESTAMP. Up $UPTIME seconds
+# this message is written by cloud-final when the system is finished
+# its first boot
+final_message: "The system is finally up, after $UPTIME seconds"
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-install-packages.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-install-packages.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4984818f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-install-packages.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# Install additional packages on first boot
+#
+# Default: none
+#
+# if packages are specified, this apt_update will be set to true
+#
+packages:
+ - pwgen
+ - pastebinit
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-mount-points.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-mount-points.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..416006db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-mount-points.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# set up mount points
+# 'mounts' contains a list of lists
+#  the inner list are entries for an /etc/fstab line
+#  ie : [ fs_spec, fs_file, fs_vfstype, fs_mntops, fs-freq, fs_passno ]
+#
+# default:
+# mounts:
+#  - [ ephemeral0, /mnt ]
+#  - [ swap, none, swap, sw, 0, 0 ]
+#
+# in order to remove a previously listed mount (ie, one from defaults)
+# list only the fs_spec.  For example, to override the default, of
+# mounting swap:
+# - [ swap ]
+# or
+# - [ swap, null ]
+#
+# - if a device does not exist at the time, an entry will still be
+#   written to /etc/fstab.
+# - '/dev' can be ommitted for device names that begin with: xvd, sd, hd, vd
+# - if an entry does not have all 6 fields, they will be filled in
+#   with values from 'mount_default_fields' below.
+#
+# Note, that you should set 'nobootwait' (see man fstab) for volumes that may
+# not be attached at instance boot (or reboot)
+#
+mounts:
+ - [ ephemeral0, /mnt, auto, "defaults,noexec" ]
+ - [ sdc, /opt/data ]
+ - [ xvdh, /opt/data, "auto", "defaults,nobootwait", "0", "0" ]
+ - [ dd, /dev/zero ]
+
+# mount_default_fields
+# These values are used to fill in any entries in 'mounts' that are not
+# complete.  This must be an array, and must have 7 fields.
+mount_default_fields: [ None, None, "auto", "defaults,nobootwait", "0", "2" ]
+
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-phone-home.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-phone-home.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f2b69f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-phone-home.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# phone_home: if this dictionary is present, then the phone_home
+# cloud-config module will post specified data back to the given
+# url
+# default: none
+# phone_home:
+#  url: http://my.foo.bar/$INSTANCE/
+#  post: all
+#  tries: 10
+#
+phone_home:
+ url: http://my.example.com/$INSTANCE_ID/
+ post: [ pub_key_dsa, pub_key_rsa, pub_key_ecdsa, instance_id ]
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-power-state.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-power-state.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59f062d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-power-state.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+## poweroff or reboot system after finished
+# default: none
+#
+# power_state can be used to make the system shutdown, reboot or
+# halt after boot is finished.  This same thing can be acheived by
+# user-data scripts or by runcmd by simply invoking 'shutdown'.
+# 
+# Doing it this way ensures that cloud-init is entirely finished with
+# modules that would be executed, and avoids any error/log messages
+# that may go to the console as a result of system services like
+# syslog being taken down while cloud-init is running.
+#
+# delay: form accepted by shutdown.  default is 'now'. other format
+#        accepted is +m (m in minutes)
+# mode: required. must be one of 'poweroff', 'halt', 'reboot'
+# message: provided as the message argument to 'shutdown'. default is none.
+power_state:
+ delay: 30
+ mode: poweroff
+ message: Bye Bye
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-run-cmds.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-run-cmds.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61b3bd63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-run-cmds.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# run commands
+# default: none
+# runcmd contains a list of either lists or a string
+# each item will be executed in order at rc.local like level with
+# output to the console
+# - if the item is a list, the items will be properly executed as if
+#   passed to execve(3) (with the first arg as the command).
+# - if the item is a string, it will be simply written to the file and
+#   will be interpreted by 'sh'
+#
+# Note, that the list has to be proper yaml, so you have to escape
+# any characters yaml would eat (':' can be problematic)
+runcmd:
+ - [ ls, -l, / ]
+ - [ sh, -xc, "echo $(date) ': hello world!'" ]
+ - [ sh, -c, echo "=========hello world'=========" ]
+ - ls -l /root
+ - [ wget, "http://slashdot.org", -O, /tmp/index.html ]
+
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-ssh-keys.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-ssh-keys.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..235a114f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-ssh-keys.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# add each entry to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys for the configured user or the
+# first user defined in the user definition directive.
+ssh_authorized_keys:
+  - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAGEA3FSyQwBI6Z+nCSjUUk8EEAnnkhXlukKoUPND/RRClWz2s5TCzIkd3Ou5+Cyz71X0XmazM3l5WgeErvtIwQMyT1KjNoMhoJMrJnWqQPOt5Q8zWd9qG7PBl9+eiH5qV7NZ mykey@host
+  - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA3I7VUf2l5gSn5uavROsc5HRDpZdQueUq5ozemNSj8T7enqKHOEaFoU2VoPgGEWC9RyzSQVeyD6s7APMcE82EtmW4skVEgEGSbDc1pvxzxtchBj78hJP6Cf5TCMFSXw+Fz5rF1dR23QDbN1mkHs7adr8GW4kSWqU7Q7NDwfIrJJtO7Hi42GyXtvEONHbiRPOe8stqUly7MvUoN+5kfjBM8Qqpfl2+FNhTYWpMfYdPUnE7u536WqzFmsaqJctz3gBxH9Ex7dFtrxR4qiqEr9Qtlu3xGn7Bw07/+i1D+ey3ONkZLN+LQ714cgj8fRS4Hj29SCmXp5Kt5/82cD/VN3NtHw== smoser@brickies
+
+# Send pre-generated ssh private keys to the server
+# If these are present, they will be written to /etc/ssh and
+# new random keys will not be generated
+#  in addition to 'rsa' and 'dsa' as shown below, 'ecdsa' is also supported
+ssh_keys:
+  rsa_private: |
+    -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+    MIIBxwIBAAJhAKD0YSHy73nUgysO13XsJmd4fHiFyQ+00R7VVu2iV9Qcon2LZS/x
+    1cydPZ4pQpfjEha6WxZ6o8ci/Ea/w0n+0HGPwaxlEG2Z9inNtj3pgFrYcRztfECb
+    1j6HCibZbAzYtwIBIwJgO8h72WjcmvcpZ8OvHSvTwAguO2TkR6mPgHsgSaKy6GJo
+    PUJnaZRWuba/HX0KGyhz19nPzLpzG5f0fYahlMJAyc13FV7K6kMBPXTRR6FxgHEg
+    L0MPC7cdqAwOVNcPY6A7AjEA1bNaIjOzFN2sfZX0j7OMhQuc4zP7r80zaGc5oy6W
+    p58hRAncFKEvnEq2CeL3vtuZAjEAwNBHpbNsBYTRPCHM7rZuG/iBtwp8Rxhc9I5w
+    ixvzMgi+HpGLWzUIBS+P/XhekIjPAjA285rVmEP+DR255Ls65QbgYhJmTzIXQ2T9
+    luLvcmFBC6l35Uc4gTgg4ALsmXLn71MCMGMpSWspEvuGInayTCL+vEjmNBT+FAdO
+    W7D4zCpI43jRS9U06JVOeSc9CDk2lwiA3wIwCTB/6uc8Cq85D9YqpM10FuHjKpnP
+    REPPOyrAspdeOAV+6VKRavstea7+2DZmSUgE
+    -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+
+  rsa_public: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAGEAoPRhIfLvedSDKw7XdewmZ3h8eIXJD7TRHtVW7aJX1ByifYtlL/HVzJ09nilCl+MSFrpbFnqjxyL8Rr/DSf7QcY/BrGUQbZn2Kc22PemAWthxHO18QJvWPocKJtlsDNi3 smoser@localhost
+
+  dsa_private: |
+    -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+    MIIBuwIBAAKBgQDP2HLu7pTExL89USyM0264RCyWX/CMLmukxX0Jdbm29ax8FBJT
+    pLrO8TIXVY5rPAJm1dTHnpuyJhOvU9G7M8tPUABtzSJh4GVSHlwaCfycwcpLv9TX
+    DgWIpSj+6EiHCyaRlB1/CBp9RiaB+10QcFbm+lapuET+/Au6vSDp9IRtlQIVAIMR
+    8KucvUYbOEI+yv+5LW9u3z/BAoGBAI0q6JP+JvJmwZFaeCMMVxXUbqiSko/P1lsa
+    LNNBHZ5/8MOUIm8rB2FC6ziidfueJpqTMqeQmSAlEBCwnwreUnGfRrKoJpyPNENY
+    d15MG6N5J+z81sEcHFeprryZ+D3Ge9VjPq3Tf3NhKKwCDQ0240aPezbnjPeFm4mH
+    bYxxcZ9GAoGAXmLIFSQgiAPu459rCKxT46tHJtM0QfnNiEnQLbFluefZ/yiI4DI3
+    8UzTCOXLhUA7ybmZha+D/csj15Y9/BNFuO7unzVhikCQV9DTeXX46pG4s1o23JKC
+    /QaYWNMZ7kTRv+wWow9MhGiVdML4ZN4XnifuO5krqAybngIy66PMEoQCFEIsKKWv
+    99iziAH0KBMVbxy03Trz
+    -----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+
+  dsa_public: ssh-dss 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 smoser@localhost
+
+
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-update-apt.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-update-apt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a83ce3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-update-apt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#cloud-config
+# Update apt database on first boot
+# (ie run apt-get update)
+#
+# Default: true
+# Aliases: apt_update
+package_update: false
diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-update-packages.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-update-packages.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56b72c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-update-packages.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# Upgrade the instance on first boot
+# (ie run apt-get upgrade)
+#
+# Default: false
+# Aliases: apt_upgrade
+package_upgrade: true
diff --git a/doc/rtd/conf.py b/doc/rtd/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56ec912f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import sys, os
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('./'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+from cloudinit import version
+
+# Supress warnings for docs that aren't used yet
+#unused_docs = [
+#]
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = 'Cloud-Init'
+
+# -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
+
+# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
+#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
+# coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
+extensions = [
+    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
+]
+
+intersphinx_mapping = {
+    'sphinx': ('http://sphinx.pocoo.org', None)
+}
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+# built documents.
+version = version.version_string()
+
+# Set the default Pygments syntax
+highlight_language = 'python'
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
+# output. They are ignored by default.
+show_authors = False
+
+# -- Options for HTML output ---------------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+html_theme = 'default'
+
+# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
+# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
+# documentation.
+html_theme_options = {
+    "bodyfont": "Arial, sans-serif",
+    "headfont": "Arial, sans-serif"
+}
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
+# of the sidebar.
+html_logo = 'logo.png'
diff --git a/doc/rtd/index.rst b/doc/rtd/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f878dbd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+.. _index:
+
+=====================
+Documentation
+=====================
+
+.. rubric:: Everything about cloud-init, a set of **python** scripts and utilities to make your cloud images be all they can be!
+
+Summary
+-----------------
+
+`Cloud-init`_ is the *defacto* multi-distribution package that handles early initialization of a cloud instance.
+
+
+----
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   topics/capabilities
+   topics/availability
+   topics/format
+   topics/dir_layout
+   topics/examples
+   topics/modules
+   topics/moreinfo
+
+
+.. _Cloud-init: https://launchpad.net/cloud-init
diff --git a/doc/rtd/logo.png b/doc/rtd/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed1b0a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/logo.png
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d58f808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+============
+Availability
+============
+
+It is currently installed in the `Ubuntu Cloud Images`_ and also in the official `Ubuntu`_ images available on EC2.
+
+Versions for other systems can be (or have been) created for the following distributions:
+
+- Ubuntu
+- Fedora
+- Debian
+- RHEL
+- CentOS
+- *and more...*
+
+So ask your distribution provider where you can obtain an image with it built-in if one is not already available ☺
+
+
+.. _Ubuntu Cloud Images: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/
+.. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst
new file mode 100644
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--- /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
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/dir_layout.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/dir_layout.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f072c585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/dir_layout.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+=========
+Directory layout
+=========
+
+Cloudinits's directory structure is somewhat different from a regular application::
+
+  /var/lib/cloud/
+      - data/
+         - instance-id  
+         - previous-instance-id
+         - datasource
+         - previous-datasource
+         - previous-hostname
+      - handlers/
+      - instance
+      - instances/
+          i-00000XYZ/
+            - boot-finished
+            - cloud-config.txt
+            - datasource
+            - handlers/
+            - obj.pkl
+            - scripts/
+            - sem/
+            - user-data.txt
+            - user-data.txt.i
+      - scripts/
+      -     per-boot/
+      -     per-instance/
+      -     per-once/
+      - seed/
+      - sem/
+
+``/var/lib/cloud``
+
+  The main directory containing the cloud-init specific subdirectories.
+  It is typically located at ``/var/lib`` but there are certain configuration
+  scenarios where this can be altered. 
+
+  TBD, describe this overriding more.
+
+``data/``
+
+  Contains information releated to instance ids, datasources and hostnames of the previous
+  and current instance if they are different. These can be examined as needed to
+  determine any information releated to a previous boot (if applicable).
+
+``handlers/``
+
+  Custom ``part-handlers`` code is written out here. Files that end up here are written
+  out with in the scheme of ``part-handler-XYZ`` where ``XYZ`` is the handler number (the
+  first handler found starts at 0).
+
+
+``instance``
+
+  A symlink to the current ``instances/`` subdirectory that points to the currently
+  active instance (which is active is dependent on the datasource loaded).
+
+``instances/``
+
+  All instances that were created using this image end up with instance identifer
+  subdirectories (and corresponding data for each instance). The currently active
+  instance will be symlinked the the ``instance`` symlink file defined previously.
+
+``scripts/``
+
+  Scripts that are downloaded/created by the corresponding ``part-handler`` will end up
+  in one of these subdirectories.
+
+``seed/``
+
+  TBD
+
+``sem/``
+
+  Cloud-init has a concept of a module sempahore, which basically consists
+  of the module name and its frequency. These files are used to ensure a module
+  is only ran `per-once`, `per-instance`, `per-always`. This folder contains 
+  sempaphore `files` which are only supposed to run `per-once` (not tied to the instance id).
+
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/examples.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/examples.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bbc33cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/examples.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+.. _yaml_examples:
+
+=========
+Cloud config examples
+=========
+
+Including users and groups
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-user-groups.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+
+Writing out arbitrary files
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-write-files.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+
+Adding a yum repository
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-yum-repo.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Configure an instance's trusted CA certificates
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-ca-certs.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Install and run `chef`_ recipes
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-chef.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Setup and run `puppet`_
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-puppet.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Add apt repositories
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-add-apt-repos.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Run commands on first boot
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-boot-cmds.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-run-cmds.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+
+Alter the completion message
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-final-message.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Install arbitrary packages
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-install-packages.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Run apt or yum upgrade
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-update-packages.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Adjust mount points mounted
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-mount-points.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Call a url when finished
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-phone-home.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Reboot/poweroff when finished
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-power-state.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+
+Configure instances ssh-keys
+---------------------------
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/cloud-config-ssh-keys.txt
+   :language: yaml
+   :linenos:
+   
+
+.. _chef: http://www.opscode.com/chef/
+.. _puppet: http://puppetlabs.com/
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/format.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/format.rst
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+=========
+Formats
+=========
+
+User data that will be acted upon by cloud-init must be in one of the following types.
+
+Gzip Compressed Content
+------------------------
+
+Content found to be gzip compressed will be uncompressed.
+The uncompressed data will then be used as if it were not compressed. 
+This is typically is useful because user-data is limited to ~16384 [#]_ bytes.
+
+Mime Multi Part Archive
+------------------------
+
+This list of rules is applied to each part of this multi-part file. 
+Using a mime-multi part file, the user can specify more than one type of data.
+
+For example, both a user data script and a cloud-config type could be specified.
+
+Supported content-types:
+
+- text/x-include-once-url
+- text/x-include-url
+- text/cloud-config-archive
+- text/upstart-job
+- text/cloud-config
+- text/part-handler
+- text/x-shellscript
+- text/cloud-boothook
+
+Helper script to generate mime messages
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   #!/usr/bin/python
+   
+   import sys
+   
+   from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+   from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+   
+   if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+       print("%s input-file:type ..." % (sys.argv[0]))
+       sys.exit(1)
+   
+   combined_message = MIMEMultipart()
+   for i in sys.argv[1:]:
+       (filename, format_type) = i.split(":", 1)
+       with open(filename) as fh:
+           contents = fh.read()
+       sub_message = MIMEText(contents, format_type, sys.getdefaultencoding())
+       sub_message.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"' % (filename))
+       combined_message.attach(sub_message)
+   
+   print(combined_message)
+
+
+User-Data Script
+------------------------
+
+Typically used by those who just want to execute a shell script.
+
+Begins with: ``#!`` or ``Content-Type: text/x-shellscript`` when using a MIME archive.
+
+Example
+~~~~~~~
+
+::
+
+  $ cat myscript.sh
+  
+  #!/bin/sh
+  echo "Hello World.  The time is now $(date -R)!" | tee /root/output.txt
+  
+  $ euca-run-instances --key mykey --user-data-file myscript.sh ami-a07d95c9 
+
+Include File
+------------
+
+This content is a ``include`` file.
+
+The file contains a list of urls, one per line.
+Each of the URLs will be read, and their content will be passed through this same set of rules.
+Ie, the content read from the URL can be gzipped, mime-multi-part, or plain text.
+
+Begins with: ``#include`` or ``Content-Type: text/x-include-url``  when using a MIME archive.
+
+Cloud Config Data
+-----------------
+
+Cloud-config is the simplest way to accomplish some things
+via user-data. Using cloud-config syntax, the user can specify certain things in a human friendly format. 
+
+These things include:
+
+- apt upgrade should be run on first boot
+- a different apt mirror should be used
+- additional apt sources should be added
+- certain ssh keys should be imported
+- *and many more...*
+
+**Note:** The file must be valid yaml syntax.
+
+See the :ref:`yaml_examples` section for a commented set of examples of supported cloud config formats.
+
+Begins with: ``#cloud-config`` or ``Content-Type: text/cloud-config`` when using a MIME archive.
+
+Upstart Job
+-----------
+
+Content is placed into a file in ``/etc/init``, and will be consumed by upstart as any other upstart job.
+
+Begins with: ``#upstart-job`` or ``Content-Type: text/upstart-job`` when using a MIME archive.
+
+Cloud Boothook
+--------------
+
+This content is ``boothook`` data. It is stored in a file under ``/var/lib/cloud`` and then executed immediately.
+This is the earliest ``hook`` available. Note, that there is no mechanism provided for running only once. The boothook must take care of this itself.
+It is provided with the instance id in the environment variable ``INSTANCE_I``. This could be made use of to provide a 'once-per-instance' type of functionality.
+
+Begins with: ``#cloud-boothook`` or ``Content-Type: text/cloud-boothook`` when using a MIME archive.
+
+Part Handler
+------------
+
+This is a ``part-handler``. It will be written to a file in ``/var/lib/cloud/data`` based on its filename (which is generated).
+This must be python code that contains a ``list_types`` method and a ``handle_type`` method. 
+Once the section is read the ``list_types`` method will be called. It must return a list of mime-types that this part-handler handles.
+
+The ``handle_type`` method must be like:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def handle_part(data, ctype, filename, payload):
+      # data = the cloudinit object
+      # ctype = "__begin__", "__end__", or the mime-type of the part that is being handled.
+      # filename = the filename of the part (or a generated filename if none is present in mime data)
+      # payload = the parts' content
+
+Cloud-init will then call the ``handle_type`` method once at begin, once per part received, and once at end.
+The ``begin`` and ``end`` calls are to allow the part handler to do initialization or teardown.
+
+Begins with: ``#part-handler`` or ``Content-Type: text/part-handler`` when using a MIME archive.
+
+Example
+~~~~~~~
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/part-handler.txt
+   :language: python
+   :linenos:
+
+Also this `blog`_ post offers another example for more advanced usage.
+
+.. [#] See your cloud provider for applicable user-data size limitations...
+.. _blog: http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2011/01/advanced-cloud-init-custom-handlers.html
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/modules.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/modules.rst
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+=========
+Modules
+=========
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/moreinfo.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/moreinfo.rst
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+=========
+More information
+=========
+
+Useful external references
+----------------
+
+- `The beauty of cloudinit`_
+- `Introduction to cloud-init`_ (video)
+
+.. _Introduction to cloud-init: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zL3BdbKyGY
+.. _The beauty of cloudinit: http://brandon.fuller.name/archives/2011/05/02/06.40.57/