CloudStack Managed UserData – Automating Cloud Services by Maintaining Compliance Policies
UserData is an industry-standard used in IaaS cloud computing and has become a standard tool for cloud administrators and users alike. It provides a flexible and efficient way to configure and customize cloud instances during the deployment process. UserData scripts are utilized as external resources – decoupled from Apache CloudStack – where users freely define […]
CloudStack Managed User Data l CloudStack Feature First Look
Introduction When launching a new Instance on Apache CloudStack, users can set a UserData script to be executed by cloud-init during the boot process. The ‘CloudStack Managed UserData’ feature extends this functionality allowing one to automate the installation of packages, update the instance’s OS, and configure applications during instance deployment. Introduced in Apache CloudStack 4.18, […]
Support for VMs Having Multiple SSH Key l CloudStack Feature First Look
As SSH is the most widely used way to access remote machines, CloudStack provides users with the ability to specify an SSH Key to be added to the list of authorized keys of a virtual machine either during or post-deployment. Users can either generate these SSH Keys via the CloudStack UI or register existing public […]
