cloud-init — preparing a server from its first boot

40 min Ubuntu 24.04 Versions 20.04, 22.04, 24.04

Objective

Understand how an Ubuntu machine rented in the cloud configures itself on its own at first boot (name, accounts, SSH keys, packages), and write your own #cloud-config file to create identical servers in a few minutes.

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