pratyushmittal / cloud-init-server-setup

CloudInit script to configure servers

Configure servers in minutes

Use cloud-config.yaml to configure a virtual server in minutes.

Using

The script installs:

• ssh keys
• timezone
• postfix for crons emails
• docker
• docker-compose
• repos directory
• webapps directory

Docker and Docker-compose are good for managing project specific dependencies. Use them.

Setup on local machine

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Commands

# validation
python validate-yaml.py cloud-config.yaml

# testing the script locally
## https://multipass.run
## https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/faq.html#multipass
multipass launch -n ubuntu-lts-custom --cloud-init cloud-config.yaml
# get into bash
multipass exec ubuntu-lts-custom bash
# see logs
#https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/faq.html#where-are-the-logs
cat /run/cloud-init/result.json
# delete virtual clouds
multipass delete ubuntu-lts-custom
multipass purge