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NAME

7       cloud-localds - create a disk for cloud-init to utilize nocloud
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SYNOPSIS

10       cloud-localds [options] output user-data [meta-data]
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DESCRIPTION

14       cloud-localds  creates a disk-image with user-data and/or meta-data for
15       cloud-init(1).  user-data can contain everything which is supported  by
16       cloud-init(1)
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OPTIONS

19       -d, --disk_format=DISKFORMAT
20              Disk format to output. See qemu-img(1) for allowed disk formats.
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25              Filesystem format. Allowed formats are vfat and iso.  Default is
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34              Write network interfaces file into metadata.
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38              Add  dsmode  to the metadata. Allowed are local or net.  Default
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EXAMPLES

43       This example creates a disk image with user-data which can be  used  to
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47       Create some user-data:
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49              cat > my-user-data <<EOF
50              password: passw0rd
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55       Create the disk image which contains the user-data:
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57              cloud-localds my-seed.img my-user-data
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59       Boot the cloud-image:
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63       cloud-image.img is a image which supports cloud-init(1) during the boot
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SEE ALSO

68       cloud-init(1), qemu-img(1), qemu(1)
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AUTHOR

72       This manpage was  written  by  Thomas  Bechtold  <thomasbechtold@jpber‐
73       lin.de>  for  Debian systems (but may be used by others). Permission is
74       granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms
75       of  the  GNU  General  Public  License, Version 3 published by the Free
76       Software Foundation.
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