Information about the package, cloud-init, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cloud-init package is designed for, Cloud instance init scripts.
Package Name:
cloud-init
Summary:
Cloud instance init scripts
Description:
Cloud-init is a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install ssh keys and to let the user run various scripts.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.7.4
Release:
2.el6
Size:
487 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the cloud-init package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cloud-init
This command will install cloud-init on the server.
yum remove cloud-init
This command will un-install cloud-init on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cloud-init, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cloud-init
This command will un-install cloud-init on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cloud-init when using the -y flag.
yum update cloud-init
This command will update cloud-init to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cloud-init, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cloud-init
This command will update cloud-init to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cloud-init when using the -y flag.
yum info cloud-init
This command will show you core information about the cloud-init package.
yum deplist cloud-init
This command will show you the dependencies for cloud-init. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update cloud-init
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cloud-init. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.