0ae70d5fe4
The following documentation parts were updated:
* copyright years
* stable installer urls were added
* PowerShell userdata header added (#ps1)
* Userdata types fixed
* Updated all the services config options
* Removed deprecated options for services
* Added Packet metadata service
* Added Azure metadata service
* Replaced return code with exit code in tutorial
(return code is not correct)
* Updated all the plugins config options
* Added all the undocumented plugins
* Added retry_count / retry_count_interval info
for all http based services
Change-Id: I6fdbdcaf45dec841e4080028d7d90cbbf6a6cb75
49 lines
1.6 KiB
ReStructuredText
49 lines
1.6 KiB
ReStructuredText
Intro
|
|
=====
|
|
|
|
The open source `project <https://github.com/openstack/cloudbase-init>`_
|
|
**cloudbase-init** is a service conceived and
|
|
maintained by Cloudbase Solutions Srl, currently working on NT systems.
|
|
It was designed to initialize and configure guest operating systems under
|
|
`OpenStack <https://www.openstack.org/>`_,
|
|
`OpenNebula <http://opennebula.org/>`_,
|
|
`CloudStack <https://cloudstack.apache.org/>`_,
|
|
`MaaS <https://maas.ubuntu.com/>`_ and many others.
|
|
Under `Cloudbase <http://www.cloudbase.it/cloud-init-windows/>`_ page,
|
|
stable and beta installers can be found and the service itself is very easy to
|
|
configure through configuration files. It can also customize instances based
|
|
on user input like local scripts and data.
|
|
|
|
More details on how you can use this can be found under :ref:`tutorial`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portable cloud initialization service
|
|
-------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
The main goal of this project is to provide guest cloud initialization for
|
|
*Windows* and other operating systems.
|
|
The architecture of the project is highly flexible and allows extensions for
|
|
additional clouds and plugins.
|
|
|
|
There's no limitation in the type of supported hypervisors. This service can be
|
|
used on instances running on Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, ESXi etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
.. _download:
|
|
|
|
Binaries
|
|
--------
|
|
|
|
Stable installers:
|
|
|
|
* https://www.cloudbase.it/downloads/CloudbaseInitSetup_Stable_x64.msi
|
|
* https://www.cloudbase.it/downloads/CloudbaseInitSetup_Stable_x86.msi
|
|
|
|
Beta installers:
|
|
|
|
* https://www.cloudbase.it/downloads/CloudbaseInitSetup_x64.msi
|
|
* https://www.cloudbase.it/downloads/CloudbaseInitSetup_x86.msi
|
|
|
|
Use a x64 installer on 64 bit versions of Windows and the x86 one
|
|
exclusively on 32 bit versions.
|