Chad Smith has proposed merging ~chad.smith/cloud-init:github/readme into cloud-init:master.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..04045e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +# Cloud-init official mirror synced from https://launchpad.net/cloud-init + +[](https://travis-ci.org/cloud-init/cloud-init) [](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.org) + +Cloud-init is the *industry standard* multi-distribution method for +cross-platform cloud instance initialization. It is supported across all +major public cloud providers, provisioning systems for private cloud +infrastructure, and bare-metal installations. + +Cloud instances are initialized from a disk image and instance data: + +- Cloud metadata +- User data (optional) +- Vendor data (optional) + +Cloud-init will identify the cloud it is running on during boot, read any +provided metadata from the cloud and initialize the system accordingly. This +may involve setting up the network and storage devices to configuring SSH +access key and many other aspects of a system. Later on the cloud-init will +also parse and any optional user or vendor data that was passed to the +instance. + +## Getting involved +All contributions welcome! [Join us easily following our hacking guide](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/hacking.html) + +## Getting help + +Having trouble? We would like to help! + +- Ask a question in the [``#cloud-init`` IRC channel on Freenode](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channel=#cloud-init) +- Join and ask questions on the [cloud-init mailing list ](https://launchpad.net/~cloud-init) +- Find a bug? [Report bugs on Launchpad](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+filebug) + +## Recent cloud-init upstream releases +Upstream release version | Release date | +--- | --- | +19.4 | planned (2019-12-XX) | +[19.3](https://launchpad.net/cloud-init/+milestone/19.3) | 2019-11-05 | +[19.2](https://launchpad.net/cloud-init/+milestone/19.2) | 2019-07-17 | +[19.1](https://launchpad.net/cloud-init/+milestone/19.1) | 2019-05-10 | + + +## Cloud-init distribution support +Each linux distribution tracks cloud-init upstream updates at a different pace. + +The table below represents current and planned releases of cloud-init by each distribution. + +OS | Cloud-init version | Update schedule +--- | --- | --- +CentOS 8| 18.5.1 | +CentOS 7| 18.5.3 | +Debian stable| 18.3-6 | +Debian testing| 19.2-4 | +Debian unstable| 19.2-4 | +FreeBSD | [19.2](https://www.freshports.org/net/cloud-init/) | +Fedora 31| 17.1.11 | +Fedora 29| 17.1.7 | +openSUSE Tumbleweed | 19.2 | +openSUSE Leap 15.1 | 19.1 | +Oracle Linux 7 | 18.5.3 | +Oracle Linux 6 | 0.7.5.6 | +Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)| 19.3-0 | Weekly +Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan)| [19.2-36-g059d049c-0ubuntu3](https://github.com/cloud-init/cloud-init/tree/ubuntu/19.2-36-g059d049c-0ubuntu3) | Quarterly +Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)| [19.2-36-g059d049c-0ubuntu2~18.04.1](https://github.com/cloud-init/cloud-init/tree/ubuntu/19.2-36-g059d049c-0ubuntu2~18.04.1) | QuarterlyUbuntu 16.04 (Xenial)| [19.2-36-g059d049c- 0ubuntu2~16.04.1](https://github.com/cloud-init/cloud-init/tree/ubuntu/19.2-36-g059d049c-0ubuntu2~16.04.1) | Quarterly +Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty)|[0.7.5-0ubuntu1.23](https://github.com/cloud-init/cloud-init/tree/ubuntu/0.7.5-0ubuntu1.23) | None +Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)| [0.6.3-0ubuntu1.25](https://github.com/cloud-init/cloud-init/tree/ubuntu/0.6.3-0ubuntu1.25) | None + +## Alternative cloud-init package updates +We host daily [Ubuntu Daily PPAs](https://code.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/+recipes) that build package for each Ubuntu series from tip of cloud-init + +For CentOS 7/8 we publish to a couple of COPR build repos: + + * [**cloud-init-dev**: daily builds from cloud-init tip](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/cloud-init/cloud-init-dev/) + * [**el-testing**: gets updates only for upstream releases or any version that is published as a Stable Release Update to stable Ubuntu series](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/cloud-init/el-testing/) + * [**el-stable**: Provide newer/stable updates than those available in EPEL repos](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/cloud-init/el-stable/) +
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