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Author cloud-init user-data

Virtualization · pro · live throwaway Linux box · 3 tiered hints

Write /home/player/user-data: a cloud-init #cloud-config that creates a sudo user `ops`, installs the `nginx` package, writes a file via write_files, and runs a command via runcmd.

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