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CLOUD-INIT-PER

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NAME

cloud-init-per - Run a command with arguments at a specific frequency

 

SYNOPSIS

cloud-init-per <frequency> <name> <cmd> [ arg1 [ arg2 [...]]]

 

DESCRIPTION

Run a command with arguments at a specific frequency.

This utility can make it easier to use boothooks or bootcmd on a per "once" or "always" basis. For example:


    - [ cloud-init-per, once, mymkfs, mkfs, /dev/vdb ]

The cloud-init-per command replaced the cloud-init-run-module command.

 

OPTIONS

frequency
This can be one of the following values:

once: run only once and do not re-run for new instance-id

instance: run only the first boot for a given instance-id

always: run every boot

name
A name to give the command to run to show up in logs.

cmd [ arg1 [ arg2 [...]]]
The actual command to run followed by any additional arguments.

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2020 Canonical Ltd. License GPL-3 or Apache-2.0

 

SEE ALSO

Full documentation at: <https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io>


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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