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Re: [Merge] ~chad.smith/cloud-init:github/readme into cloud-init:master

 


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> +# Cloud-init official mirror synced from https://launchpad.net/cloud-init
> +
> +[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cloud-init/cloud-init.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cloud-init/cloud-init) [![Read the Docs](https://readthedocs.org/projects/cloudinit/badge/?version=latest&style=flat)](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

parse and process?

> +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
> +---                 | ---                                               | ---

Arch and Gentoo should be in here

> +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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