Set up OhMyZsh on Amazon EC2 instance running Ubuntu Server 14.04

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1. Connect to your EC2 instance
2. Install zsh : sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install zsh
3. Edit your passwd configuration file to tell which shell to use for user ubuntu : sudo vim /etc/passwd
4. Look for ubuntu user, and replace bin/bash by bin/zsh
5. Install OhMyZsh : sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
6. Disconnect from your instance and reconnect it.

Combining the original solution with instance user data, you can add the following script to the instance's user-data, and then you'll have zsh installed when the instance is ready.

Very handy when using EC2 Launch Template

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y zsh && \
sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh ubuntu && \
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

Thanks, for this.

Added an updated version here: https://gist.github.com/sandiprb/771bcbd100a3ebf53682903a627a40df

Thanks for this!

this works on Oracle VPS too, thanks.