my cloud init snippets

meta.yml

instance-id: 60a5a5b4-5c2f-4b7c-ade5-1d07483a2725

user-1.yml

#cloud-config
password: arrow
chpasswd:
  expire: false
ssh_pwauth: true

user-2.yml

#cloud-config
users:
  - default
  - name: user
    passwd: $6$QwM7oc3p$TfPrrnIJO7ff72AXTcI7h3Y7xlDV8OSEmznjyQDck7joC9T8mEgqvhYQB7c1ADrKjpB5OH6tfhPFoRA2O9yGo1
    lock_passwd: false

user-3.yml

#cloud-config
hostname: foo
system_info:
  default_user:
    name: administrator # don't use 'admin'
    plain_text_passwd: arrow
    #passwd: $6$QwM7oc3p$TfPrrnIJO7ff72AXTcI7h3Y7xlDV8OSEmznjyQDck7joC9T8mEgqvhYQB7c1ADrKjpB5OH6tfhPFoRA2O9yGo1
    lock_passwd: false
chpasswd:
  expire: false
ssh_pwauth: true

user-4.yml

#cloud-config
chpasswd:
  list: |
    ubuntu:arrow
  expire: false

user-5.yml

#cloud-config
# updates
package_update: true
package_upgrade: true

# misc
timezone: America/Los_Angelos
hostname: hostname

# disable 'root' login, instead showing message instructing to login as default $user
disable_root: true

# causes the set+update hostname module to not operate (if true)
preserve_hostname: false

packages:
  - neovim

runcmd:
  - chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news

users:
  - default
  - name: user
    passwd: $6$QwM7oc3p$TfPrrnIJO7ff72AXTcI7h3Y7xlDV8OSEmznjyQDck7joC9T8mEgqvhYQB7c1ADrKjpB5OH6tfhPFoRA2O9yGo1
    lock_passwd: false
    shell: /bin/bash
    ssh_authorized_keys:
      - ''

# system and/or distro specific settings (not accessible to handlers/transforms)
system_info:
  # this will affect which distro class gets used
  distro: ubuntu
  # default user name + that default users groups (if added/used)
  # passwd is arrow
  default_user:
    name: ops
    passwd: $6$QwM7oc3p$TfPrrnIJO7ff72AXTcI7h3Y7xlDV8OSEmznjyQDck7joC9T8mEgqvhYQB7c1ADrKjpB5OH6tfhPFoRA2O9yGo1
    lock_passwd: false
    gecos: Ops
    groups: [adm, audio, cdrom, dialout, dip, floppy, lxd, netdev, plugdev, sudo, video]
    sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"]
    shell: /bin/bash
  # automatically discover the ntp_client
  ntp_client: auto
  # other config here will be given to the distro class and/or path classes
  paths:
     cloud_dir: /var/lib/cloud/
     templates_dir: /etc/cloud/templates/
     upstart_dir: /etc/init/
  ssh_svcname: ssh

# modules that run in 'init' stage
cloud_init_modules:
 - migrator
 - seed_random
 - bootcmd
 - write-files
 - growpart
 - resizefs
 - disk_setup
 - mounts
 - set_hostname
 - update_hostname
 - update_etc_hosts
 - ca-certs
 - rsyslog
 - users-groups
 - ssh

# modules that run in 'config' stage
cloud_config_modules:
# emit the cloud config ready event, which
# can be used by upstart jobs for 'start on cloud-config'
 - emit_upstart
 - snap
 - ssh-import-id
 - locale
 - set-passwords
 - grub-dpkg
 - apt-pipelining
 - apt-configure
 - ntp
 - timezone
 - runcmd

# modules that run in 'final' stage
cloud_final_modules:
 - package-update-upgrade-install
 - fan
 - landscape
 - ubuntu-drivers
 - mcollective
 - rightscale_userdata
 - scripts-vendor
 - scripts-per-once
 - scripts-per-boot
 - scripts-per-instance
 - scripts-user
 - ssh-authkey-fingerprints
 - keys-to-console
 - phone-home
 - final-message
 - power-state-change

user-6.yml

#cloud-config
users:
  - name: user
    lock_passwd: false
    sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"]
    shell: /bin/bash
    ssh-authorized-keys:
      - ''
  - name: otheruser
    lock_passwd: false
    shell: /bin/sh
    ssh-authorized-keys:
      - ''

user-7.yml

#cloud-config
manage_etc_hosts: localhost
disable_root: false
ssh_deletekeys: false
final_message: final message

note

• all hashed passwords are 'arrow'
• do not add a user with name 'admin'