Digital Ocean cloud-init / cloud-config / droplet metadata usage

do_cloud-config.init.yaml

#
#DO droplet metadata intro + for DO-API
# [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-droplet-metadata#how-to-retrieve-droplet-metadata#digitalocean-api]
#
#intro to cloud-config scripting  (source of following examples)
# [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-cloud-config-scripting]
#
#howto
# [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-cloud-config-for-your-initial-server-setup]
#
#coreos cloud-config docs , validator
# [https://coreos.com/os/docs/latest/cloud-config.html]
# [https://coreos.com/validate/]
#
#see also examples directory inside Droplets
# '/usr/share/doc/cloud-init/examples'

#cloud-config
write_files:
  - path: /test.txt
    content: |
      Here is a line.
      Another line is here.


#cloud-config
package_update: true


#cloud-config
package_upgrade: true


#cloud-config
packages:
  - package_1
  - package_2
  - [package_3, version_num]


#cloud-config
ssh_authorized_keys:
  - ssh_key_1
  - ssh_key_2


#cloud-config
manage-resolv-conf: true
resolv_conf:
  nameservers:
    - 'first_nameserver'
    - 'second_nameserver'
  searchdomains:
    - first.domain.com
    - second.domain.com
  domain: domain.com
  options:
    option1: value1
    option2: value2
    option3: value3


#cloud-config
ssh_keys:
  rsa_private: |
    -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
    your_rsa_private_key
    -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

  rsa_public: your_rsa_public_key


#cloud-config
ca-certs:
  remove-defaults: true
  trusted:
    - |
      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      your_CA_cert
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----


#cloud-config
runcmd:
  - [ sed, -i, -e, 's/here/there/g', some_file]
  - echo "modified some_file"
  - [cat, some_file]


#cloud-config
power_state:
  timeout: 120
  delay: "+5"
  message: Rebooting in five minutes. Please save your work.
  mode: reboot


#---
#real example:  [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31214080/cloud-init-yaml-script-on-digital-ocean-droplets]

#cloud-config
users:
  - name: username
  - name: demo
    ssh-authorized-keys:
      - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCv60WjxoM39LgPDbiW7ne3gu18q0NIVv0RE6rDLNal1quXZ3nqAlANpl5qmhDQ+GS/sOtygSG4/9aiOA4vXO54k1mHWL2irjuB9XbXr00+44vSd2q/vtXdGXhdSMTf4/XK17fjKSG/9y3yD6nml6q9XgQxx9Vf/IkaKdlK0hbC1ds0+8h83PTb9dF3L7hf3Ch/ghvj5++tWJFdFeG+VI7EDuKNA4zL8C5FdYYWFA88YAmM8ndjA5qCjZXIIeZvZ/z9Kpy6DL0QZ8T3NsxRKapEU3nyiIuEAmn8fbnosWcsovw0IS1Hz6HsjYo4bu/gA82LWt3sdRUBZ/7ZsVD3ELip user@example.com
    sudo: ['ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL']
    groups: sudo
    shell: /bin/bash
runcmd:
  - sed -i -e '/^Port/s/^.*$/Port 4444/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  - sed -i -e '/^PermitRootLogin/s/^.*$/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  - sed -i -e '$aAllowUsers demo' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  - restart ssh


#API version:
{"name": "your_droplet_name",
"private_networking": true,
"region": "nyc3",
"size": "512mb",
"image": "ubuntu-14-04-x64",
"user-data": "#cloud-config
users:
  - name: demo
    ssh-authorized-keys:
      - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCv60WjxoM39LgPDbiW7ne3gu18q0NIVv0RE6rDLNal1quXZ3nqAlANpl5qmhDQ+GS/sOtygSG4/9aiOA4vXO54k1mHWL2irjuB9XbXr00+44vSd2q/vtXdGXhdSMTf4/XK17fjKSG/9y3yD6nml6q9XgQxx9Vf/IkaKdlK0hbC1ds0+8h83PTb9dF3L7hf3Ch/ghvj5++tWJFdFeG+VI7EDuKNA4zL8C5FdYYWFA88YAmM8ndjA5qCjZXIIeZvZ/z9Kpy6DL0QZ8T3NsxRKapEU3nyiIuEAmn8fbnosWcsovw0IS1Hz6HsjYo4bu/gA82LWt3sdRUBZ/7ZsVD3ELip user@example.com
    sudo: ['ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL']
    groups: sudo
    shell: /bin/bash
runcmd:
  - sed -i -e '/^Port/s/^.*$/Port 4444/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  - sed -i -e '/^PermitRootLogin/s/^.*$/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  - sed -i -e '$aAllowUsers demo' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  - restart ssh"}

#Yet another way to update sshd_config
#cloud-config
users:
  - name: demo
    ssh-authorized-keys:
      - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCv60WjxoM39LgPDbiW7ne3gu18q0NIVv0RE6rDLNal1quXZ3nqAlANpl5qmhDQ+GS/sOtygSG4/9aiOA4vXO54k1mHWL2irjuB9XbXr00+44vSd2q/vtXdGXhdSMTf4/XK17fjKSG/9y3yD6nml6q9XgQxx9Vf/IkaKdlK0hbC1ds0+8h83PTb9dF3L7hf3Ch/ghvj5++tWJFdFeG+VI7EDuKNA4zL8C5FdYYWFA88YAmM8ndjA5qCjZXIIeZvZ/z9Kpy6DL0QZ8T3NsxRKapEU3nyiIuEAmn8fbnosWcsovw0IS1Hz6HsjYo4bu/gA82LWt3sdRUBZ/7ZsVD3ELip user@example.com
    sudo: ['ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL']
    groups: sudo
    shell: /bin/bash
write_files:
  - path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    content: |
         Port 4444
         Protocol 2
         HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
         HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
         HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
         HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
         UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
         KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
         ServerKeyBits 1024
         SyslogFacility AUTH
         LogLevel INFO
         LoginGraceTime 120
         PermitRootLogin no
         StrictModes yes
         RSAAuthentication yes
         PubkeyAuthentication yes
         IgnoreRhosts yes
         RhostsRSAAuthentication no
         HostbasedAuthentication no
         PermitEmptyPasswords no
         ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
         X11Forwarding yes
         X11DisplayOffset 10
         PrintMotd no
         PrintLastLog yes
         TCPKeepAlive yes
         AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
         Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
         UsePAM yes
         AllowUsers demo