Using userdata to pass shell scripts to an instance using cloud-init

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Where are the output of my shell script, when given to 'nova boot' as user-data?
  • Does it runs every it every reboot? or just one time?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (running cloud-init)

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