What is Cloud Init?

Cloud Init is a software designed for production use, with strong extensibility, automation hooks, and reliable performance across common deployment environm…

Cloud Init is free to use, with optional paid plans for additional features.

Cloud Init's key features include Core features, Integrations, Security, Analytics, Automation, and Extensibility.

You can get Cloud Init via the official website, the install page and the product page. See the resources section on this page for direct links.

Cloud Init is best suited for it and devops professionals, particularly in technology; startups; enterprise, and supports use cases such as supporting common workflows for teams.

Cloud Init runs on Web. It requires 512 MB RAM.

To get started with Cloud Init, go to http://cloud-init.io/download, and review the documentation at http://cloud-init.io/docs.

Cloud Init can be deployed on web, and offers an API for integration.

Cloud Init is developed by Cloud Init.

Cloud Init's strengths include active community and frequent updates, strong documentation and learning resources, thoughtful ux and workflow design, clear upgrade path with paid tiers, good security posture and permission model. On the downside, users note that some setup and onboarding effort is needed, customization may require engineering time, ui may feel overwhelming for new users.