Ubuntu 16.04/Ubuntu 18.04

  1. Run the following commands:

    systemctl status cloud-init

    systemctl status cloud-init-local

    systemctl status cloud-config

    systemctl status cloud-final

    As shown in the following figure, enable indicates that automatic startup has been enabled for the service.

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  2. If automatic startup is not enabled for Cloud-Init services, run the following commands to enable it:

    systemctl enable cloud-init

    systemctl enable cloud-init-local

    systemctl enable cloud-config

    systemctl enable cloud-final

  3. Run the following commands to start Cloud-Init:

    systemctl start cloud-init-local

    systemctl start cloud-init

    systemctl start cloud-config

    systemctl start cloud-final

  4. Run the commands in 1 to check whether the Cloud-Init status is active.

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