Since we introduced our metadata service in August, we’ve expanded this performance’s availability and the way you should use it to speed up compute occasion setup. 

cloud-init is a universally appropriate commonplace for customizing cloud cases throughout suppliers and can be utilized rather than or together with StackScripts. Although StackScripts work effectively on our platform, we needed to make it simpler for builders migrating to or utilizing Akamai cloud computing companies alongside different cloud suppliers by utilizing industry-standard scripting.

Functioning as a light-weight infrastructure as code device, cloud-init metadata makes it simple to “plug and play” scripted deployments to cut back the general work wanted to arrange a brand new compute occasion. On our platform, use cloud-init to:

This service additionally lets you construct customized pictures on our platform. Whereas we keep official pictures for Ubuntu (20.04 and up) and Debian 11, for those who’re working model 23 of cloud-init or above, you may customise pictures with the distribution of your selection. For a full rundown on find out how to construct config recordsdata for fast deployment, take a look at our information on robotically configuring and securing your server with cloud-init.

You could find Akamai’s configuration knowledge in cloud-init’s checklist of knowledge sources.

Get began with utilizing our metadata, now out there within the following 13 places:

• Amsterdam (Netherlands), Chennai (India), Chicago (USA), Jakarta (Indonesia), Los Angeles (USA), Miami (USA), Milan (Italy), Osaka (Japan), Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil), Seattle (USA), Stockholm (Sweden), and Washington D.C. (USA)

For extra info, take a look at our Overview of the Metadata Service.