cloud-init-per1
Run a command with arguments at a specific frequency
Usage
cloud-init-per <frequency>
<name>
<cmd>
[arg1
[arg2
[]]]
Overview
Run a command with arguments at a specific frequency.
This utility can make it easier to use boothooks or bootcmd on a per "once" or "always" basis. For example:
- [ cloud-init-per, once, mymkfs, mkfs, /dev/vdb ]
The cloud-init-per command replaced the cloud-init-run-module command.
Options
frequency-
This can be one of the following values:
once: run only once and do not re-run for new instance-idinstance: run only once for a given instance-id and re-run for new instance-idalways: run every boot
name-
A name to give the command to run to show up in logs.
- cmd [ arg1 [ arg2 [...]]]
-
The actual command to run followed by any additional arguments.
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm) to Debian 11 (Bullseye)