By alimakki
When using the DigitalOcean API to create a new droplet, is there a way to have the droplet run a command or script once it spins (using the API)?
Thanks.
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you specify it in the user-data tab, your droplet will run cloud-init on boot, and you can specify your script should only run once. You can do loads of stuff in your cloud-init config
Hi @alastairc, thanks for replying.
Just a few more questions
you specify it in the user-data tab,
Where do I find the user-data tab?
Can those be built by using the DO API as well (i.e. built programmatically)?
Thanks!
You can also send user-data via the API populating the user-data field in your request to the create endpoint.
Exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you @ryanpq
And also thanks @alastairc for your suggestions as well.
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