Question
Safe to remove cloud-init packages post-installation?
- Posted on August 20, 2015
- Server OptimizationDeployment
Asked by Joël Dinel
Once a (Ubuntu) droplet has been deployed, is it safe to remove the cloud-init, cloud-guest-utils and cloud-initramfs-growroot packages?
Is cloud-init used for things like resizing / root password reset / rebuild from image?
Thanks!
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OK thanks, that’s the answer I was looking for.
Hi Kint,
We use Cloud-Init for imaging/snapshotting setups. If you plan to snapshot modify this Droplet, we recommend leaving the Cloud-Init packages in place.