305-300 VM Deployment And Provisioning Practice Question
In cloud-init, which syntax is required at the very beginning of the configuration file to ensure it is recognized as a cloud-config script?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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#cloud-config
Cloud-init scripts must start with the '#cloud-config' directive to be correctly parsed as YAML configuration.
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#cloud-config
Why this is correct
This is the required header.
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#!/bin/bash
Why it's wrong here
This is for shell scripts.
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#cloud-init
Why it's wrong here
This is not the recognized header.
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Why it's wrong here
This denotes the start of a YAML document but is not sufficient for cloud-init.
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