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* '''Before''' clicking ''Launch'', select the ''Post-Creation'' tab. | * '''Before''' clicking ''Launch'', select the ''Post-Creation'' tab. | ||
* Specify your ''Customization Script Source'', in this case a CloudInit YAML file, by either coping and pasting into a text box (''Direct Input'' method) or uploading from a file from your desktop computer (''File'' method). Older versions of OpenStack, in particular IceHouse, only provide a text box to copy and past your CloudInit file into. | * Specify your ''Customization Script Source'', in this case a CloudInit YAML file, by either coping and pasting into a text box (''Direct Input'' method) or uploading from a file from your desktop computer (''File'' method). Older versions of OpenStack, in particular IceHouse, only provide a text box to copy and past your CloudInit file into. | ||
* Once the usual selections for your VM, as described in [[Cloud Quick Start#Launching a VM]], have been made and the CloudInit YAML file is included, click ''Launch'' to create the VM. | * Once the usual selections for your VM, as described in [[Cloud Quick Start#Launching a VM | Launching a VM]], have been made and the CloudInit YAML file is included, click ''Launch'' to create the VM. | ||
* It may take some time for CloudInit to complete depending on what has been specified in the CloudInit YAML file. | * It may take some time for CloudInit to complete depending on what has been specified in the CloudInit YAML file. | ||