How to Update Cloud-Init User Data on a Vultr Cloud Compute Instance

1 min readUpdated 4 November 2026

Update Cloud-Init user data on a Vultr Cloud Compute instance. Terraform can set it only at creation.

Cloud-Init enables the automatic initialization and configuration of instances during the initial boot phase. It runs user data scripts to customize an instance, install applications, and configure specific packages or services.

Follow this guide to update Cloud-Init user data on a Vultr Cloud Compute instance using the Vultr Console, API, CLI, or Terraform.

Navigate to Compute and click Instances.
Click your target Vultr Cloud Compute instance to open its management page.
Navigate to the User-Data tab.
Enter your script or cloud config in the Cloud-Init User-Data field.
Click Update to apply the changes.

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