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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Vultr Startup Scripts

1 min readUpdated 23 October 2026

Find which Vultr startup script types are supported, such as cloud-init, Ignition, and iPXE, and how to assign one.

These are the frequently asked questions for Startup Scripts for Vultr Instances.

Vultr supports several types of Startup Scripts:

Linux systems use cloud-init user-data. See [Deploy a Vultr Server with
Cloud-Init User-Data](https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-deploy-a-vultr-server-with-cloudinit-userdata) for more details.
Fedora CoreOS uses Ignition. See the Ignition user guide and the Fedora CoreOS documentation for details.
Windows and *BSD systems use boot scripts.
iPXE scripts automatically install operating systems.

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