$ cat /tmp/my.ud #!/bin/sh echo $(cat /proc/uptime) | tee /run/system-up
$ gcloud compute instances create smtest1 \ --zone=us-central1-b --project=smoser-00 \ --image-family ubuntu-1710 --image-project ubuntu-os-cloud \ --metadata-from-file user-data=/tmp/my.ud
## then on node % cat /etc/cloud/build.info build_name: server serial: 20180303
% cat /run/system-up 46.63 29.52
% cat /etc/cloud/build.info build_name: server serial: 20180303
% dpkg-query --show cloud-init cloud-init 17.2-35-gf576b2a2-0ubuntu1~17.10.2
$ cat /tmp/my.ud
#!/bin/sh
echo $(cat /proc/uptime) | tee /run/system-up
$ gcloud compute instances create smtest1 \ us-central1- b --project=smoser-00 \ from-file user-data= /tmp/my. ud
--zone=
--image-family ubuntu-1710 --image-project ubuntu-os-cloud \
--metadata-
## then on node build.info
% cat /etc/cloud/
build_name: server
serial: 20180303
% cat /run/system-up
46.63 29.52
% cat /etc/cloud/ build.info
build_name: server
serial: 20180303
% dpkg-query --show cloud-init gf576b2a2- 0ubuntu1~ 17.10.2
cloud-init 17.2-35-