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+## cloud-init Server Setup
+
+OpenCHAMI utilizes the cloud-init platform for post-boot configuration.
+A custom cloud-init server container is included with this quickstart Docker Compose setup, but must be populated prior to use.
+
+The cloud-init server provides two API endpoints, described in the sections below.
+Choose the appropriate option for your needs.
+
+### Unprotected Data
+
+#### Setup
+The first endpoint, located at `/cloud-init/`, permits access to all stored data (and should therefore not contain configuration secrets).
+Storing data into this endpoint is accomplished via HTTP POST requests containing JSON-formatted cloud-init configuration details.
+For example:
+```bash
+curl 'https://foobar.openchami.cluster/cloud-init/' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{"name": "IDENTIFIER", "cloud-init": {
+        "userdata": {
+            "write_files": [{"content": "hello world", "path": "/etc/hello"}]
+        },
+        "metadata": {...},
+        "vendordata": {...}
+    }}'
+```
+`IDENTIFIER` can be:
+- A node MAC address
+- A node xname
+- An SMD group name
+It may be easiest to add nodes to a group for testing, and upload a cloud-init configuration for that group to this server.
+
+#### Usage
+Data is retrieved via HTTP GET requests to the `meta-data`, `user-data`, and `vendor-data` endpoints.
+For example, one could download all cloud-init data for a node/group via `curl 'https://foobar.openchami.cluster/cloud-init/<IDENTIFIER>/{meta-data,user-data,vendor-data}'`.
+
+When retrieving data, `IDENTIFIER` can also be omitted entirely (e.g. `https://foobar.openchami.cluster/cloud-init/user-data`).
+In this case, the cloud-init server will attempt to look up the relevant xname based on the request's source IP address.
+
+Thus, the intended use case is to set nodes' cloud-init datasource URLs to `https://foobar.openchami.cluster/cloud-init/`, from which the cloud-init client will load its configuration data.
+Note that in this case, no `IDENTIFIER` is provided, so IP-based autodetection will be performed.
+
+### JWT-Protected Data
+
+#### Setup
+The second endpoint, located at `/cloud-init-secure/`, restricts access to its cloud-init data behind a valid bearer token (i.e. a JWT).
+Storing data into this endpoint requires a valid access token, which we assume is stored in `$ACCESS_TOKEN`.
+The workflow described for unprotected data can be used, with the addition of the required authorization header, via e.g. `curl`'s `-H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"`.
+
+#### Usage
+In order to access this protected data, nodes must also supply valid JWTs.
+These may be distributed to nodes at boot time by including [`tpm-manager.yml`](tpm-manager.yml) in the `docker compose` command provided above.
+(It should be provided last, since it supplements service definitions from other files.)
+
+For nodes without hardware TPMs, the TPM manager will drop a JWT into `/var/run/cloud-init-jwt`.
+The token can be retrieved and included with a request to the cloud-init server, using an invocation such as:
+```bash
+curl 'https://foobar.openchami.cluster/cloud-init-secure/<IDENTIFIER>/{meta-data,user-data,vendor-data}' \
+    --create-dirs --output '/PATH/TO/DATA-DIR/#1' \
+    --header "Authorization: Bearer $(</var/run/cloud-init-jwt)"
+```
+cloud-init (i.e. on the node) can then be pointed at `file:///PATH/TO/DATA-DIR/` as its datasource URL.
+
+For nodes *with* hardware TPMs, the token will be dropped into the TPM's secure storage with `ownerread|ownerwrite` scope, and can be retrieved using the `tpm2_nvread` command.
 
 
 ## What's next?