**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Mar 16 03:00:02 2018 Mar 16 13:53:31 Hi, I'd like to modify the ubuntu base rootfs tarball so that it contains the openssh server. What is the easiest way to do this? Mar 16 13:54:30 Doing that is dangerous. You'll end up with cloned private host keys which is a security problem. Mar 16 13:54:41 So you have to work around all of that, which is error-prone. Mar 16 13:54:53 Better to use official images that include cloud-init. Mar 16 13:55:12 i see Mar 16 13:56:36 I didn't know that something like cloudinit exists. I'll have a look. thanks **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Mar 17 03:00:00 2018