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[Joshua Powers](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/powersj "More about Joshua Powers")

15 December 2017

# cloud-init 17.2 Released

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As [announced](https://lists.launchpad.net/cloud-init/msg00117.html), cloud-init 17.2 was released this week. From the announcement, some highlights include:

* CLI added the clean and status subcommands
* Support for identifying OVF datasource provided by VMware
* NoCloudKVM tests now run in continuous integration
* Formalize DataSource get\_data and related properties
* Remove prettytable dependency and introduce simpletable

Version 17.2 is already available in Ubuntu Bionic. Onward to 18.1!

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