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This works for me:

```import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const userData = readFileSync("my_script.sh", {
  encoding: "utf-8",
});

export { userData };```

<@U02FZC2RE0Y> it was able to read while file or commands inside bs.sh ..but didn’t ran any shell command

```#!/bin/sh

sudo apt-get install -y ansible

sudo apt install python3.8

wget -qO - terraform.gpg <https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg> | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/terraform-archive-keyring.gpg

sudo echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/terraform-archive-keyring.gpg] <https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com> $(lsb_release -cs) main" &gt; /etc/apt/sources.list.d/terraform.list

sudo apt install terraform```

I want it to read and run above commands on server

Ah, so the issue is that userData isn't _working_. Got it.

```
Resources:
    3 unchanged

Do you want to perform this update? yes
Updating (stage):
     Type                 Name              Status     
     pulumi:pulumi:Stack  metal-auto-stage             
 
Outputs:
    dsbasenodeIP: "139.178.70.225"
    userData    : "#!/bin/sh\n\nsudo apt-get install -y ansible\n\nsudo apt install python3.8\n\nwget -qO - terraform.gpg <https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg> | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/terraform-archive-keyring.gpg\n\nsudo echo \"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/terraform-archive-keyring.gpg] <https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com> $(lsb_release -cs) main\" &gt; /etc/apt/sources.list.d/terraform.list\n\nsudo apt install terraform\n\n\n"```

And this is on a freshly provisioned Device, right? Userdata only runs when you create the device.

Yes it on server which I created with code..Ideally it should ran right ?

If you run `pulumi destroy` and then `pulumi up`, the userdata code does not run, correct?

If so, please file an issue at <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-equinix-metal/issues>

There's also an update for that provider that's missing. Not sure if that would fix the userdata issue or not.