feat(changelog): elastic-metal-added-cloud-init-feature-available-on-ela 2025-10-31 (#5741)

* feat(changelog): add new entry

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Rowena Jones <[email protected]>

* Update changelog/october2025/2025-10-31-elastic-metal-added-cloud-init-feature-available-on-ela.mdx

Co-authored-by: Rowena Jones <[email protected]>

* Update changelog/october2025/2025-10-31-elastic-metal-added-cloud-init-feature-available-on-ela.mdx

---------

Co-authored-by: Changelog bot <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Néda <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Rowena Jones <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Benedikt Rollik <[email protected]>

Author: 5 people

changelog/october2025/2025-10-31-elastic-metal-added-cloud-init-feature-available-on-ela.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: Cloud-init feature available on Elastic-Metal servers
+status: added
+date: 2025-10-31
+category: bare-metal
+product: elastic-metal
+---
+
+Cloud-init is now available for Elastic Metal servers, enabling automated configuration at first boot. You can now use user-data scripts to set hostnames, configure networking, install packages, and add SSH keys automatically, bringing cloud-like flexibility to bare metal provisioning.
+