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authorMax Illfelder <illfelder@users.noreply.github.com>2017-03-21 16:58:10 -0700
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-03-21 16:58:10 -0700
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Fix documentation for the instance config file. (#389)
Update README instructions for using the instance config template file in a running instance.
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Users of Google provided images may configure the guest environment behaviors
using a configuration file. To make configuration changes, add settings to
-`/etc/default/instance_configs.cfg.template`. Settings are not overridden in the
-guest.
+`/etc/default/instance_configs.cfg.template`. If you are attempting to change
+the behavior of a running instance, run `/usr/bin/google_instance_setup` before
+reloading the affected daemons.
Linux distributions looking to include their own defaults can specify settings
in `/etc/default/instance_configs.cfg.distro`. These settings will not override