diff --git a/scripts/userData.sh b/scripts/userData.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..545e92248baa6d17f64115cc634c87b689ad0ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/userData.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+mkdir /local_home
+usermod -m -d /local_home/ec2-user ec2-user
+