diff --git a/simple_vm/main.tf b/simple_vm/main.tf
index ea29afa..007df98 100644
--- a/simple_vm/main.tf
+++ b/simple_vm/main.tf
@@ -53,6 +53,25 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "instance" {
   network {
     name = var.network
   }
+
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [user_data]
+  }
+
+  user_data = <<-EOT
+    #cloud-config
+    ssh_pwauth: false
+    users:
+    - name: "gh-actions"
+      gecos: "Privileged User"
+      sudo: "ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"
+      shell: "/bin/bash"
+      lock_passwd: true
+      create_groups: false
+      uid: 1027
+      ssh_authorized_keys:
+      - "ssh-rsa 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"
+  EOT
 }
 
 resource "aws_route53_record" "dns-a" {