Template: cloud-init/datasources Type: multiselect Default: NoCloud, ConfigDrive, OpenNebula, DigitalOcean, Azure, AltCloud, OVF, MAAS, GCE, OpenStack, CloudSigma, SmartOS, Bigstep, Scaleway, AliYun, Ec2, CloudStack, None Choices-C: NoCloud, ConfigDrive, OpenNebula, DigitalOcean, Azure, AltCloud, OVF, MAAS, GCE, OpenStack, CloudSigma, SmartOS, Bigstep, Scaleway, AliYun, Ec2, CloudStack, None Choices: NoCloud: Reads info from /var/lib/cloud/seed only, ConfigDrive: Reads data from Openstack Config Drive, OpenNebula: read from OpenNebula context disk, DigitalOcean: reads data from Droplet datasource, Azure: read from MS Azure cdrom. Requires walinux-agent, AltCloud: config disks for RHEVm and vSphere, OVF: Reads data from OVF Transports, MAAS: Reads data from Ubuntu MAAS, GCE: google compute metadata service, OpenStack: native openstack metadata service, CloudSigma: metadata over serial for cloudsigma.com, SmartOS: Read from SmartOS metadata service, Bigstep: Bigstep metadata service, Scaleway: Scaleway metadata service, AliYun: Alibaba metadata service, Ec2: reads data from EC2 Metadata service, CloudStack: Read from CloudStack metadata service, None: Failsafe datasource Description: Which data sources should be searched? Cloud-init supports searching different "Data Sources" for information that it uses to configure a cloud instance. . Warning: Only select 'Ec2' if this system will be run on a system with the EC2 metadata service present. Doing so incorrectly will result in a substantial timeout on boot.