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authorKiril Vladimiroff <kiril.vladimiroff@cloudsigma.com>2014-03-04 12:11:10 -0500
committerScott Moser <smoser@ubuntu.com>2014-03-04 12:11:10 -0500
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CloudSigma: support user-data being base64 encoded
This adds the ability to read a 'base64_fields' entry in the metadata, and if cloud-init-userdata is listed in that, then content will be base64 decoded first.
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@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ You can provide user-data to the VM using the dedicated `meta field`_ in the `se
header could be omitted. However since this is a raw-text field you could provide any of the valid
`config formats`_.
+You have the option to encode your user-data using Base64. In order to do that you have to add the
+``cloudinit-user-data`` field to the ``base64_fields``. The latter is a comma-separated field with
+all the meta fields whit base64 encoded values.
+
If your user-data does not need an internet connection you can create a
`meta field`_ in the `server context`_ ``cloudinit-dsmode`` and set "local" as value.
If this field does not exist the default value is "net".