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-rw-r--r--cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst9
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py
index 94d9f1b9..bbeada0b 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class DataSourceOVFNet(DataSourceOVF):
def get_max_wait_from_cfg(cfg):
- default_max_wait = 90
+ default_max_wait = 15
max_wait_cfg_option = 'vmware_cust_file_max_wait'
max_wait = default_max_wait
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst
index 6256e624..85b0c377 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ source code tree in doc/sources/ovf
Configuration
-------------
+The following configuration can be set for the datasource in system
+configuration (in `/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg` or `/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/`).
+
+The settings that may be configured are:
+
+ * vmware_cust_file_max_wait: the maximum amount of clock time in seconds that
+ should be spent waiting for vmware customization files. (default: 15)
+
+
On VMware platforms, VMTools use is required for OVF datasource configuration
settings as well as vCloud and vSphere admin configuration. User could change
the VMTools configuration options with command::