1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py
index 061b9810..1bfa4c25 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py
@@ -38,23 +38,23 @@ def handle(name, cfg, _cloud, log, _args):
     write_files(name, files, log)
 
 
-def canonicalize_extraction(compression_type, log):
-    if not compression_type:
-        compression_type = ''
-    compression_type = compression_type.lower().strip()
-    if compression_type in ['gz', 'gzip']:
+def canonicalize_extraction(encoding_type, log):
+    if not encoding_type:
+        encoding_type = ''
+    encoding_type = encoding_type.lower().strip()
+    if encoding_type in ['gz', 'gzip']:
         return ['application/x-gzip']
-    if compression_type in ['gz+base64', 'gzip+base64', 'gz+b64', 'gzip+b64']:
+    if encoding_type in ['gz+base64', 'gzip+base64', 'gz+b64', 'gzip+b64']:
         return ['application/base64', 'application/x-gzip']
     # Yaml already encodes binary data as base64 if it is given to the 
     # yaml file as binary, so those will be automatically decoded for you.
     # But the above b64 is just for people that are more 'comfortable'
     # specifing it manually (which might be a possiblity)
-    if compression_type in ['b64', 'base64']:
+    if encoding_type in ['b64', 'base64']:
         return ['application/base64']
-    if compression_type:
-        log.warn("Unknown compression type %s, assuming %s",
-                 compression_type, UNKNOWN_ENC)
+    if encoding_type:
+        log.warn("Unknown encoding type %s, assuming %s",
+                 encoding_type, UNKNOWN_ENC)
     return [UNKNOWN_ENC]
 
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def write_files(name, files, log):
                      i + 1, name)
             continue
         path = os.path.abspath(path)
-        extractions = canonicalize_extraction(f_info.get('compression'), log)
+        extractions = canonicalize_extraction(f_info.get('encoding'), log)
         contents = extract_contents(f_info.get('content', ''), extractions)
         (u, g) = util.extract_usergroup(f_info.get('owner', DEFAULT_OWNER))
         perms = decode_perms(f_info.get('permissions'), DEFAULT_PERMS, log)