1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
index 783445e1..629f006f 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import os
 import os.path
 import re
 from time import time
+from subprocess import call
 from xml.dom import minidom
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
@@ -265,6 +266,11 @@ class DataSourceAzure(sources.DataSource):
     dsname = 'Azure'
     _negotiated = False
     _metadata_imds = sources.UNSET
+    process_name = 'dhclient'
+
+    tmpps = os.popen("ps -Af").read()
+    if process_name not in tmpps[:]:
+        call(['/sbin/dhclient', DEFAULT_PRIMARY_NIC])
 
     def __init__(self, sys_cfg, distro, paths):
         sources.DataSource.__init__(self, sys_cfg, distro, paths)