1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py
index f5cdb3fd..fc760581 100755
--- a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/azure.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import re
 import socket
 import struct
 import time
+import textwrap
 
 from cloudinit.net import dhcp
 from cloudinit import stages
@@ -48,6 +49,32 @@ def azure_ds_telemetry_reporter(func):
     return impl
 
 
+def is_byte_swapped(previous_id, current_id):
+    """
+    Azure stores the instance ID with an incorrect byte ordering for the
+    first parts. This corrects the byte order such that it is consistent with
+    that returned by the metadata service.
+    """
+    if previous_id == current_id:
+        return False
+
+    def swap_bytestring(s, width=2):
+        dd = [byte for byte in textwrap.wrap(s, 2)]
+        dd.reverse()
+        return ''.join(dd)
+
+    parts = current_id.split('-')
+    swapped_id = '-'.join([
+            swap_bytestring(parts[0]),
+            swap_bytestring(parts[1]),
+            swap_bytestring(parts[2]),
+            parts[3],
+            parts[4]
+        ])
+
+    return previous_id == swapped_id
+
+
 @azure_ds_telemetry_reporter
 def get_boot_telemetry():
     """Report timestamps related to kernel initialization and systemd