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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst index fdb919a5..e04c3a33 100644 --- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst @@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ configuration information to the instance. Cloud-init uses the IMDS for: - network configuration for the instance which is applied per boot - a preprovisioing gate which blocks instance configuration until Azure fabric is ready to provision +- retrieving SSH public keys. Cloud-init will first try to utilize SSH keys + returned from IMDS, and if they are not provided from IMDS then it will + fallback to using the OVF file provided from the CD-ROM. There is a large + performance benefit to using IMDS for SSH key retrieval, but in order to + support environments where IMDS is not available then we must continue to + all for keys from OVF Configuration |