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[Scott Moser <ssmoser2+ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

cloud-init (ds-identify) cannot positively identify a vmware cloud
environment where customization data will be present.  In order to avoid
false positive, it requires the user to set
'disable_vmware_customization: false' in a config file.

That is a very bad user experience, and means that the image with that
set is less portable as it will identify as OVF even if it is moved
outside vmware.

We need a way to positively identify VMWare where OVF customization is expected.
On other clouds this is done via DMI information.

Can we have VMware identify itself to cloud-init in some way?

** Affects: cloud-init
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Pengzhen Cao (pengzhencao)
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: dsid

** Tags added: ds-identify

** Tags removed: ds-identify
** Tags added: dsidentify

** Changed in: cloud-init
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Pengzhen Cao (pengzhencao)

** Changed in: cloud-init
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: cloud-init
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Tags removed: dsidentify
** Tags added: dsid

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Title:
  cannot positively identify vmware cloud with ovf customization

Status in cloud-init:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  cloud-init (ds-identify) cannot positively identify a vmware cloud
  environment where customization data will be present.  In order to
  avoid false positive, it requires the user to set
  'disable_vmware_customization: false' in a config file.

  That is a very bad user experience, and means that the image with that
  set is less portable as it will identify as OVF even if it is moved
  outside vmware.

  We need a way to positively identify VMWare where OVF customization is expected.
  On other clouds this is done via DMI information.

  Can we have VMware identify itself to cloud-init in some way?

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