Adding the following two lines to 'open-vm-tools' service unit file fixes the issue.
DefaultDependencies=no Before=cloud-init-local.service Here is the total content of 'open-vm-tools.service' file """ [Unit] Description=Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware Documentation=http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/about.php ConditionVirtualization=vmware DefaultDependencies=no Before=cloud-init-local.service [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmtoolsd TimeoutStopSec=5 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target """ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1667831 Title: cloud-init dependency for open-vm-tools service To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1667831/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
