I suspect this is 16.04 only. in 18.04, ds-identify should disable cloud-init correctly. in 16.04 its still set to reporting only mode. and in the log it shows that the list got set to Ec2 (maybe).
I'm not sure what you were expectin though, whether you thouht cloud- init should get some vmware data from somewhere. ** Changed in: cloud-init Status: New => Incomplete ** Also affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Also affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750770 Title: installing cloud init in vmware breaks ubuntu user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1750770/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs