I had the same problem last week. It turns out that the code is considering anything that ends with "==" as base 64 encoded. That can be a bit picky because sometimes you can encode something in base 64 and not get the "==" at the end, but still you will have to add it to use that functionality.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Yacubovich, David < dyacubov...@collegeboard.org> wrote: > HI Simon, > No, I didn't try to use CloudMonkey yet, just trying to see how the user > data is getting used. I did see the document you sent me already and does > look like straight forward think. Could I ask you to give an example of how > you using user-data, and how do you prepare it for the CloudMonkey? > > Thanks David > > From: Simon Weller <swel...@ena.com> > Sent: Feb 27, 2016 6:18 PM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: User data is not base64 encoded > > David, > > I can't speak to the GUI userdata, as I've never used it from the GUI. > Have you tried using CloudMonkey? > > Here's some info related to userdata: > > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-administration/en/latest/virtual_machines.html#user-data-and-meta-data > > - Si > > > ________________________________________ > From: Yacubovich, David <dyacubov...@collegeboard.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:30 PM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: User data is not base64 encoded > > Hello All, > I am trying to test the use of userdata on CS 4.6. I am creating new > instance from the UI and I paste the base64 encoded string into the > userdata box. But I get this error every time. I can't find any examples of > how to use userdata online. Can someone please give me an example of how > this should work? > > Here is m example: > > # echo "env: poclab > container: tomcat" | base64 > ZW52OiBwb2NsYWIKY29udGFpbmVyOiB0b21jYXQK > > And I paste this string into userdata box. > > Thanks, > David > -- Rafael Weingärtner