File Content: cloud-init.service [Unit] # https://docs.cloud-init.io/en/latest/explanation/boot.html Description=Cloud-init: Network Stage DefaultDependencies=no Wants=cloud-init-local.service Wants=sshd-keygen.service Wants=sshd.service After=cloud-init-local.service After=systemd-networkd-wait-online.service After=networking.service Before=network-online.target Before=sshd-keygen.service Before=sshd.service Before=systemd-user-sessions.service Before=sysinit.target Before=shutdown.target Conflicts=shutdown.target ConditionPathExists=!/etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled ConditionKernelCommandLine=!cloud-init=disabled ConditionEnvironment=!KERNEL_CMDLINE=cloud-init=disabled [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/usr/bin/cloud-init init RemainAfterExit=yes TimeoutSec=0 # Output needs to appear in instance console output StandardOutput=journal+console [Install] WantedBy=cloud-init.target Submit