Enable cloud-init without any aid from ds-identify

source/adminguide/templates.rst

@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ hypervisor-specific.
 
 
 Adding an ISO
----------------
+-------------
 
 To make additional operating system or other software available for use
 with Guest Instances, you can add an ISO. The ISO is typically thought of as

source/adminguide/templates/_cloud_init.rst

@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ These features can be implemented in `“Linux Template creation process” <_cr
      datasource:
        CloudStack: {}
        None: {}
+
+   .. note::
+      For the vm instances running on VMware or XenServer/XCP-ng hypervisors, if there are multiple cloud-init data sources, it is a known issue that ds-identify is not able to detect if "CloudStack" DataSource is enabled. To fix the problem, please run the following command to enable cloud-init without any aid from ds-identify.
+
+        .. code:: bash
+
+          echo "policy: enabled" >  /etc/cloud/ds-identify.cfg
 
 #. **Password management**
 

source/adminguide/templates/_create_linux.rst

@@ -30,19 +30,19 @@ An overview of the procedure is as follow:
 #. Upload your Linux ISO.
 
    For more information, see `“Adding an
-   ISO” <virtual_machines.html#adding-an-iso>`_.
+   ISO” <templates.html#adding-an-iso>`_.
 
 #. Create an Instance with this ISO.
 
    For more information, see `“Creating
-   VMs” <virtual_machines.html#creating-vms>`_.
+   Instances” <virtual_machines.html#creating-instances>`_.
 
 #. Prepare the Linux Instance
 
 #. Create a Template from the Instance.
 
    For more information, see `“Creating a Template from an Existing 
-   Instance” <#creating-a-template-from-an-existing-virtual-machine>`_.
+   Instance” <#creating-a-template-from-an-existing-instance>`_.
 
 
 System preparation for Linux
@@ -114,25 +114,25 @@ templating of Centos and Ubuntu.
 
    User password management and reset cappabilities in GUI are available with:
 
-   *  `Cloud-init integration <_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_
-   *  `Adding Password Management to Your Templates <_password.html#adding-password-management-to-templates>`_ /Legacy for non systemd systems only/
+   *  `Cloud-init integration <templates/_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_
+   *  `Adding Password Management to Your Templates <templates.html#adding-password-management-to-templates>`_ /Legacy for non systemd systems only/
 
 #. **SSH keys management**
 
    Cloudstack can create key pair and push certificates to Instances. This feature is available with:
 
-   *  `Cloud-init integration <_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_
+   *  `Cloud-init integration <templates/_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_
    *  `Implementing a SSH-Key bash script <http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/latest/adminguide/virtual_machines.html#creating-an-instance-template-that-supports-ssh-keys>`_   
 
 #. **Partition management**
 
    Volumes can autorextend after reboot when partition is extended in the GUI.
-   This feature is possible with `Cloud-init integration <_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_.
+   This feature is possible with `Cloud-init integration <templates/_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_.
 
 #. **User-data**
 
    Cloudstack can push user-data during Instance creation.
-   This feature is possible with `Cloud-init integration <_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_.
+   This feature is possible with `Cloud-init integration <templates/_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_.
 
 #. **Template cleanup**
 
@@ -214,4 +214,4 @@ templating of Centos and Ubuntu.
 
    You are now ready to create the Final Template, for more information see
    `“Creating a Template from an Existing Virtual
-   Machine” <#creating-a-template-from-an-existing-virtual-machine>`_.
+   Machine” <#creating-a-template-from-an-existing-instance>`_.

source/adminguide/templates/_create_windows.rst

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ An overview of the procedure is as follows:
 #. Create an instance with this ISO.
 
    For more information, see `“Creating
-   instances” <virtual_machines.html#creating-vms>`_.
+   instances” <virtual_machines.html#creating-instances>`_.
 
 #. Follow the steps in Sysprep for Windows Server 2008 R2 (below) or
    Sysprep for Windows Server 2003 R2, depending on your version of

source/adminguide/virtual_machines/user-data.rst

@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ Instance deployment automatically (:ref:`adding-password-management-to-templates
 
       datasource_list: [ CloudStack, None ]
 
+For more information, see `Cloud-init integration <templates/_cloud_init.html#linux-with-cloud-init>`_
+
 Custom user-data example
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~