As a point of information, the virtual instance works fine on the second boot.
i.e. if you" vagrant up: vagrant halt; vagrant up" everything works as expected with the exception that the post provisioning/configuration process will have failed. System configuration: Ubuntu image: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/raring/20130917/raring-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box Host Distribution/Release: Linux Mint 14/Nadia which is based on Ubuntu Quantal Vagrant version: 1.3.1 VirtualBox package: Oracle maintained, version 4.2.18-88780~Ubuntu~precise As an additional check, I attempted to SSH in manually after the VM had booted. The debug output is attached. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217950 Title: SSH public key isn't created in vagrant cloud images To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1217950/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs