cloud-init already has *very* strong dependencies: Requires=networking.service Before=basic.target
(which is sorting the early boot fairly strictly). But I guess in the same vein, if cloud-init wants to run in between networkd and basic.target, it needs to grow an After=systemd-networkd.service. I also suggest to replace the "Requires=networking.service" with "After=networking.service" as ifupdown is not mandatory any more. However, due to networkd's After=dbus.service this wouldn't work yet, as dbus.service runs in late boot -- I proposed/tried to change this, but it's not ready for that (bug 1629797, https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98254). networkd can run without D-Bus in principle, but if that is not running yet but dbus.socket is we'll run into deadlocks again -- and if we start it before we need to teach it to connect to D-Bus once it becomes available. ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #98254 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98254 ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Also affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1636912 Title: systemd-networkd runs too late for cloud-init.service (net) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1636912/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs