@David generally running on OpenStack, instances already identify themselves as OpenStack via DMI properties.
It sounds like you've an instance that has failed, please open a new bug against cloud-init and in there if you could you please run: $ cloud-init collect-logs $ sudo sh -c 'cd /sys/hypervisor && grep -r . *' $ sudo sh -c 'cd /sys/class/dmi/id && grep -r . *' and attach the output to the new bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760776 Title: cloud-init (18.2-0ubuntu1) service is not running in ubuntu-18.04-desktop-64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1760776/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs