[cloud-init] VMware datasource resets on every boot causing it to lose network configuration
Issue
- When a VM's network is customized to static IP by cloud-init, after rebooting the VM, the network will be changed to DHCP.
- cloud-init uses DatasourceNone which change network to "default" configuration.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x
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