Using the RHEV VMpayload API with cloud-init fails

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Issue

The user-data.txt script injected into a VM configuration using the RHEV VMpayload API has all newlines removed when read from a file. The cloud-init tools cannot parse this file. Inecting a payload inline via curl also results in a file that cloud-init cannot parse.

How does one consistently, whether from a data file or inline, ensure that newlines are correctly inserted?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) version 3.2
  • A Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.4 Virtual Machine (VM) with the cloud-init package installed

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