Hi, Yes metadata is passed via guest customization script from Stratos side. However Jclouds execute the customization script using ssh.
Please refer to setDynamicPayload() of [1] for implementation [1] https://github.com/apache/stratos/blob/master/components/org.apache.stratos.cloud.controller/src/main/java/org/apache/stratos/cloud/controller/iaases/VCloudIaas.java Touched, not typed. Erroneous words are a feature, not a typo.