The fix for this is three pronged: 1) create a udev rule that identifies the ephemeral disk correctly, i.e. /dev/disk/azure/resource. I've worked out a set of udev rules that work well for this function.
2) teach cloud-init to use this device 3) communicate to users to use the new device -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411582 Title: Azure data source should auto-detect ephemeral disk location To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1411582/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs