Is it enough during boot to just: rm /etc/machine-id echo "<uuid>" > /etc/machine-id ?
Note that systemd-firstboot.service is not currently in ubuntu (xenial) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563951 Title: Cloud-init does not initialize systemd machine id To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1563951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs