There is an 'eth0' defined in /etc/network/interfaces. And, there is a network device eth0
$ sed -e "/^$/d" -e '/^#/d' etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp $ ls -l /run/network total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16 Sep 12 18:33 ifstate -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 12 18:33 ifup.eth0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 12 18:31 ifup.lo drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Sep 12 18:33 static-network-up-emitted Note, that eth0 came up 2 minutes (120 seconds) after lo. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031065 Title: cloud-init-nonet runs 'start networking' explicitly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1031065/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs