David, Are you sure you need to pass the base64 encoded version in the GUI? For some reason I thought the GUI accept just plain text scripts. Also, what error are you getting? Be advised the mailing list strips attachment from messages.
-- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yacubovich, David" <dyacubov...@collegeboard.org> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Sent: Monday, 29 February, 2016 15:38:55 > Subject: RE: User data is not base64 encoded > I did try to add the '==' to the end of the base64 string and still get the > same > error. I am going to install cloudmonkey and try to pass the userdata from > cli. > I would appreciate if anyone has more ideas about how to resolve gui problem > with userdata. > > Thanks, > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rafael Weingärtner [mailto:rafaelweingart...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 8:43 AM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: User data is not base64 encoded > > I had the same problem last week. > It turns out that the code is considering anything that ends with "==" as base > 64 encoded. That can be a bit picky because sometimes you can encode something > in base 64 and not get the "==" at the end, but still you will have to add it > to use that functionality. > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Yacubovich, David < > dyacubov...@collegeboard.org> wrote: > >> HI Simon, >> No, I didn't try to use CloudMonkey yet, just trying to see how the >> user data is getting used. I did see the document you sent me already >> and does look like straight forward think. Could I ask you to give an >> example of how you using user-data, and how do you prepare it for the >> CloudMonkey? >> >> Thanks David >> >> From: Simon Weller <swel...@ena.com> >> Sent: Feb 27, 2016 6:18 PM >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: Re: User data is not base64 encoded >> >> David, >> >> I can't speak to the GUI userdata, as I've never used it from the GUI. >> Have you tried using CloudMonkey? >> >> Here's some info related to userdata: >> >> >> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-administration/e >> n/latest/virtual_machines.html#user-data-and-meta-data >> >> - Si >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Yacubovich, David <dyacubov...@collegeboard.org> >> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:30 PM >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: User data is not base64 encoded >> >> Hello All, >> I am trying to test the use of userdata on CS 4.6. I am creating new >> instance from the UI and I paste the base64 encoded string into the >> userdata box. But I get this error every time. I can't find any >> examples of how to use userdata online. Can someone please give me an >> example of how this should work? >> >> Here is m example: >> >> # echo "env: poclab >> container: tomcat" | base64 >> ZW52OiBwb2NsYWIKY29udGFpbmVyOiB0b21jYXQK >> >> And I paste this string into userdata box. >> >> Thanks, >> David >> > > > > -- > Rafael Weingärtner
