I've verified this as described in the test case. ## fresh instance $ dpkg-query --show cloud-init 0.7.8-49-g9e904bb-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
$ cat /etc/cloud/build.info build_name: server serial: 20161213 ## /proc/mountsn does not have the /mnt mount, but /etc/fstab does $ awk '$2 == "/mnt" { print $0 }' /proc/mounts $ awk '$2 == "/mnt" { print $0 }' /etc/fstab /dev/disk/cloud/azure_resource-part1 /mnt auto defaults,nofail,x-systemd.requires=cloud-init.service,comment=cloudconfig 0 2 $ m=http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ $ echo deb $m xenial-proposed main universe | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/proposed.list $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -qy cloud-init $ dpkg-query --show cloud-init cloud-init 0.7.8-49-g9e904bb-0ubuntu1~16.04.3 ## Clean up for new reboot # remove old entry in /etc/fstab $ sudo sudo sed -i '/cloudconfig/d' /etc/fstab $ sudo umount /mnt ## reformat to ntfs to look like first boot $ disk=/dev/disk/cloud/azure_resource $ echo "2048,1024000,7" | sudo sfdisk --force "$disk" $ sudo udevadm settle $ sudo umount /mnt $ time sudo mkfs.ntfs --quick ${disk}-part1 ## remove state $ sudo rm -Rf /var/lib/cloud/ /var/log/cloud-init* $ sudo reboot ## ssh back in .. $ awk '$2 == "/mnt" { print $0 }' /proc/mounts /dev/sdb1 /mnt ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0 $ awk '$2 == "/mnt" { print $0 }' /etc/fstab /dev/disk/cloud/azure_resource-part1 /mnt auto defaults,nofail,x-systemd.requires=cloud-init.service,comment=cloudconfig 0 2 $ grep Activ /var/log/cloud-init.log 2016-12-20 18:52:41,270 - cc_mounts.py[DEBUG]: Activate mounts: PASS:mount -a 2016-12-20 18:52:41,507 - cc_mounts.py[DEBUG]: Activate mounts: PASS:systemctl daemon-reload ## for good measure, reboot again (to similate non-first boot). $ sudo reboot ## ssh back in, look at /mnt is mounted $ awk '$2 == "/mnt" { print $0 }' /proc/mounts /dev/sdb1 /mnt ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1647708 Title: Ephemeral disk on xenial is not mounted at boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1647708/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs