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+# Initial support for config drive in VMware VCD VIM connector #
+
+## Proposer ##
+
+- Vanessa Little (VMware)
+- Matt Harper (RIFT)
+- Ravi Chamarty (RIFT)
+
+## Type ##
+*Feature**
+
+## Target MDG/TF ##
+RO
+
+## Description ##
+Many VNF vendors support processing of userdata/cloud-init in their VMs. VCD 9.x currently does not support explicit userdata injection. However, such a functionality can be implemented by implementing a config drive in the VCD VIM connector. In the first phase, we plan to support simple userdata and SSH keys. The following workflow is expected
+- Generate cloud-init version 2 directory structure as per below reference
+ https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources/configdrive.html
+- VIMconnector to generate ISO image
+- Create image in VCD organization catalog
+- VIMconnector to launch VM with additional disk based on above image
+
+## Demo or definition of done ##
+Verify parsing of userdata using cirros and Ubuntu-16 VMs
+IP address generation and multi-disk based VMs are not supported in this phase.