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14 changes: 10 additions & 4 deletions doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst
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Configuration
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On VMware platforms, VMTools use is required for OVF datasource configuration settings as well as vCloud and vSphere admin configuration. User could change the VMTools configuration options with command:
vmware-toolbox-cmd config set <section> <key> <value>
On VMware platforms, VMTools use is required for OVF datasource configuration
settings as well as vCloud and vSphere admin configuration. User could change
the VMTools configuration options with command::

vmware-toolbox-cmd config set <section> <key> <value>

The following VMTools configuration options affect cloud-init's behavior on a booted VM:
* a: [deploypkg] enable-custom-scripts
If this option is absent in VMTools configuration, the custom script is disabled by default for security reasons. Some VMware products could change this default behavior (for example: enabled by default) via customization specification settings.
* a: [deploypkg] enable-custom-scripts
If this option is absent in VMTools configuration, the custom script is
disabled by default for security reasons. Some VMware products could
change this default behavior (for example: enabled by default) via
customization specification settings.

VMWare admin can refer to (https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/blob/master/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config.py) and set the customization specification settings.

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