Comment 0 for bug 1970795

jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova does not create cdrom device when deploying on vsphere 7.

VMware vsphere injects properties like user-data or ssh keys to the VM by means of an iso image mounted on the first CDROM device at boot.

jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova apparently does not include a cdrom in the OVF spec. In order to use the .ova image, a cdrom device has to be added before boot.

Prior versions of ubuntu server (such as focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova) included the cdrom device in the OVF spec. So this is a change from prior practice. Wondering if cdrom could be included again.