As suggested, tried editing /etc/ec2-init/templates/hosts.tmpl and replacing the $hostname var with a fixed value (ubuntu), rebundling and restarted the instance still landed me in a shell: ubuntu@172
As suggested, tried editing /etc/ec2- init/templates/ hosts.tmpl and replacing the $hostname var with a fixed value (ubuntu), rebundling and restarted the instance still landed me in a shell: ubuntu@172