# Data Object - CustomizationCloudinitPrep(vim.vm.customization.CloudinitPrep)

Extends
  CustomizationIdentitySettings
Since
  vSphere API 7.0.3.0

## Data Object Description

Guest customization settings to customize a Linux guest operating system with raw cloud-init data.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
metadata | xsd:string | Metadata includes the network, instance id and hostname that cloud-init processes to configure the VM. It is in json or yaml format. The max size of the metadata is 524288 bytes. See detail information about Instance Metadata.
userdata* | xsd:string | Userdata is the user custom content that cloud-init processes to configure the VM. The max size of the userdata is 524288 bytes. See detail information about User-Data formats.
Properties inherited from CustomizationIdentitySettings
None
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CustomizationCloudinitPrep"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:CustomizationIdentitySettings"> <sequence> <element name="metadata" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="userdata" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>