[19:51] minimal blackboxsw just wanted to update you guys, since you guys have been so involved and helpful... this is hwrd (my normal IRC creds aren't working for some reason)... this resolved my issue: https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/5533#issuecomment-2244699293 [19:51] -ubottu:#cloud-init- Issue 5533 in canonical/cloud-init "Previously working configuration on Amazon Linux 2 no longer works on Amazon Linux 2023" [Open] [19:52] I guess cloud-init 19 ignored the merging line, or at least propagated thru multi-part configs? [19:52] still a little strange that the logs did not indicate recognizing my config because of this... but this resolved all my issues. [20:00] AFAIK the cloud-init shipped with Amazon Linux 2 is heavily modified by Amazon whereas the cloud-init shipped with AL2023 has few modifications from upstream [20:01] BTW when aciba90 mentioned "#cloud-init" I believe they meant "#cloud-config" [20:09] yeah, I realized that [20:13] thanks again for all your patience and help