[Unit] Description=Initial cloud-init job (metadata service crawler) DefaultDependencies=no Wants=cloud-init-local.service After=cloud-init-local.service Wants=google-network-daemon.service After=google-network-daemon.service Before=systemd-user-sessions.service [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/usr/bin/cloud-init init RemainAfterExit=yes TimeoutSec=0 # Output needs to appear in instance console output StandardOutput=journal+console [Install] WantedBy=cloud-init.target