... it's a bit quiet on this thread, but the general question has been answered here:

https://lists.cloudfoundry.org/archives/list/cf-bosh(a)lists.cloudfoundry.org/thread/TBOYBOCX74YLUJODQLVWRJPWLQXLBIM2/

AWS/Openstack uses registry because user-data cannot be modified while the
VM is running. We have future plans to remove registry and change cpi api
so that registry will not be needed (
https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-notes/blob/master/cpi-api-v2.md). We
use dhcp on AWS.

vSphere uses CDROM drive to update data, which can be updated while the the
VM is running. We dont use dhcp on vsphere so IP information is included in
the CDROM drive.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:51 AM, William C Penrod <wcpenrod(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

... it's a bit quiet on this thread, but the general question has been
answered here:


https://lists.cloudfoundry.org/archives/list/cf-bosh(a)lists.cloudfoundry.org/thread/TBOYBOCX74YLUJODQLVWRJPWLQXLBIM2/

Thanks! The info in this thread as well as the other is very helpful.