=== added file './cloudinit/distros/photon.py'
--- ./cloudinit/distros/photon.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ ./cloudinit/distros/photon.py	2015-03-06 01:28:00 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# vi: ts=4 expandtab
+#
+#    Author: Mahmoud Bassiouny <mbassiouny@vmware.com>
+#
+
+import os
+
+from cloudinit import distros
+from cloudinit import helpers
+from cloudinit import log as logging
+from cloudinit import util
+
+from cloudinit.distros.parsers.hostname import HostnameConf
+
+from cloudinit.settings import PER_INSTANCE
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class Distro(distros.Distro):
+    hostname_conf_fn = "/etc/hostname"
+    locale_conf_fn = "/etc/default/locale"
+    network_conf_fn = "/etc/network/interfaces"
+
+    def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
+        distros.Distro.__init__(self, name, cfg, paths)
+        # This will be used to restrict certain
+        # calls from repeatly happening (when they
+        # should only happen say once per instance...)
+        self._runner = helpers.Runners(paths)
+        self.osfamily = 'photon'
+
+    def apply_locale(self, locale, out_fn=None):
+        if not out_fn:
+            out_fn = self.locale_conf_fn
+        util.subp(['locale-gen', locale], capture=False)
+        util.subp(['update-locale', locale], capture=False)
+        # "" provides trailing newline during join
+        lines = [
+            util.make_header(),
+            'LANG="%s"' % (locale),
+            "",
+        ]
+        util.write_file(out_fn, "\n".join(lines))
+
+    def install_packages(self, pkglist):
+        #self.update_package_sources()
+        self.package_command('install', pkgs=pkglist)
+
+    def _write_network(self, settings):
+        util.write_file(self.network_conf_fn, settings)
+        return ['all']
+
+    def _bring_up_interfaces(self, device_names):
+        use_all = False
+        for d in device_names:
+            if d == 'all':
+                use_all = True
+        if use_all:
+            return distros.Distro._bring_up_interface(self, '--all')
+        else:
+            return distros.Distro._bring_up_interfaces(self, device_names)
+
+    def _select_hostname(self, hostname, fqdn):
+        # Prefer the short hostname over the long
+        # fully qualified domain name
+        if not hostname:
+            return fqdn
+        return hostname
+
+    def _write_hostname(self, your_hostname, out_fn):
+        conf = None
+        try:
+            # Try to update the previous one
+            # so lets see if we can read it first.
+            conf = self._read_hostname_conf(out_fn)
+        except IOError:
+            pass
+        if not conf:
+            conf = HostnameConf('')
+        conf.set_hostname(your_hostname)
+        util.write_file(out_fn, str(conf), 0644)
+
+    def _read_system_hostname(self):
+        sys_hostname = self._read_hostname(self.hostname_conf_fn)
+        return (self.hostname_conf_fn, sys_hostname)
+
+    def _read_hostname_conf(self, filename):
+        conf = HostnameConf(util.load_file(filename))
+        conf.parse()
+        return conf
+
+    def _read_hostname(self, filename, default=None):
+        hostname = None
+        try:
+            conf = self._read_hostname_conf(filename)
+            hostname = conf.hostname
+        except IOError:
+            pass
+        if not hostname:
+            return default
+        return hostname
+
+    def _get_localhost_ip(self):
+        return "127.0.1.1"
+
+    def set_timezone(self, tz):
+        distros.set_etc_timezone(tz=tz, tz_file=self._find_tz_file(tz))
+
+    def package_command(self, command, args=None, pkgs=None):
+        if pkgs is None:
+            pkgs = []
+
+        cmd = ['tdnf']
+        # Determines whether or not tdnf prompts for confirmation
+        # of critical actions. We don't want to prompt...
+        cmd.append("-y")
+
+        if args and isinstance(args, str):
+            cmd.append(args)
+        elif args and isinstance(args, list):
+            cmd.extend(args)
+
+        cmd.append(command)
+
+        pkglist = util.expand_package_list('%s-%s', pkgs)
+        cmd.extend(pkglist)
+
+        # Allow the output of this to flow outwards (ie not be captured)
+        util.subp(cmd, capture=False)
+
+    def update_package_sources(self):
+        self._runner.run("update-sources", self.package_command,
+                         ["makecache"], freq=PER_INSTANCE)
+