diff --git a/elements/simple-init/README.rst b/elements/simple-init/README.rst
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+===========
+simple-init
+===========
+Basic network and system configuration that can't be done until boot
+
+Unfortunately, as much as we'd like to bake it in to an image, we can't
+know in advance how many network devices will be present, nor if DHCP is
+present in the host cloud. Additionally, in environments where cloud-init
+is not used, there are a couple of small things, like mounting config-drive
+and pulling ssh keys from it, that need to be done at boot time.
+
+Autodetect network interfaces during boot and configure them
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The rationale for this is that we are likely to require multiple
+network interfaces for use cases such as baremetal and there is no way
+to know ahead of time which one is which, so we will simply run a
+DHCP client on all interfaces with real MAC addresses (except lo) that
+are visible on the first boot.
+
+The script `/usr/local/sbin/simple-init.sh` will be called
+early in each boot and will scan available network interfaces and
+ensure they are configured properly before networking services are started.
+
+Processing startup information from config-drive
+------------------------------------------------
+
+On most systems, the DHCP approach desribed above is fine. But in some clouds,
+such as Rackspace Public cloud, there is no DHCP.  Instead, there is static
+network config via `config-drive`. `simple-init` will happily call
+`glean` which will do nothing if static network information is
+not there.
+
+Finally, glean will handle ssh-keypair-injection from config
+drive if cloud-init is not installed.
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/element-deps b/elements/simple-init/element-deps
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+dib-init-system
+install-types
+source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/50-simple-init b/elements/simple-init/install.d/50-simple-init
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+#
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-1} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname $0)
+
+install -D -g root -o root -m 0755 ${SCRIPTDIR}/simple-init.sh /usr/local/sbin/simple-init.sh
+
+if [ "$DIB_INIT_SYSTEM" == "upstart" ]; then
+    install -D -g root -o root -m 0755 ${SCRIPTDIR}/simple-init.conf /etc/init/simple-init.conf
+elif [ "$DIB_INIT_SYSTEM" == "systemd" ]; then
+    install -D -g root -o root -m 0755 ${SCRIPTDIR}/simple-init@.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/simple-init@.service
+    install -D -g root -o root -m 0644 ${SCRIPTDIR}/simple-init-udev.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-simple-init.rules
+elif [ "$DIB_INIT_SYSTEM" == "sysv" ]; then
+    install -D -g root -o root -m 0755 ${SCRIPTDIR}/simple-init.init /etc/init.d/simple-init
+    update-rc.d simple-init defaults
+fi
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/60-simple-init-remove-interfaces b/elements/simple-init/install.d/60-simple-init-remove-interfaces
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+++ b/elements/simple-init/install.d/60-simple-init-remove-interfaces
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+# Cloud images may hard code the eth0 interfaces so they
+# boot with DHCP.
+
+# Fedora
+rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
+
+# Ubuntu
+rm -f /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.cfg
+
+# Debian
+rm -f /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0
+
+# /etc/network/interfaces distributions
+if [ -f "/etc/network/interfaces" ]; then
+    printf "auto lo\niface lo inet loopback\n\n" > /etc/network/interfaces
+    if [ -d "/etc/network/interfaces.d/" ]; then
+        printf "source-directory interfaces.d\n\n" >> /etc/network/interfaces
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-repo-install/40-glean b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-repo-install/40-glean
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index 00000000..5ba29a53
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+++ b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-repo-install/40-glean
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+#
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-1} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+pip install /tmp/glean.git
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-source-install/40-glean b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-source-install/40-glean
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+#
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-1} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+pip install glean
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-udev.rules b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-udev.rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a52b200
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+++ b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init-udev.rules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="simple-init@$name.service"
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init.conf b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init.conf
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+# Call a script to generate a /etc/network/interfaces file to DHCP all available interfaces
+# Then remove this config file so the script is never run again
+
+description "DHCP any connected, but unconfigured network interfaces"
+
+start on starting network-interface
+instance $INTERFACE
+
+task
+
+exec /usr/local/sbin/simple-init.sh $INTERFACE
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init.init b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init.init
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+++ b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init.init
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          simple-init
+# Required-Start:    $local_fs
+# Required-Stop:     $local_fs
+# Default-Start:     S
+# Default-Stop:      0 6
+# X-Start-Before:    networking
+# Short-Description: Autodetect network interfaces
+# Description:       Autodetect network interfaces during boot and configure them for DHCP
+### END INIT INFO
+
+NAME=simple-init
+INIT_NAME=/etc/init.d/${NAME}
+SCRIPT_NAME=/usr/local/sbin/${NAME}.sh
+
+[ -x $SCRIPT_NAME ] || exit 0
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        $SCRIPT_NAME
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $INIT_NAME {start|stop}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init.sh b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+#
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# dib-lint: disable=dibdebugtrace
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+INTERFACE=${1:-} #optional, if not specified configure all available interfaces
+
+function config_exists() {
+    local interface=$1
+    if [ "$CONF_TYPE" == "netscripts" ]; then
+        if [ -f "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$interface" ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    else
+        ifquery $interface >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0 || return 1
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+
+# Test to see if config-drive exists. If not, skip and assume DHCP networking
+# will work becasue sanity
+if blkid -t LABEL="config-2" ; then
+    # Mount config drive
+    mkdir -p /mnt/config
+    mount -o mode=0700 $(blkid -t LABEL="config-2" | cut -d ':' -f 1) /mnt/config || true
+    /usr/local/bin/glean --ssh --skip-network
+fi
+
+
+if [ -n "$INTERFACE" ]; then
+    /usr/local/bin/glean --interface $INTERFACE
+else
+    /usr/local/bin/glean
+fi
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init@.service b/elements/simple-init/install.d/simple-init@.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=DHCP interface %I
+After=network.service network.target
+
+ConditionPathExists=!/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-%I
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+User=root
+ExecStartPre=/usr/local/sbin/simple-init.sh %I
+ExecStart=/sbin/ifup %I
+RemainAfterExit=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/package-installs.yaml b/elements/simple-init/package-installs.yaml
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+++ b/elements/simple-init/package-installs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+isc-dhcp-client:
+net-tools:
+python-pip:
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/pkg-map b/elements/simple-init/pkg-map
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+{
+  "family": {
+    "redhat": {
+      "isc-dhcp-client": "dhclient"
+    },
+    "debian": {
+      "isc-dhcp-client": "isc-dhcp-client"
+    }
+  },
+  "default": {
+    "isc-dhcp-client": "isc-dhcp-client"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/elements/simple-init/source-repository-simple-init b/elements/simple-init/source-repository-simple-init
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+++ b/elements/simple-init/source-repository-simple-init
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+glean git /tmp/glean.git https://gitorious.org/mordred-temp/glean.git
diff --git a/elements/ubuntu-minimal/package-installs.yaml b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/package-installs.yaml
index 3e434d5a..4b6f08c0 100644
--- a/elements/ubuntu-minimal/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/package-installs.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ adduser:
 locales:
 ca-certificates:
 cloud-initramfs-growroot:
+linux-image-generic:
 lsb-release:
   phase: pre-install.d