diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.name }}-user-data
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  userdata: {{ .Values.cloudInit.userData}}