def userdata_template(opts, vm_, userdata):
    '''
    Use the configured templating engine to template the userdata file
    '''
    # No userdata, no need to template anything
    if userdata is None:
        return userdata

    userdata_template = salt.config.get_cloud_config_value(
        'userdata_template', vm_, opts, search_global=False, default=None
    )
    if userdata_template is False:
        return userdata
    # Use the cloud profile's userdata_template, otherwise get it from the
    # master configuration file.
    renderer = opts.get('userdata_template') \
        if userdata_template is None \
        else userdata_template
    if renderer is None:
        return userdata
    else:
        render_opts = opts.copy()
        render_opts.update(vm_)
        rend = salt.loader.render(render_opts, {})
        blacklist = opts['renderer_blacklist']
        whitelist = opts['renderer_whitelist']
        templated = salt.template.compile_template(
            ':string:',
            rend,
            renderer,
            blacklist,
            whitelist,
            input_data=userdata,
        )
        if not isinstance(templated, six.string_types):
            # template renderers like "jinja" should return a StringIO
            try:
                templated = ''.join(templated.readlines())
            except AttributeError:
                log.warning(
                    'Templated userdata resulted in non-string result (%s), '
                    'converting to string', templated
                )
                templated = six.text_type(templated)

        return templated
Use the configured templating engine to template the userdata file