diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf
index 7c23f11919..c50cfad91b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ Provisioning.Enabled=y
 Provisioning.UseCloudInit=n
 
 # Password authentication for root account will be unavailable.
-Provisioning.DeleteRootPassword=y
+Provisioning.DeleteRootPassword=n
 
 # Generate fresh host key pair.
-Provisioning.RegenerateSshHostKeyPair=y
+Provisioning.RegenerateSshHostKeyPair=n
 
 # Supported values are "rsa", "dsa", "ecdsa", "ed25519", and "auto".
 # The "auto" option is supported on OpenSSH 5.9 (2011) and later.
-Provisioning.SshHostKeyPairType=rsa
+Provisioning.SshHostKeyPairType=auto
 
 # Monitor host name changes and publish changes via DHCP requests.
 Provisioning.MonitorHostName=y
 
 # Decode CustomData from Base64.
-Provisioning.DecodeCustomData=n
+Provisioning.DecodeCustomData=y
 
 # Execute CustomData after provisioning.
 Provisioning.ExecuteCustomData=n