Launching an Ironic instance with user data deploys instance without user data

Precondition:
 - Ironic

execute:
touch file.txt
echo "# file" >> file.txt

nova boot \
--flavor bm_flavor_extra \
--image virtual_trusty_ext4 \
--key-name ironic_key \
--nic net-id=$(nova net-list|grep baremetal|awk '{print $2}') \
--user-data ./file.txt \
UbuntuVM

Actual result:
There are no file in the /home/ubuntu/ directory on the instance

Expected result:
file.txt is in the /home/ubuntu/ directory on the instance

  feature_groups:
    - mirantis
  production: "docker"
  release: "8.0"
  api: "1.0"
  build_number: "570"
  build_id: "570"
  fuel-nailgun_sha: "558ca91a854cf29e395940c232911ffb851899c1"
  python-fuelclient_sha: "4f234669cfe88a9406f4e438b1e1f74f1ef484a5"
  fuel-agent_sha: "658be72c4b42d3e1436b86ac4567ab914bfb451b"
  fuel-nailgun-agent_sha: "b2bb466fd5bd92da614cdbd819d6999c510ebfb1"
  astute_sha: "b81577a5b7857c4be8748492bae1dec2fa89b446"
  fuel-library_sha: "c2a335b5b725f1b994f78d4c78723d29fa44685a"
  fuel-ostf_sha: "3bc76a63a9e7d195ff34eadc29552f4235fa6c52"
  fuel-mirror_sha: "fb45b80d7bee5899d931f926e5c9512e2b442749"
  fuelmenu_sha: "78ffc73065a9674b707c081d128cb7eea611474f"
  shotgun_sha: "63645dea384a37dde5c01d4f8905566978e5d906"
  network-checker_sha: "a43cf96cd9532f10794dce736350bf5bed350e9d"
  fuel-upgrade_sha: "616a7490ec7199f69759e97e42f9b97dfc87e85b"
  fuelmain_sha: "d605bcbabf315382d56d0ce8143458be67c53434"