Need help on create Ubuntu ISO with custom user-data for build for MAAS (SSH Timeouts)

I am trying to follow the instructions per MAAS | How to build an Ubuntu image and need to have it use my user-data-lvm template (see attached) instead of the one that comes with the github repo. I have tried to build the ISO with the original code as well as mine, and it just keeps timing out on the SSH part of the build. Attached is the user-data-lvm I need to use and also the output from the screen when it’s in debug mode for watching the build process. The SSH part just goes on and on and never connects. I’ve done in in 3 and 5 minute intervals and still never connects. I am doing this on a local server - both as a LXD VM and also tried it as a VMware VM and it has the same conclusion.

GitHub Bug Issue: SSH never connects as part of the build process · Issue #261 · canonical/packer-maas (github.com)