diff --git a/.whitesource b/.whitesource
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e82e82f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.whitesource
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  "scanSettings": {
+    "configMode": "AUTO",
+    "configExternalURL": "",
+    "projectToken": "",
+    "enableLicenseViolations": "true",
+    "displayLicenseViolations": "true",
+    "enableIaC": "true",
+    "baseBranches": []
+  },
+  "scanSettingsSAST": {
+    "enableScan": true,
+    "scanPullRequests": true,
+    "incrementalScan": true,
+    "baseBranches": [],
+    "snippetSize": 10
+  },
+  "checkRunSettings": {
+    "vulnerableCheckRunConclusionLevel": "failure",
+    "displayMode": "diff",
+    "useMendCheckNames": true
+  },
+  "checkRunSettingsSAST": {
+    "checkRunConclusionLevel": "failure",
+    "severityThreshold": "high"
+  },
+  "issueSettings": {
+    "minSeverityLevel": "LOW",
+    "issueType": "DEPENDENCY"
+  },
+  "issueSettingsSAST": {
+    "minSeverityLevel": "high",
+    "issueType": "repo"
+  },
+  "remediateSettings": {
+    "workflowRules": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  },
+   "imageSettings":{
+       "imageTracing":{
+           "enableImageTracingPR": false,
+           "addRepositoryCoordinate": false,
+           "addDockerfilePath": false,
+           "addMendIdentifier": false
+       }
+   }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
index 82a7e0fe..6784c54d 100644
--- a/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
+++ b/config/cloud.cfg.tmpl
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ cloud_init_modules:
   - ca_certs
 {% endif %}
   - rsyslog
-  - users_groups
   - ssh
   - set_passwords