diff --git a/docs/cloud-cloudstack.md b/docs/cloud-cloudstack.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4aed3f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cloud-cloudstack.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+### Configuration file
+
+You need to create a configuration file in INI format with your api key in `$HOME/.cloudstack.ini`
+
+```
+[cloudstack]
+endpoint = <endpoint>
+key = <your api key>
+secret = <your secret>
+timeout = 30
+```
+Example for Exoscale (European cloud provider exposing CloudStack API), visit https://portal.exoscale.com/u/<your account>/account/profile/api to gather the required information:
+
+```
+[cloudstack]
+endpoint = https://api.exoscale.com/compute
+key = <your api key>
+secret = <your secret>
+timeout = 30
+```
diff --git a/roles/cloud-cloudstack/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud-cloudstack/tasks/main.yml
index 9f80aa9a..43266d4d 100644
--- a/roles/cloud-cloudstack/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud-cloudstack/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         local_action:
           module: cs_sshkeypair
           name: "{{ SSH_keys.comment|regex_replace('@', '_') }}"
-          public_key: "{{ SSH_keys.public }}"
+          public_key: "{{ lookup('file', '{{ SSH_keys.public }}') }}"
         register: cs_keypair
 
       - name: Set facts
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
           module: cs_instance
           name: "{{ algo_server_name }}"
           root_disk_size: "{{ disk }}"
-          image: "{{ image_id }}"
+          template: "{{ image_id }}"
           ssh_key: "{{ keypair_name }}"
           security_groups: "{{ cs_security_group.name }}"
-          zone: "{{ _algo_region }}"
+          zone: "{{ _algo_region.user_input }}"
         register: cs_server
 
       - set_fact: