Hummm... It seems I've found the culprit... I'm using the "no cloud" plugin/data source for cloud-init, providing an cdrom ISO image with the relevant files.
The configs were not read at all during bootup, the reason being that the ISO image _needs_ to have a volume label for it to be mounted! In the official documentation: http://cloudinit.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/datasources.html#no-cloud this is _not_ stated _explicitly_, even if the examples show this actually. If this is the case it would be helpful to say that in the docs (i.e. "you should provide a volume label for the iso image otherwise cloud-init wouldn't be able to mount it during the boot process"). Anyway you shouldn't need a volume label to mount a cdrom! Is it a bug ?! Can I ask if are expected any special names for the volume label ? Thanks. -- Marco On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Marco <foobar.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Brandon Jozsa <bjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I believe your cloud-init config isn't set up correctly? >> >> > That was my hypothesis, even if I've RTFM. > Thanks for replying. > > >> Try and use an example like the one I've posted on my blog: >> http://www.jinkit.com/openstack-magnum-devstack-deployment/ >> >> > I've used now a similar config like the one you suggest in your blog, but > with no success. > Moreover I've tried to use the "runcmd" section. In the "user-data" file > I've inserted at the end: > > runcmd: > - echo "********* DBG ***********" > - ifconfig > - cat /etc/passwd > - cat /etc/shadow > - echo "********* DBG ***********" > > I've understood that when executed this output goes to the console ! I've > recorded the virtual machine console output (I'm on Virtualbox) : I can see > all the bootup process till the "login:" prompt but not DBG output is there > in the console log of the machine. > > > How can I be sure that the "no cloud" plugin is executing? What should I > look for in the logs?! > > >> >> Then you can use authorized keys. (My recommendation is to use keys over >> passwords). >> > Yes - I would normally agree with you, but I'm one step before: I'm still > trying to get a functioning image :) > > > It seems that the user-data file is not read at all. > Someone is using this image with cloud-init successfully ? > > Thanks! > -- Marco > >
