A "quick and dirty" fix for this is:
---
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py.orig
2016-07-20 15:54:23.229714410 +0100
+++
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py
2016-07-20 15:54:33.965714398 +0100
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
OS_NAME = operating_system.get_os()
MYSQL_CONFIG = {operating_system.REDHAT: "/etc/my.cnf",
- operating_system.DEBIAN: "/etc/mysql/my.cnf",
+ operating_system.DEBIAN: "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf",
operating_system.SUSE: "/etc/my.cnf"}[OS_NAME]
MYSQL_BIN_CANDIDATES = ["/usr/sbin/mysqld", "/usr/libexec/mysqld"]
MYSQL_OWNER = 'mysql'
This works for me on a bog-standard MySQL v5.6 install on Sid.