[Touch-packages] [Bug 1764172] Re: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation
** No longer affects: ubuntu-release-notes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to hostname in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764172 Title: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation Status in subiquity: Fix Released Status in hostname package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing /etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always reverts to the hostname configured during installation. In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could change the hostname again via /etc/hostname. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/1764172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1764172] Re: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation
This got fixed quite a while ago I think, apologies for the lack of updates. ** Changed in: subiquity Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to hostname in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764172 Title: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation Status in subiquity: Fix Released Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in hostname package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing /etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always reverts to the hostname configured during installation. In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could change the hostname again via /etc/hostname. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/1764172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1764172] Re: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation
Ah oops, this one fell through the cracks. Should try to do a quick fix. ** Package changed: subiquity (Ubuntu) => subiquity ** Changed in: subiquity Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: subiquity Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to hostname in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764172 Title: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation Status in subiquity: Triaged Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in hostname package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing /etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always reverts to the hostname configured during installation. In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could change the hostname again via /etc/hostname. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/1764172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1764172] Re: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation
(In addition to the one mentioned by WirelessMoves, I found several other Ubuntu Forum threads as well as blog posts, etc. which recommend working around this problem by editing the /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg file to set the "preserve_hostname:" line's value to "true". However, that approach means there would be a conffile conflict whenever the cloud- init package is upgraded, so a better solution in the long run is probably to create a new file in /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/ with that setting instead.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to hostname in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764172 Title: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in hostname package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing /etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always reverts to the hostname configured during installation. In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could change the hostname again via /etc/hostname. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1764172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1764172] Re: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation
Presumably the ideal solution would be for Subiquity to hand off to cloud-init in a manner that really only ran on that very first boot of the new system. However, assuming that a true fix to that situation is too invasive to be included into Bionic at this point, it seems like it might be a good idea to at least mention the issue (and recommended workaround) in the Bionic release notes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to hostname in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764172 Title: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in hostname package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing /etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always reverts to the hostname configured during installation. In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could change the hostname again via /etc/hostname. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1764172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1764172] Re: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation
When installing Ubuntu Server using Subiquity (i.e. using the
ubuntu-18.04-live-server-amd64.iso installer image), the user is
prompted to enter a hostname for the new installation (along with
username/password info, etc.)
At the very end of the Subquity run, it writes this info into
var/lib/cloud/seed/nocloud-net/user-data within the installation target
filesystem (e.g.
==
root@bionic:/var/lib/cloud# head -6 seed/nocloud-net/user-data
#cloud-config
growpart: {mode: 'off'}
hostname: bionic
locale: en_US.UTF-8
resize_rootfs: false
users:
==
)
When the newly-installed system is booted for the first time, this file
causes cloud-init finish up the configuration of the new instance --
include setting the new system's hostname to the specified value as part
of that initial boot.
However, cloud-init on Bionic (e.g. 19.2-36-g059d049c-0ubuntu2~18.04.1)
calls the cc_set_hostname module upon every boot (from within the
cmd/main.py:main_init() function, thus overriding the normal "per-
instance" frequency for the module)...
...and because the "hostname" cloud-config parameter is found to be set,
the cc_set_hostname module will always re-write /etc/hostname back to
the originally-entered hostname at that point -- unexpectedly undoing
the user's manual change to the file.
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Title:
Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server
installation
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
New
Status in hostname package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change
the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing
/etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always
reverts to the hostname configured during installation.
In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a
number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could
change the hostname again via /etc/hostname.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2
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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1764172] Re: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation
** Also affects: ubuntu-release-notes Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to hostname in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764172 Title: Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server installation Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in hostname package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing /etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always reverts to the hostname configured during installation. In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could change the hostname again via /etc/hostname. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1764172/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
