A partial workaround for this is to set PYTHONHASHSEED in the environment of the cloud-init systemd units, which means that Python won't block at _startup_ for randomness.
Unfortunately, importing the "random" module (which, e.g., the tempfile module does) still seems to cause some sort of hang. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584147 Title: cloud-init hangs on boot as Python waits for sufficient randomness to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1584147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
