** Description changed: + [Impact] + The new Amazon AWS C5 instance type is not a recognised VM type in Landscape and thus won't allow use of a Virtual Guest asset to register with. + + The C5 instance type is a new type that uses a KVM-family hypervisor + instead of Xen (displaying "Amazon EC2" in sys_vendor which landscape- + client doesn't map/recognize) + + "AWS has revealed it has created a new hypervisor based on KVM, not the + Xen hypervisor on which it has relied for years." + + From + https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/aws_writes_new_kvm_based_hypervisor_to_make_its_cloud_go_faster + + [Test Case] + + * Deploy an AWS C5 instance + * Look sys_vendor + $ cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor + Amazon EC2 + + * Install landscape-client + * Register the client to the desired landscape-server + + This will turn issues registering a landscape client and will show + error message indicating one doesn't have enough licenses + + + [Regression Potential] + + * No regression anticipated, the fix is only adding a new entry mapping + to recognize C5 instance (Amazon EC2) + + [Other Info] + + * Upstream commit: + https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/landscape-client/pull/22/files + + [Original Description] + The new Amazon AWS C5 instance type is not a recognised VM type in Landscape and thus won't allow use of a Virtual Guest asset to register with. The C5 instance type is a new type that uses a KVM-family hypervisor instead of Xen: "AWS has revealed it has created a new hypervisor based on KVM, not the Xen hypervisor on which it has relied for years." From https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/aws_writes_new_kvm_based_hypervisor_to_make_its_cloud_go_faster ============ ubuntu@ip-172-31-54-123:~$ cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor Amazon EC2 ============ dmidecode output: # dmidecode 3.0 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.7 present. 5 structures occupying 233 bytes. Table at 0x000F9010. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information - Vendor: Amazon EC2 - Version: 1.0 - Release Date: 10/16/2017 - Address: 0xF0000 - Runtime Size: 64 kB - ROM Size: 64 kB - Characteristics: - PCI is supported - EDD is supported - ACPI is supported - System is a virtual machine - BIOS Revision: 1.0 + Vendor: Amazon EC2 + Version: 1.0 + Release Date: 10/16/2017 + Address: 0xF0000 + Runtime Size: 64 kB + ROM Size: 64 kB + Characteristics: + PCI is supported + EDD is supported + ACPI is supported + System is a virtual machine + BIOS Revision: 1.0 Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information - Manufacturer: Amazon EC2 - Product Name: c5.large - Version: Not Specified - Serial Number: ec23cdb5-a248-6935-b9f6-de3a34334018 - UUID: EC23CDB5-A248-6935-B9F6-DE3A34334018 - Wake-up Type: Power Switch - SKU Number: Not Specified - Family: Not Specified + Manufacturer: Amazon EC2 + Product Name: c5.large + Version: Not Specified + Serial Number: ec23cdb5-a248-6935-b9f6-de3a34334018 + UUID: EC23CDB5-A248-6935-B9F6-DE3A34334018 + Wake-up Type: Power Switch + SKU Number: Not Specified + Family: Not Specified Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes Base Board Information - Manufacturer: Amazon EC2 - Product Name: Not Specified - Version: Not Specified - Serial Number: Not Specified - Asset Tag: i-09898bff0b7b55c35 - Features: None - Location In Chassis: Not Specified - Chassis Handle: 0x0003 - Type: Other - Contained Object Handles: 0 + Manufacturer: Amazon EC2 + Product Name: Not Specified + Version: Not Specified + Serial Number: Not Specified + Asset Tag: i-09898bff0b7b55c35 + Features: None + Location In Chassis: Not Specified + Chassis Handle: 0x0003 + Type: Other + Contained Object Handles: 0 Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 21 bytes Chassis Information - Manufacturer: Amazon EC2 - Type: Other - Lock: Not Present - Version: Not Specified - Serial Number: Not Specified - Asset Tag: Amazon EC2 - Boot-up State: Safe - Power Supply State: Safe - Thermal State: Safe - Security Status: None - OEM Information: 0x00000000 - Height: Unspecified - Number Of Power Cords: 1 - Contained Elements: 0 + Manufacturer: Amazon EC2 + Type: Other + Lock: Not Present + Version: Not Specified + Serial Number: Not Specified + Asset Tag: Amazon EC2 + Boot-up State: Safe + Power Supply State: Safe + Thermal State: Safe + Security Status: None + OEM Information: 0x00000000 + Height: Unspecified + Number Of Power Cords: 1 + Contained Elements: 0 Handle 0x0004, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table ============ contents of /proc/cpuinfo : processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 85 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz stepping : 3 microcode : 0x100013e cpu MHz : 3000.000 cache size : 25344 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx avx512f rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb avx512cd xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 ida arat bugs : bogomips : 6000.00 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 85 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz stepping : 3 microcode : 0x100013e cpu MHz : 3000.000 cache size : 25344 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx avx512f rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb avx512cd xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 ida arat bugs : bogomips : 6000.00 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:
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