** Description changed: + http://pad.lv/1741093 + + === Begin SRU Template === + [Impact] + Any user-data provided when creating google cloud instances is ignored so no instance customization is observed. This is a silent failure and no tracebacks in cloud-init represent that failure to the user. + + Providing a simple cloud-config to set a hostname will provide a quick + validation of cloud-init observing user-data. + + + [Test Case] + + # Create cloud-config which should change the hostname, and cli prompt + $ cat > sethostname.yaml <<EOF + #cloud-config + hostname: SRU-worked + EOF + + # Deploy on GCE + $ gcloud compute instances create artful-sru-test --zone=us-central1-b --image-family ubuntu-1710 --image-project ubuntu-os-cloud-devel --metadata-from-file user-data=sethostname.yaml + + $ gcloud compute ssh artful-sru-test + + # Expect default hostname "artful-sru-test" instead of "SRU-worked" + # Look for failure symptom: populated instance-data but user-data: null + artful-sru-test:~# sudo grep user-data /run/cloud/instance-data.json + "instance-data": "{\"user-data\":\"#cloud-config\\nhostname: SRU-worked\\n\"}", + "user-data": null, + + + # Upgrade cloud-init + + # add proposed + rel=$(lsb_release -sc); + line=$(awk '$1 == "deb" && $2 ~ /ubuntu.com/ { + printf("%s %s %s-proposed main universe\n", $1, $2, rel); exit(0) }; + ' "rel=$rel" /etc/apt/sources.list); + echo "$line" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/proposed.list + sudo apt-get update -q; + sudo apt-get install cloud-init; + # Reboot 'clean' allowing new cloud-init to run against a fresh system + sudo cloud-init clean --reboot --logs + + $ gcloud compute ssh artful-sru-test + # Expect to see proper hostname + SRU-worked:~# sudo cloud-init status --long; + + # Validate user-data: non-null + SRU-worked:~# sudo grep user-data /run/cloud/instance-data.json + artful-sru-test:~# sudo grep user-data /run/cloud/instance-data.json + "instance-data": "{\"user-data\":\"#cloud-config\\nhostname: SRU-worked\\n\"}", + "user-data": "I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpob3N0bmFtZTogbXliaW9uaWMK", + + + [Other Info] + Upstream commit at + https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init/commit/?id=40e7738 + + === End SRU Template === + + === Begin Original Description === + If I pass in user data like so: $ cat cfg #!/bin/sh touch /tmp/foobar $ gcloud compute instances create aa-$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M) --image-family ubuntu-1710 --image-project ubuntu-os-cloud-devel --metadata-from-file user-data=cfg ... Then in the instance: $ ls /tmp/foobar $ sudo cat /var/lib/cloud/instance/user-data.txt $ curl "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/attributes/user-data"; -H "Metadata-Flavor: Google" #/bin/sh touch /tmp/foobar
** Description changed: - http://pad.lv/1741093 - === Begin SRU Template === [Impact] Any user-data provided when creating google cloud instances is ignored so no instance customization is observed. This is a silent failure and no tracebacks in cloud-init represent that failure to the user. Providing a simple cloud-config to set a hostname will provide a quick validation of cloud-init observing user-data. - [Test Case] # Create cloud-config which should change the hostname, and cli prompt $ cat > sethostname.yaml <<EOF #cloud-config hostname: SRU-worked EOF # Deploy on GCE $ gcloud compute instances create artful-sru-test --zone=us-central1-b --image-family ubuntu-1710 --image-project ubuntu-os-cloud-devel --metadata-from-file user-data=sethostname.yaml $ gcloud compute ssh artful-sru-test # Expect default hostname "artful-sru-test" instead of "SRU-worked" # Look for failure symptom: populated instance-data but user-data: null artful-sru-test:~# sudo grep user-data /run/cloud/instance-data.json - "instance-data": "{\"user-data\":\"#cloud-config\\nhostname: SRU-worked\\n\"}", - "user-data": null, - + "instance-data": "{\"user-data\":\"#cloud-config\\nhostname: SRU-worked\\n\"}", + "user-data": null, # Upgrade cloud-init # add proposed rel=$(lsb_release -sc); line=$(awk '$1 == "deb" && $2 ~ /ubuntu.com/ { - printf("%s %s %s-proposed main universe\n", $1, $2, rel); exit(0) }; - ' "rel=$rel" /etc/apt/sources.list); + printf("%s %s %s-proposed main universe\n", $1, $2, rel); exit(0) }; + ' "rel=$rel" /etc/apt/sources.list); echo "$line" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/proposed.list sudo apt-get update -q; sudo apt-get install cloud-init; # Reboot 'clean' allowing new cloud-init to run against a fresh system sudo cloud-init clean --reboot --logs $ gcloud compute ssh artful-sru-test # Expect to see proper hostname SRU-worked:~# sudo cloud-init status --long; # Validate user-data: non-null SRU-worked:~# sudo grep user-data /run/cloud/instance-data.json artful-sru-test:~# sudo grep user-data /run/cloud/instance-data.json - "instance-data": "{\"user-data\":\"#cloud-config\\nhostname: SRU-worked\\n\"}", - "user-data": "I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpob3N0bmFtZTogbXliaW9uaWMK", - + "instance-data": "{\"user-data\":\"#cloud-config\\nhostname: SRU-worked\\n\"}", + "user-data": "I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpob3N0bmFtZTogbXliaW9uaWMK", [Other Info] Upstream commit at - https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init/commit/?id=40e7738 + https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init/commit/?id=40e7738 === End SRU Template === === Begin Original Description === If I pass in user data like so: $ cat cfg #!/bin/sh touch /tmp/foobar $ gcloud compute instances create aa-$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M) --image-family ubuntu-1710 --image-project ubuntu-os-cloud-devel --metadata-from-file user-data=cfg ... Then in the instance: $ ls /tmp/foobar $ sudo cat /var/lib/cloud/instance/user-data.txt $ curl "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/attributes/user-data"; -H "Metadata-Flavor: Google" #/bin/sh touch /tmp/foobar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1752711 Title: cloud-init no longer processes user data on GCE in artful To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1752711/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
