Hi, Just got the same on Ubuntu Vivid EC2 image.
[ 106.998590] cloud-init[878]: 2016-01-25 11:11:34,600 - DataSourceCloudSigma.py[WARNING]: failed to get hypervisor product name via dmi data [ 107.127859] cloud-init[878]: 2016-01-25 11:11:34,747 - util.py[WARNING]: failed of stage init [ 107.534501] cloud-init[878]: Traceback (most recent call last): [ 107.534891] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/bin/cloud-init", line 497, in status_wrapper [ 107.535193] cloud-init[878]: ret = functor(name, args) [ 107.535489] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/bin/cloud-init", line 264, in main_init [ 107.535787] cloud-init[878]: init.update() [ 107.536110] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 335, in update [ 107.536404] cloud-init[878]: self._store_userdata() [ 107.536713] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 344, in _store_userdata [ 107.537005] cloud-init[878]: processed_ud = self.datasource.get_userdata() [ 107.537292] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/sources/__init__.py", line 82, in get_userdata [ 107.537585] cloud-init[878]: self.userdata = self.ud_proc.process(self.get_userdata_raw()) [ 107.537873] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/user_data.py", line 96, in process [ 107.538161] cloud-init[878]: self._process_msg(convert_string(blob), accumulating_msg) [ 107.538453] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/user_data.py", line 342, in convert_string [ 107.538759] cloud-init[878]: data = util.decode_binary(util.decomp_gzip(raw_data)) [ 107.539047] cloud-init[878]: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/util.py", line 86, in decode_binary [ 107.539338] cloud-init[878]: return blob.decode(encoding) [ 107.539623] cloud-init[878]: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8d in position 0: invalid start byte -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1532072 Title: cloud-init fails with UnicodeDecodeError To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1532072/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
