Public bug reported: Persistsing OpenStack metadata may fail.
OpenStack has an entry named "random_seed" in the metadata [1]. This entry is treaded specially in the openstack.py helper when the metadat is read [2]. The attempt to decode the read data my result in a string that is not utf-8 compliant which eventually results in an error when we attempt to persist the metadata as follows: 2018-11-02 12:14:13,755 - __init__.py[WARNING]: Error persisting instance-data.json: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xc8 in position 2: invalid continuation byte [1] https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/user/metadata-service.html [2] https://github.com/cloud-init/cloud-init/blob/master/cloudinit/sources/helpers/openstack.py#L294 ** Affects: cloud-init Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801364 Title: persisting OpenStack metadat fails Status in cloud-init: New Bug description: Persistsing OpenStack metadata may fail. OpenStack has an entry named "random_seed" in the metadata [1]. This entry is treaded specially in the openstack.py helper when the metadat is read [2]. The attempt to decode the read data my result in a string that is not utf-8 compliant which eventually results in an error when we attempt to persist the metadata as follows: 2018-11-02 12:14:13,755 - __init__.py[WARNING]: Error persisting instance-data.json: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xc8 in position 2: invalid continuation byte [1] https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/user/metadata-service.html [2] https://github.com/cloud-init/cloud-init/blob/master/cloudinit/sources/helpers/openstack.py#L294 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1801364/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
