[one-users] Using CloudInit for contextualization

Tue Feb 4 02:48:31 PST 2014

I also tried it with the current Alpha 2 of Ubuntu 14.04 which includes
cloud-init 0.7.5, but it does not work either. You can find the output of
onevm and oneimage attached.

Thanks in advance
Wilma

2014-02-04 Javier Fontan <jfontan at opennebula.org>:

> It should be working. Can you send us the output of "onevm show -x
> <vmid>" of one of those machines?
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Wilma Hermann <wilma.hermann at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using the release image from yesterday (02-Feb-2014 03:39) [1]. And
> the
> > machine uses cloud-init 0.7.3:
> >
> > # virt-cat one-42 /var/log/cloud-init.log | grep running
> > 2014-02-03 15:18:56,873 - util.py[DEBUG]: Cloud-init v. 0.7.3 running
> > 'init-local' at Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:18:56 +0000. Up 4.48 seconds.
> >
> > [1]: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/13.10/release/
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Wilma
> >
> > 2014-02-03 Javier Fontan <jfontan at opennebula.org>:
> >
> >> Are you using a recent version of those images? OpenNebula support was
> >> added in cloud-init 0.7.3 and the current images come with that
> >> version. User data can be specified with USER_DATA or USERDATA
> >> parameters so your configuration seems to be OK.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Wilma Hermann <wilma.hermann at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Well, the core of the problem sounds logical to me. Nevertheless, I
> have
> >> > to
> >> > wait 2 minutes for the network initialization to time-out until I can
> >> > reboot
> >> > the machine using the CtrlAltDel-Button in VNC... That's not
> >> > comfortable,
> >> > but bearable.
> >> >
> >> > However, I cannot get that USER_DATA variable to work. Whatever I
> enter
> >> > there, it is obviously ignored. I tried it with the exact code from
> the
> >> > documentation you mentioned, but also with something like
> >> >
> >> > CONTEXT=[NETWORK="YES",SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="$USER[SSH_PUBLIC_KEY]",
> >> >   USER_DATA="#cloud-config
> >> > bootcmd:
> >> >  - echo HelloWorld > /etc/issue
> >> > " ]
> >> >
> >> > just to get a visual feedback that the USER_DATA is being used by
> >> > cloud-init. None of it worked out.
> >> >
> >> > Is there a special trick with USER_DATA?
> >> >
> >> > Just in case that's important: I'm using OpenNebula 4.4 with
> >> > libvirt/KVM.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance
> >> > Wilma
> >> >
> >> > 2014-01-30 Javier Fontan <jfontan at opennebula.org>:
> >> >
> >> >> Unfortunately the current version of cloud-init does not load new
> >> >> network parameters after they are configured in some distributions.
> >> >> There is a ticket to track that problem [1]
> >> >>
> >> >> The documentation gives some ideas on how to overcome this [2]:
> >> >>
> >> >> --8<------
> >> >> The current version of cloud-init configures the network before
> >> >> running cloud-init configuration. This makes the network
> configuration
> >> >> not reliable. Until a new version that fixes this is released you can
> >> >> add OpenNebula context packages or this user data to reboot the
> >> >> machine so the network is properly configured.
> >> >> ------>8--
> >> >>
> >> >> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1225922
> >> >> [2]
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://docs.opennebula.org/stable/user/virtual_machine_setup/cloud-init.html
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Wilma Hermann
> >> >> <wilma.hermann at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I'm trying to get a Ubuntu 13.10 guest to work, which uses a
> official
> >> >> > Cloud-image (http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/saucy/) as disk.
> However,
> >> >> > the VM
> >> >> > is not integrating into the virtual network. I've double checked
> the
> >> >> > virtual
> >> >> > network settings with CentOS-VMs, the network works correctly.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I've found out that CloudInit writes a correct
> >> >> > /etc/network/interfaces
> >> >> > file
> >> >> > with a static address, however, the machine somehow ignores this
> file
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > keeps sending DHCP requests without getting an answer (which is
> >> >> > intended
> >> >> > since we don't use DHCP in the VM's network).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > # virt-cat one-42 /etc/network/interfaces
> >> >> > auto lo
> >> >> > iface lo inet loopback
> >> >> >
> >> >> > auto eth0
> >> >> > iface eth0 inet static
> >> >> >   address 192.168.129.4
> >> >> >   network 192.168.128.0
> >> >> >   netmask 255.255.254.0
> >> >> >   gateway 192.168.128.1
> >> >> >
> >> >> > # virt-cat one-42 /var/log/syslog | tail -6
> >> >> > Jan 28 12:42:44 ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
> >> >> > 255.255.255.255
> >> >> > port 67 interval 21 (xid=0x1080a577)
> >> >> > Jan 28 12:43:05 ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
> >> >> > 255.255.255.255
> >> >> > port 67 interval 13 (xid=0x1080a577)
> >> >> > Jan 28 12:43:18 ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
> >> >> > 255.255.255.255
> >> >> > port 67 interval 20 (xid=0x1080a577)
> >> >> > Jan 28 12:43:38 ubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
> >> >> > 255.255.255.255
> >> >> > port 67 interval 1 (xid=0x1080a577)
> >> >> > Jan 28 12:43:39 ubuntu dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
> >> >> > Jan 28 12:43:39 ubuntu dhclient: No working leases in persistent
> >> >> > database -
> >> >> > sleeping.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Does anybody know how the VM template needs to be configured in
> order
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > it working?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks in advance
> >> >> > Wilma
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Javier Fontán Muiños
> >> >> Developer
> >> >> OpenNebula - The Open Source Toolkit for Data Center Virtualization
> >> >> www.OpenNebula.org | @OpenNebula | github.com/jfontan
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Javier Fontán Muiños
> >> Developer
> >> OpenNebula - The Open Source Toolkit for Data Center Virtualization
> >> www.OpenNebula.org | @OpenNebula | github.com/jfontan
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Javier Fontán Muiños
> Developer
> OpenNebula - The Open Source Toolkit for Data Center Virtualization
> www.OpenNebula.org | @OpenNebula | github.com/jfontan
>
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