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maas does not reinstall node

Bug #1449173 reported by Matt Dirba on 2015-04-27

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	maas (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

1) Commission, acquire, and start a node. Log in to node and touch files in /home/ubunut. Release node
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:32:24 Node powered off
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:32:24 Node changed status — From 'Releasing' to 'Ready'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:32:18 Node changed status — From 'Deployed' to 'Releasing'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:32:18 Powering node off
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:03:40 Node changed status — From 'Deploying' to 'Deployed'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:01:52 Installation complete — Node disabled netboot
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:26 TFTP Request — ubuntu/amd64/generic/trusty/release/di-initrd
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 TFTP Request — ubuntu/amd64/generic/trusty/release/di-kernel
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 PXE Request — d-i install
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 TFTP Request — /grub/grub.cfg-90:e2:ba:52:23:20
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 PXE Request — d-i install
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 TFTP Request — /grub/grub.cfg-90:e2:ba:52:23:20
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 PXE Request — d-i install
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 TFTP Request — /grub/grub.cfg-90:e2:ba:52:23:20
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 TFTP Request — /grub/grub.cfg
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:24 TFTP Request — /grub/x86_64-efi/terminal.lst
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:23 TFTP Request — /grub/x86_64-efi/crypto.lst
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:23 TFTP Request — /grub/x86_64-efi/fs.lst
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:23 TFTP Request — /grub/x86_64-efi/command.lst
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:23 TFTP Request — /grubx64.efi
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:23 TFTP Request — bootx64.efi
DEBUG Mon, 27 April 2015 10:57:23 TFTP Request — bootx64.efi
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 10:55:10 Node powered on
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 10:55:07 Powering node on
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 10:55:07 Node changed status — From 'Allocated' to 'Deploying'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 10:55:07 Node changed status — From 'Ready' to 'Allocated' (to userAAA)

My expectation is that at this point if I acquire and start the node under a different user the node should be reinstalled and the files in /home/ubuntu should not exist. Instead I see zero TFTP requests because /dev/sda was added as the first entry in the bootlist (see log stating node disabled netboot) and the node simply powers on with the files that I created previously still intact.

INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 12:15:40 Node powered off
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 12:15:40 Node changed status — From 'Releasing' to 'Ready'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 12:15:34 Node changed status — From 'Deployed' to 'Releasing'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 12:15:34 Powering node off
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 12:01:00 Node changed status — From 'Deploying' to 'Deployed'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:59:06 Node powered on
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:58:53 Powering node on
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:58:53 Node changed status — From 'Allocated' to 'Deploying'
INFO Mon, 27 April 2015 11:58:53 Node changed status — From 'Ready' to 'Allocated' (to userBBB)

Revision history for this message

Matt Dirba (5qxm) wrote on 2015-04-27:

maas.log and pserv.log Edit (119.1 KiB, application/x-tar)

affects:

grub2 (Ubuntu) → maas (Ubuntu)

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Matt Dirba (5qxm) wrote on 2015-04-28:

When a nodes is deployed mass calls/etc/maas/templates/power/ipmi.template which in turn calls ipmi_chassis_config and specifies /etc/maas/templates/power/ipmi.conf as the configuration file. The existing configuration files does not specify whether the boot type is pc-compatible or efi and appears to default to pc-compatible. If I add the option and specify that the boot type is efi then the node installs as expected.

grep config /etc/maas/templates/power/ipmi.template
ipmi_chassis_config={{ipmi_chassis_config}}
config={{config_dir}}/{{ipmi_config}}
LC_ALL=C ${ipmi_chassis_config} ${workarounds} ${driver_option} -h ${power_address} ${user_option} -p ${power_pass} --commit --filename ${config} 2>&1)

root: /etc# bzr diff maas/templates/power/ipmi.conf
=== modified file 'maas/templates/power/ipmi.conf'
--- maas/templates/power/ipmi.conf 2015-04-09 18:58:39 +0000
+++ maas/templates/power/ipmi.conf 2015-04-28 01:46:47 +0000
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
         Power_Restore_Policy Off_State_AC_Apply
EndSection
Section Chassis_Boot_Flags
+ BIOS_Boot_Type EFI
         Boot_Flags_Persistent No
         Boot_Device PXE
EndSection