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netplan.io package

netplan apply fails on 22.04 with clean yaml

Bug #1962095 reported by Xing Li
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
netplan.io (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Lukas Märdian
Jammy
Fix Released
Undecided
Lukas Märdian
subiquity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned
Jammy
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Ubuntu 22.04 clean server iso install with default yaml using dhcp

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# This is the network config written by 'subiquity'
network:
  ethernets:
    eno1:
      dhcp4: true
    enp4s0:
      dhcp4: true
  version: 2
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netplan --debug generate is green. yaml is perfect

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root@cube1:/etc/netplan# netplan --debug generate
DEBUG:command generate: running ['/lib/netplan/generate']
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: starting new processing pass
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: We have some netdefs, pass them through a final round of validation
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: eno1: setting default backend to 1
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: Configuration is valid
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: enp4s0: setting default backend to 1
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: Configuration is valid
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: Generating output files..
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: openvswitch: definition eno1 is not for us (backend 1)
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: NetworkManager: definition eno1 is not for us (backend 1)
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: openvswitch: definition enp4s0 is not for us (backend 1)
** (generate:65883): DEBUG: 02:01:05.691: NetworkManager: definition enp4s0 is not for us (backend 1)
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execute netplan apply/try will fail

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Failed to reload network settings: No such file or directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/netplan", line 23, in <module>
    netplan.main()
  File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/core.py", line 50, in main
    self.run_command()
  File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/utils.py", line 244, in run_command
    self.func()
  File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/commands/apply.py", line 61, in run
    self.run_command()
  File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/utils.py", line 244, in run_command
    self.func()
  File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/commands/apply.py", line 255, in command_apply
    utils.networkctl_reconfigure(utils.networkd_interfaces())
  File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/utils.py", line 103, in networkctl_reconfigure
    subprocess.check_call(['networkctl', 'reload'])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 373, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['networkctl', 'reload']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
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ubuntu forum thread:

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2472318

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Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer) wrote :

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Changed in netplan.io (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Xing Li (diegomontoya) wrote :

I am unable to authenticate the apport-collect generated url. The link brings me to the following error even after I am correctly logged in:

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Valentin David (valentin.david) wrote :

We have a related issue in Ubuntu Core 22. It fails the same way. But in our case it fails because systemd-networkd is not running, because subiquity has stopped it before calling "netplan apply". And then "networkctl reload" of course fails.

Was systemd-networkd running when you called "netplan apply"?

The UC22 bug is at https://github.com/snapcore/core-base/issues/31

Lukas Märdian (slyon)
tags: added: rls-jj-incoming
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Xing Li (diegomontoya) wrote :

systemd-networkd is running. Just tested netplan apply and still failed.

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# systemctl status systemd-networkd
● systemd-networkd.service - Network Configuration
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-02-22 04:33:06 UTC; 2 days ago
TriggeredBy: ● systemd-networkd.socket
       Docs: man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
   Main PID: 849 (systemd-network)
     Status: "Processing requests..."
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 154245)
     Memory: 2.8M
     CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-networkd.service

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However, after I restarted systemd-networkd via systemctl restart, subsequent netplan apply no longer fails. That's weird.

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Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

So it seems like this is really related to a stopped (or hanging/crashed?) systemd-networkd.

In subiquity this seems to be enforced via https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/commit/41014408143ece5df9ef000d65c23f9307098905 which is in conflict with newer versions of netplan that try to call `networkctl reload` instead of `systemctl restart systemd-networkd.service` (i.e. https://github.com/canonical/netplan/commit/3ec52c41d1a9b3c011c94f9644a02e99451f4330)

Lukas Märdian (slyon)
Changed in netplan.io (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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rawad (khawand) wrote :

Hello

i have encountered this as well on a physical server, on a vmware vm issue does not occur, i do not specify network settings in my autoinstall at all in general, but:

to bypass the crash (as a temporary workaround) i noticed you can make the network section interactive by adding to your user-data file:

interactive-sections:
    - network

this way you just press confirm of network settings in this step manually (without any configuration needed)
and the rest of the install continues automatically without crashing.
hope this helps you out for now.

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Lukas Märdian (slyon) wrote :

I've prepared a fix/workaround for this issue in netplan: https://github.com/canonical/netplan/pull/260

Changed in netplan.io (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Lukas Märdian (slyon)
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package netplan.io - 0.104-0ubuntu2

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netplan.io (0.104-0ubuntu2) jammy; urgency=medium

  * Pick upstream commit a4b70e7, to restart networkd if necessary (LP: #1962095)

 -- Lukas Märdian <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:45:00 +0100

Changed in netplan.io (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in subiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Dan Bungert (dbungert)
tags: added: fr-2101
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Xing Li (diegomontoya) wrote :

confirmed fix resolved issue on my system

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netplan.io (0.104-0ubuntu2)

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: removed: rls-jj-incoming
Matthieu Clemenceau (mclemenceau)
tags: added: foundations-todo
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in subiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in subiquity (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → Triaged
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