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[SRU] move walinuxagent init functionality to cloud-init

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #1037723
Bug #1037723 reported by Scott Moser
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
cloud-init (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Scott Moser
Precise
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Ubuntu precise-updates
Quantal
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Raring
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned
walinuxagent (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Quantal
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Raring
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

[PACKAGES] cloud-init and walinuxagent

[Bundled SRU]: This SRU is 'bundled' for both cloud-init and walinuxagent. In order for either WALinuxAgent or Cloud-init to provide the new functionality, both have to land in the archive around the same time, with cloud-init landing _before_ WALinuxAgent. For this reason, this SRU covers both cloud-init and WALinuxAgent

[Impact]: On Windows Azure for 12.04, boot time provisioning is handled by WALinuxAgent. However, WALinuxAgent is incapable of handling user-data, which is a Juju requirement. Further, while WALinuxAgent is capable of providing boot time provisioning, it configures the system in a non-Debian way, which makes Azure images inconsitent with other Clouds. In order to provide a consistent and reliable cloud experience, Cloud-init with Azure support is needed.

[Impact: Cloud-init]: This change introduces code for the Windows Azure datasource.

[Impact: WALinuxAgent]: The default configuration for WALinuxAgent is now set to disable boot time provisioning, and only functions as a fabric checkin. By moving provisioning functions from WALinuxAgent to Cloud-init, cloud images are now portable between EC2, OpenStack and Windows Azure. This also reduces the support burden by using cloud-init to provision Windows Azure cloud images.

[Regression: Cloud-init]: The regression potential is low, as this is an introduction of new functionality. The new functionality is provided via a new datasource, which is currently not configured for cloud images; only when the new functionality is enabled, will the datasource run. The addition of the Windows Azure datasource will not affect other datasources.

[Regression: WALinuxAgent]: By default, WALinuxAgent now requires cloud-init. The default configuration is now set to ignore boot-time provisioning. On systems that have WALinuxAgent installed, the current configuration is used. This means that WALinuxAgent will continue to work as before, unless the user takes specific action to enable cloud-init.

Description of the problem :

[ORIGINAL REPORT]
As much as possible, I would like to move the initialization code that walinux agent does into cloud-init.
cloud-init could detect the fact that it is on azure (or be configured to look there).

The thing we need here is user-data support in cloud-init in one way or another.

See original description
Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Scott Moser (smoser)
summary: - move init functionality to cloud-init
+ move walinuxagent init functionality to cloud-init
Revision history for this message
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: move walinuxagent init functionality to cloud-init

The work has been done for Saucy, and is currently in progress for Precise. Saucy is currently working with provisioning by Cloud-Init.

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Scott Moser (smoser)
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ben Howard (utlemming)
Revision history for this message
Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

fixed in cloud-init in saucy at 0.7.3~bzr829-0ubuntu1
fixed in walinuxagent in saucy at 1.3.2-0ubuntu3.

There is a ppa of precise builds at https://launchpad.net/~azure-cloud-builds/+archive/sru
  apt-add-repository -y ppa:azure-cloud-builds/sru

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Scott Moser (smoser)
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Precise):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee: nobody → Ben Howard (utlemming)
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee: nobody → Ben Howard (utlemming)
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount)
summary: - move walinuxagent init functionality to cloud-init
+ [SRU] move walinuxagent init functionality to cloud-init
Revision history for this message
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

PPA testing against the latest version works perfectly for 12.04.2. In testing, cloud-init provisioned images boot faster and are available before the Windows Azure fabric reports them ready.

IMO, this is ready for SRU'ing.

description: updated
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

Adding Q/R tasks to this, as leaving users with a potentially broken upgrade path is probably a bad plan.

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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Scott, or anyone else affected,

Accepted walinuxagent into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/walinuxagent/1.3.2-0ubuntu4~12.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

Hello Scott, or anyone else affected,

Accepted walinuxagent into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/walinuxagent/1.3.2-0ubuntu4~12.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Revision history for this message
Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

Hello Scott, or anyone else affected,

Accepted walinuxagent into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/walinuxagent/1.3.2-0ubuntu4~12.04.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Revision history for this message
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Confirmed that this is resolved with -proposed packages.

I launched a new instance built from the -proposed packages and instance provisioned properly. Also did an upgrade test on an existing instance and confirmed that the upgrade did not switch provisioning method.

Marking verification-done.

tags: added: uec-images verification-done windows-azure
Scott Moser (smoser)
tags: added: cloud-images
removed: uec-images
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package walinuxagent - 1.3.2-0ubuntu4~12.04.4

---------------
walinuxagent (1.3.2-0ubuntu4~12.04.4) precise; urgency=low

  * Update versioned cloud-init dependency for the precise version.

walinuxagent (1.3.2-0ubuntu4~12.04.3) precise; urgency=low

  * Backport of 13.10 WALinuxAgent to support Cloud-init provisioning,
    and various bug fixes.
    * debian/patches/shadow_permissions.patch: apply the appropriate
      permissions to /etc/shadow (LP: #1188820).
    * debian/patches/verbose_logging.patch: use the appropriate log
      faculty when using verbose logging (LP: #1193404).
    * Mark bugs fixed in 1.3.2-0ubuntu3:
      debian/patches/config_for_cloud-init.patch:
      - fix for race condition between cloud-init and waagent (LP: #1195524)
      - mount resource disk on /mnt (LP: #1193380)
      - move walinuxagent init functionality to cloud-init (LP: #1037723)
    * debian/patches/config_for_cloud-init.patch:
      Modified configuration to disable provisioning functions.
      walinuxagent for Ubuntu should now be used with Cloud-init.
    * debian/postinst: Don't overwrite existing /etc/waagent.conf agent
      configuration on install or upgrade.
    * debian/upstart: start later in boot, avoiding race conditions
      with cloud-init.
    * Added logic to prevent udev rules.d movement (LP: #1188753)
 -- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:31:01 -0600

Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Marking cloud-init fixed-released.

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Precise):
milestone: none → precise-updates
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Bug #1233315 and Bug #1231490 bring 12.10 and 13.04 funcationality with it.

Revision history for this message
Stéphane Graber (stgraber) wrote :

Hello Scott, or anyone else affected,

Accepted walinuxagent into raring-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/walinuxagent/1.3.2-0ubuntu2~13.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Raring):
status: New → Fix Committed
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Raring):
status: New → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Ben Howard (utlemming)
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Quantal):
assignee: nobody → Ben Howard (utlemming)
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Raring):
assignee: nobody → Ben Howard (utlemming)
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Quantal):
assignee: nobody → Ben Howard (utlemming)
Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Raring):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Raring):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: New → Won't Fix
Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package walinuxagent - 1.3.2-0ubuntu2~13.04.1

---------------
walinuxagent (1.3.2-0ubuntu2~13.04.1) raring-proposed; urgency=low

  * Backport of 1.3.2-0ubuntu5 from 13.10
    * disable ephemeral disk formating by default (LP: #1231490)
    * debian/patches/shadow_permissions.patch: apply the appropriate
      permissions to /etc/shadow (LP: #1188820).
    * debian/patches/verbose_logging.patch: use the appropriate log
      faculty when using verbose logging (LP: #1193404).
    * Mark bugs fixed in 1.3.2-0ubuntu3:
      debian/patches/config_for_cloud-init.patch:
      - fix for race condition between cloud-init and waagent (LP: #1195524)
      - mount resource disk on /mnt (LP: #1193380)
      - move walinuxagent init functionality to cloud-init (LP: #1037723)
  * Add requirement of cloud-init (LP: #1037723).
 -- Ben Howard <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:24:46 -0600

Changed in walinuxagent (Ubuntu Raring):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

raring has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the raring task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Raring):
status: Fix Committed → Won't Fix
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