I had issues with "per-once", but I we also were resetting OpenStack going from Essex to Folsom at the time. The instance ids may have overlapped. I'm not sure I could recreate it. My biggest headache at the time was running Gluster inside the instance. You can't keep the /var/lib/glusterd? directory on the image because the app sets a 'unique' id at install time.
Regardless, it is a good idea not to leave stale state around if you are handing out images. The nova image-create <uuid> command gets users into trouble because of install-time assumptions made by applications. I've been following diskimage-builder that is part of TripleO, but haven't tried to use it yet. https://github.com/stackforge/diskimage-builder Brian On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Scott Moser <smo...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jul 2013, Brian Schott wrote: > >> When you bundle the image, make sure you remove the /var/lib/cloud >> directory. It contains lock files and a local cache from the first time >> it was run. > > This is not actually necessary. > cloud-init runs some things "per-instance", and other things "per-boot". > > The per-instance is handled using the instance-id as a marker. So, unless > you hit an instance-id (uuid) collision there is no need to specifically > clear out /var/lib/cloud. If you have some other reason that you think > this needs to be done, please open a bug on cloud-init. > > Scott > >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Brian Schott, CTO >> Nimbis Services, Inc. >> brian.sch...@nimbisservices.com >> ph: 443-274-6064 fx: 443-274-6060 >> >> >> >> On Jul 24, 2013, at 11:00 PM, "Jake G." <dj_dark_jungl...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Scott! >>> >>> I have removed cloud-init from my instance and enabled config-drive in the >>> nova.conf file. >>> >>> Anything else I should take notice of? >>> >>> From: Scott Moser <smo...@ubuntu.com> >>> To: Jake G. <dj_dark_jungl...@yahoo.com> >>> Cc: Dean Troyer <dtro...@gmail.com>; "openstack@lists.launchpad.net" >>> <openstack@lists.launchpad.net> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:58 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Image prep. cloud-init user configuration help. >>> >>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2013, Jake G. wrote: >>> >>>> I got the user correct now I am wondering why this is nessasary for my >>>> environment. >>>> I am not using Amazon EC2 services so why would I need to get metadata >>>> from there API? >>>> >>>> Can someone explain? >>> >>> Cloud-init uses the "datasource" of the EC2 Metadata service, that >>> Openstack provides a workalike for. >>> That metadata service has things like "instance-id" and "hostname" that >>> are useful. cloud-init uses instance-id for "run-once-per-instance" >>> functionality. >>> >>> cloud-init also gets user-data from the datasource, and that is very >>> useful for initializing images with information provided at launch time by >>> the user. >>> >>> If you enable config-drive in openstack, then cloud-init will find the >>> same data above from the config-drive, and wont bother looking for the ec2 >>> metadata service. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
