[Bug 1555902] [NEW] Azure: Precise should use the same instance ID detection as Trusty

2016-03-10 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: The Azure datasource on Trusty utilizes the system-uuid from SMBIOS as a unique VM ID to identify the instance. Precise still uses the older method of obtaining the Instance ID via the wire server, which is not stable in CRP. Precise should move to use the same instance ID d

[Bug 1551419] Re: Fix UUID endianness patch breaks cloud-init on Azure

2016-03-02 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
It seems the Utopic kernel is impacted as well, I tested 3.16.0-62-generic released on 2/27. I thought that kernel was EOL. Can we revert the fix here as well? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. http

[Bug 1551419] Re: Fix UUID endianness patch breaks cloud-init on Azure

2016-03-01 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hi Dan, This issue does not repro with the latest Wily kernel, but it should, right? Can you help me understand why? This is just testing on Hyper-V: # uname -r 4.2.0-30-generic # cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid && dmidecode -s system-uuid EF6EED16-EAD5-BC4C-AD75-550370C212EE

[Bug 1544764] [NEW] ephemeral-disk-warning.conf should run ephemeral-disk-warning.sh

2016-02-11 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: Hi Ben, On the latest Trusty package it appears that the upstart file "ephemeral-disk-warning.conf" still contains and older version of this script that detects the ephemeral disk by grepping for "sdb1". It should instead run ephemeral-disk-warning.sh like what the systemd s

[Bug 1506187] Re: [SRU] Azure: cloud-init should use VM unique ID

2015-11-23 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
I tested cloud-init 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.15 from -proposed for Trusty on Azure and confirmed that the new package resolves the issue. The upgrade path is also working as expected. I first created an Ubuntu 14.04 VM using ARM. After shutting down the VM via the Azure portal (portal.azure.com) and then

[Bug 1506187] Re: Azure: cloud-init should use VM unique ID

2015-10-15 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Yes, this is supported in all prod environments. You can remove the dependency on InstanceID. Thanks! Steve -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506187 Title: Azure:

[Bug 1506187] [NEW] Azure: cloud-init should use VM unique ID

2015-10-14 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: The Azure datasource currently uses the InstanceID from the SharedConfig.xml file. On our new CRP stack, this ID is not guaranteed to be stable and could change if the VM is deallocated. If the InstanceID changes then cloud-init will attempt to reprovision the VM, which coul

[Bug 1498179] [NEW] Azure: After changing hostname, old hostname is still published to DHCP after reboot

2015-09-21 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: Tested with latest Ubuntu 14.04 image on Azure (20150908). In Azure, the DHCP client on Ubuntu VMs is configured to push the current hostname to the DHCP server, which then publishes the hostname into Azure DNS. However, after changing the hostname and rebooting, the old hos

[Bug 1490796] Re: [SRU] cloud-init must check/format Azure ephemeral disks each boot

2015-09-03 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Tested cloud-init/0.7.5-0ubuntu1.10 and it resolves the issue for me. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1490796] [NEW] cloud-init must check/format Azure empheral disks each boot

2015-08-31 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 14.04.3 (20150805) on Azure with cloud-init package 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.8. On Azure cloud-init prepares the ephemeral device as ext4 for the first boot. However, if the VM is ever moved to another Host for any reason, then a new ephemeral disk might be provided to the VM.

[Bug 1458052] Re: [SRU] Azure Datasource writes user password in plain text

2015-07-19 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Ben, is it possible to SRU this fix back to Precise as well? At least on Azure we still have plenty of folks that use and love this version. Thanks, Steve -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://b

[Bug 1374166] Re: Document how to add swap space on Azure resource disk

2015-01-19 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hi Daniel, Thanks for doing this, looks great so far! I do have a couple recommendations: In case customers are not familiar with the term "Custom Data" or how to use it, I would recommend linking to our documentation: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-how

[Bug 1374115] Re: Allow cloud-config to modify partitioning and mount point of temporary resource disk in Azure

2015-01-16 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
That's what I meant, on Ubuntu images the ResourceDisk.Format should be "n" because cloud-init handles this. We do not want the Linux agent and cloud-init fighting over formatting or reformatting, and then mounting the resource disk. You're right, perhaps these parameters should not exist in the

[Bug 1411582] Re: Azure data source should auto-detect ephemeral disk location

2015-01-16 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
This looks like the correct problem statement - the SCSI layer schedules these tasks and so subtle timings could cause disk names to change. This is also we recommend UUIDs or labels or similar to be used in fstab. The logic for DeviceForIdePort() is based on the fact that our vmbus driver at leas

[Bug 1410835] Re: Azure ephemeral disk and custom mount points

2015-01-14 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
+1 :) The [ sdb, ] syntax is a bug as well. Device names are not persistent in Linux and could change, so it is not guaranteed that the ephemeral disk will be called /dev/sdb. Ideally this should be auto-detected in cloud-init at runtime (for example, see DeviceForIdePort() in the Azure Linux a

[Bug 1374115] Re: Allow cloud-config to modify partitioning and mount point of temporary resource disk in Azure

2015-01-14 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
No, the mount location cannot be modified on Ubuntu via the waagent.conf, that is the issue. I would like a way to modify the mount point post-provisioning. The only way to change the mount point on Azure is to use CustomData (like "user data" on other clouds) to send a cloud-config to modify the

[Bug 1382257] Re: [SRU] Add "readme" to Azure's ephemeral (resource) disk

2014-11-12 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
We tested this package using the [TEST] steps above and can confirm that the readme is created as expected. As an additional step I also resized the VM to ensure that the temporary disk would need to be reformatted, and saw in this case that the readme was also created as expected. Well done! --

[Bug 1382257] [NEW] Add "readme" to Azure's ephemeral (resource) disk

2014-10-16 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: When the Azure Linux agent handles the resource disk it adds a file on the newly formatted partition called "DATALOSS_WARNING_README.txt". The purpose of this file is to warn customers that the disk is temporary and may be wiped if the VM is rebooted or moved to another host.

[Bug 1374166] Re: Document how to add swap space on Azure resource disk

2014-10-02 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
** Summary changed: - Document ow to add swap space on Azure resource disk + Document how to add swap space on Azure resource disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13

[Bug 1374166] [NEW] Document ow to add swap space on Azure resource disk

2014-09-25 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: The process for creating a swap partition on Ubuntu VMs on Azure is not well understood or documented. Most of the documentation on Azure generally refers to using the walinuxagent to manage the swap space on the resource disk (ephemeral disk). However, Ubuntu VMs use cloud-

[Bug 1374115] [NEW] Allow cloud-config to modify partitioning and mount point of temporary resource disk in Azure

2014-09-25 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: Users would like to use a local cloud-config to modify how the resource/ephemeral disk is partitioned and where it is mounted on Azure VMs. Currently it seems this is only customizable via a configuration sent via CustomData (user data). If I understand correctly, the Azure

[Bug 1360471] Re: update walinuxagent to 2.0.7

2014-08-25 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hello, Our Linux agent team found a bug while testing a VM extension and has tagged a new release, v2.0.8. Please package this version instead. The relevant change in v2.0.8 is the following and should be applied to all: https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent/commit/cbcd69b70876dbcc3db2a9b8c041b1

[Bug 1321427] Re: [SRU] Update walinuxagent package for Precise to v2.0.5

2014-06-11 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
We have run our network, VNET, BVT and E2E tests using the walinuxagent 2.0.5 package for Ubuntu 12.04 and found no issues. Cloud Test Update: * Network Tests : Completed. [41 PASS, 1 XFAIL] Expected Failed Tests : 1. NETWORK-IDNS-SINGLEHS-CHANGED-HOSTNAME Reason : After c

[Bug 1321427] [NEW] Update walinuxagent package for Precise to v2.0.5

2014-05-20 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: This is a request from Microsoft to please update the walinuxagent package for Ubuntu 12.04 from v1.3.2 to the latest WALinuxAgent 2.0.5. The Microsoft team has implemented new features and bugfixes into the 2.0 branch that will not be backported to the 1.x branch. The most

[Bug 1321024] [NEW] Update walinuxagent package to v2.0.5

2014-05-19 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: Microsoft has released version 2.0.5 of the Azure Linux agent. This agent has many bugfixes, including important fixes for the extension handler feature. Please update the current walinuxagent package (based on v2.0.4) with the latest 2.0.5. That tag/download for WALinuxAge

[Bug 1308974] Re: [SRU] regression: walinuxagent incorrectly sets unsupported dhcp parameter

2014-04-17 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hi Ben, Is it necessary to revert the patch to /usr/sbin/waagent itself rather than just the packaging? The original issue was about users calling 'waagent -deprovision', so my concern is that this issue might pop up again if we revert that patch. As far as I can tell the fix to waagent is worki

[Bug 1305418] [NEW] Broken SSHD configuration on Ubuntu 13.10 with latest walinuxagent update

2014-04-09 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: After installing the latest walinuxagent package on Ubuntu 13.10 I see that we end up with a broken configuration in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. The last line in that file looks like the following: UsePAM yesClientAliveInterval 180 This is the result of the agent package re-ru

[Bug 1304023] [NEW] Please update walinuxagent to 2.0.4

2014-04-07 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: This is a formal request to please update the Windows Azure Linux Agent to version 2.0.4 (tag here: https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent/releases). We have added an important capability in 2.0.4 called 'agent injection' that will allow customers to install new extensions/han

[Bug 1267567] Re: walinuxagent not downloading ssh certificates

2014-01-10 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hi Scott, I'm not able to repro this using the current dev branch of the CLI tools and the latest CustomData patches. Can you take a look at the latest CustomData patches at the pull requests below. They are mostly similar to yours and should port easily into the version of the xplat tools and S

[Bug 1224684] Re: [SRU] cannot sudo, prompted for password on 12.04 Windows Azure

2013-09-27 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
It looks like the image dated 20130827 also appears to have this issue. Should this one be removed as well? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1224684 Title: [SRU] ca

[Bug 1211918] [NEW] WALinuxAgent Github repo has moved

2013-08-13 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Public bug reported: Hello, The Github repo for Windows Azure Linux Agent has moved to the official Windows Azure organization on Github. Please update your upstream sources: Old repo: https://github.com/Windows-Azure/WALinuxAgent New repo: https://github.com/WindowsAzure/WALinuxAgent We use

[Bug 1195524] Re: race condition / transient failure to provision

2013-06-29 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hello! Thank you for confirming that. I think the hostname just looked odd so just wanted to confirm as we don't have access to this environment. If the instance is still available we really need more logs to figure out what went wrong. This will help determine if there's something wrong on the

[Bug 1195524] Re: race condition / transient failure to provision

2013-06-28 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Aside from the kernel logs, please also include /var/log/syslog and any other relevant logs. Long, I believe the contents of /var/lib/waagent were posted here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/walinuxagent/+bug/1195524/+attachment/3717115/+files/waagent-info.tar There is retry logic in

[Bug 1193380] Re: "resource disk" mounted at /mnt/resource should be /mnt

2013-06-21 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hi Scott, Thank you for looking at this. The mount point for the resource disk is configurable via /etc/waagent.conf (see the "ResourceDisk.MountPoint" parameter). The default is /mnt/resource, but this could be changed to another location if desired. Thanks, Steve -- You received this bug no

[Bug 1193404] Re: -verbose flag causes stack trace

2013-06-21 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hi! Thank you for looking at this. This issue was fixed upstream a little while ago, it just needs to make it into the next Ubuntu package update. Thanks! Steve -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to walinuxagent in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1188753] Re: deletes udev packaged 75-persistent-net-generator.rules

2013-06-10 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hi Ben, The MAC prefix for Hyper-V/Azure is "00:15:5D" (see also http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/oui.txt) Thanks, Steve -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to walinuxagent in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 1188610] Re: sshd_config is modified/replaced

2013-06-07 Thread Stephen A. Zarkos
Hello! As Robie speculated, editing the ClientAliveInterval parameter will help keep the session open through the load balancer which would otherwise drop the connection. There has to be some network traffic originating from either the client or server to keep it open. Possibly your client sends