This issue is discussed in a document at https://docs.google.com/document/d/14xH2Q3VH_7ArXzRPhqogfACeOI0rmEinm_Q98imNWlc/
Its all about "transition" of networking information from the initramfs environment which is configured by the kernel command line over to the "real root". The Ubuntu foundations team is expecting to have dhcp transition correctly in 18.04. ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: cloud-initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732522 Title: [2.3] Ephemeral boot environment does not renew DHCP leases Status in cloud-init: New Status in MAAS: Fix Committed Status in cloud-initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: New Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I started commissioning+hardware testing on a machine, and while the machine was testing (for 2hrs+) i noticed that the IP address had disappeared. The machine has the MAC of 00:25:90:4c:e7:9e and IP of 192.168.0.211 from the dynamic range. Checking the MAAS server, I noticed that the IP/MAC was in the ARP table: andreserl@maas:/var/lib/maas/dhcp$ arp -a | grep 211 192-168-9-211.maas (192.168.9.211) at 00:25:90:4c:e7:9e [ether] on bond-lan Checking the leases file has the following: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/25969442/ Then I checked a couple areas of MAAS: - Device discovery, the machine wasn't there. - Subnet details page, the machine wasn't there (e.g. as observed) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1732522/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp