OK, my instrumented code[0] produces this, which seems to confirm my hypothesis that DNS resolution is being weirdly slow:
Oct 03 09:23:06 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[DEBUG]: Seeing if we can get any data from <class 'cloudinit.sources.DataSourceGCE.DataSourceGCE'> Oct 03 09:23:06 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Checking DNS redirection... Oct 03 09:23:06 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Trying does-not-exist.example.com.... Oct 03 09:23:31 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Not redirected Oct 03 09:23:31 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Trying example.invalid.... Oct 03 09:23:56 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Not redirected Oct 03 09:23:56 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Trying X516ZAGxJofmtsCvbLA3bHeK2o2fcfVf... Oct 03 09:23:59 ip-172-31-3-216 systemd-timesyncd[669]: Synchronized to time server 91.189.89.198:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com). Oct 03 09:24:21 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Not redirected Oct 03 09:24:21 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: DNS redirection checking complete. Oct 03 09:24:21 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Doing actual check... Oct 03 09:24:46 ip-172-31-3-216 kernel: random: crng init done Oct 03 09:24:46 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Actual check failed. Oct 03 09:24:46 ip-172-31-3-216 cloud-init[1041]: [CLOUDINIT] DataSourceGCE.py[DEBUG]: http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/ is not resolvable [0] http://paste.ubuntu.com/23269423/ is the relevant snippet of cloudinit.util. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629797 Title: cloud-init seems to take most of yakkety slow boot time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1629797/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
