Public bug reported: When running the official Ubuntu 18.04 cloud image in VIO (VMware Integrated OpenStack, see [1]), data source `Ec2` is not detected as working so `cloud-init` does not run.
As a result, it is impossible to log in or connect to the running image via SSH. In other words, VMs started from the official Ubuntu 18.04 images are unusable on VIO. Note that this issue was already identified as a problem with `ds- identify` (part of the `cloud-init` package) in comment #16 to bug 1760776 (see [2]): > VMWARE does not always use DatasourceOVF. When using OpenStack VIO > (Openstack on VMWARE) the ec2 datasource fallback is no longer being > used as of this more recent update. OpenStack VIO exposes user-data > on 169.254.169.254 but now we get a platform unknown However, the reply in comment #17 (see [3]) mentioned that a new bug should have been opened, which is what I'm doing now. This issue applies to the released images (e.g., https://cloud- images.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg- amd64.vmdk) but also to the "daily build" images. I have also tried using different formats (VMDK, OVA, QCOW2 converted to VMDK with `qemu- img convert`) but all of them show the same issue. It does *not* apply to previous versions of Ubuntu (e.g., official cloud images of Ubuntu 16.04 boot fine). [1]: https://www.vmware.com/products/openstack.html [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1760776/comments/16 [3]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1760776/comments/17 ** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1855458 Title: cloud-init on Ubuntu 18.04 image does not run in VIO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1855458/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
