Public bug reported: bionic or focal with OpenStack Ussuri.
The latest version of the nova package sets permissions on package update for /var/lib/nova: find /var/lib/nova -exec chown nova:nova "{}" + find /var/lib/nova -type f -exec chmod 0640 "{}" + -o -type d -exec chmod 0750 "{}" + However, when managing vm's via libvirt, various ownership changes happen to the underlying disks that mean that nova can no longer access the disk files with 0640 permissions. The disks (and base image) for a vm are created as nova:nova; libvirt then shifts the ownership to libvirt-qemu:kvm as the vm starts. When the vm is stopped the ownership reverts to root:root. 0640 permissions are maintained - however nova is not part of the root or kvm groups so cannot access the file - which means the instance cannot be restarted. The following permissions are required for correct operation: find /var/lib/nova -type f -exec chmod 0644 "{}" + -o -type d -exec chmod 0755 "{}" + ** Affects: cloud-archive Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Affects: cloud-archive/ussuri Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Affects: cloud-archive/victoria Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Affects: nova (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Affects: nova (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Affects: nova (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Critical Status: Triaged ** Also affects: nova (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nova (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: cloud-archive Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: cloud-archive/ussuri Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: cloud-archive/victoria Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: cloud-archive/victoria Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: cloud-archive/ussuri Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: nova (Ubuntu Focal) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: nova (Ubuntu Groovy) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: cloud-archive/ussuri Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: cloud-archive/victoria Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: nova (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: nova (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided => Critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1885269 Title: ussuri: unable to stop and start an instance post upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1885269/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs