I can reproduce locally doing the following (fails on focal and groovy). I did this using the cloud-images.ubuntu.com VMDK, Virtualbox, and a simple cloud-init with ssh key and username/pw w/ ssh pw auth on. I got the following error:
``` 2020-10-28 13:32:33,680 - util.py[WARNING]: Running module ssh-authkey-fingerprints (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_ssh_authkey_fingerprints' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_ssh_authkey_fingerprints.py'>) failed 2020-10-28 13:32:33,680 - util.py[DEBUG]: Running module ssh-authkey-fingerprints (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_ssh_authkey_fingerprints' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_ssh_authkey_fingerprints.py'>) failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/util.py", line 402, in multi_log wfh.flush() OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error ``` TESTING: Requirements: Virtualbox cloud-localds command (to make your local ISO of cloud-init data) 1. download the latest VMDK (groovy): http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/groovy/current/ 2. make a simple cloud-init w/ ssh pub key and pw login (to ensure you can get in) #cloud-config chpasswd: list: | ubuntu:ubuntu expire: False ssh_pwauth: True ssh_authorized_keys: <YOUR_PUB_KEY> 3. create the iso using cloud-localds ` cloud-localds my-seed.iso my-cloud-config.yaml ` 4. Open Virtualbox 5. Create New 6. Under Hard Disk, choose "Use Existing" and choose the VMDK and create 7. select image on Left, right click and choose Settings, or hit ctrl+s 8. go to Storage 9. Click on the +CD(Add Optical Drive) beside Controller: IDE 10. select your cloud-init iso (my-seed.iso) 11. click on drive, and set Attributes: Optical Drive to IDE Primary Master and hit OK 12. Boot machine Vbox will show you the console as it goes along. once booted 1. login with provided pw 2. `cloud-init status` will show failed 3. check cloud-init log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1473527 Title: module ssh-authkey-fingerprints fails Input/output error: /dev/console To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1473527/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs