So it does appear that this a result of the openvswitch-switch service taking a while to startup on boot/reboot. I have added some retry logic to nova-compute and it appears that openvswitch is taking around 80s to start:
neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 1s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 3s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 3s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 5s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 5s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 7s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 7s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 9s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 9s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 11s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 11s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/pre-start, process 3055 Attempting to start neutron-ovs-cleanup start: Job is already running: neutron-ovs-cleanup Recheck neutron-ovs-cleanup status in 13s neutron-ovs-cleanup start/running 2015-07-03 17:51:40.660 15690 DEBUG nova.servicegroup.api [-] ServiceGroup driver defined as an instance of db __new__ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/servicegroup/api.py:65 2015-07-03 17:51:43.053 15690 INFO nova.openstack.common.periodic_task [-] Skipping periodic task _periodic_update_dns because its interval is negative 2015-07-03 17:51:44.320 15690 DEBUG stevedore.extension [-] found extension EntryPoint.parse('file = nova.image.download.file') _load_plugins /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/stevedore/extension.py:156 2015-07-03 17:51:44.602 15690 DEBUG stevedore.extension [-] found extension EntryPoint.parse('file = nova.image.download.file') _load_plugins /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/stevedore/extension.py:156 2015-07-03 17:51:44.603 15690 INFO nova.virt.driver [-] Loading compute driver 'libvirt.LibvirtDriver' I'll have an SRU patch up shortlty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nova in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1471022 Title: [SRU] race between nova-compute and neutron-ovs-cleanup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/+bug/1471022/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs