Public bug reported: cloud-init pre-networking fails when grub is configured to use a static IP with the 'autoconf' field set to 'none' (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt).
Cloud provider: vsphere Static IP is configured here (/etc/default/grub). --- # https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt # off or none: don't use autoconfiguration (do static IP assignment instead) GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=ip=10.121.105.37::10.121.104.1:255.255.252.0::eth0:none --- Error: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/net/cmdline.py", line 58, in _klibc_to_config_entry raise ValueError("Unexpected value for PROTO: %s" % proto) ValueError: Unexpected value for PROTO: none Workarounds: Option 1. Change the grub config to use 'dhcp' even though it defines most of the fields statically GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=ip=10.121.105.37::10.121.104.1:255.255.252.0::eth0:dhcp Option 2. Patch to normalize 'none' to 'static' (I'd guess there's a more proper fix further up the call) --- /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/net/cmdline.py.orig 2018-08-03 15:44:11.204005997 +0000 +++ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/net/cmdline.py 2018-08-03 15:44:15.448006149 +0000 @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ else: proto = 'static' + if proto == 'none': + proto = 'static' if proto not in ('static', 'dhcp', 'dhcp6'): raise ValueError("Unexpected value for PROTO: %s" % proto) ** Affects: cloud-init Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "cloud-init.tar.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785275/+attachment/5171214/+files/cloud-init.tar.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785275 Title: cloud-init pre-networking fails if grub defines static ip Status in cloud-init: New Bug description: cloud-init pre-networking fails when grub is configured to use a static IP with the 'autoconf' field set to 'none' (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt). Cloud provider: vsphere Static IP is configured here (/etc/default/grub). --- # https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt # off or none: don't use autoconfiguration (do static IP assignment instead) GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=ip=10.121.105.37::10.121.104.1:255.255.252.0::eth0:none --- Error: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/net/cmdline.py", line 58, in _klibc_to_config_entry raise ValueError("Unexpected value for PROTO: %s" % proto) ValueError: Unexpected value for PROTO: none Workarounds: Option 1. Change the grub config to use 'dhcp' even though it defines most of the fields statically GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=ip=10.121.105.37::10.121.104.1:255.255.252.0::eth0:dhcp Option 2. Patch to normalize 'none' to 'static' (I'd guess there's a more proper fix further up the call) --- /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/net/cmdline.py.orig 2018-08-03 15:44:11.204005997 +0000 +++ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/net/cmdline.py 2018-08-03 15:44:15.448006149 +0000 @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ else: proto = 'static' + if proto == 'none': + proto = 'static' if proto not in ('static', 'dhcp', 'dhcp6'): raise ValueError("Unexpected value for PROTO: %s" % proto) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1785275/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

