I set the Ubuntu aspect of this as "Won't Fix" as this is really an upstream bug and will be tracked on GitHub.
** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- 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/1583841 Title: cc_chef fails when using 'gems' installer because Ubuntu 16.04 no longer includes Ruby 1.8 Status in cloud-init: Expired Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Ubuntu 16.04 # dpkg -l | grep cloud-init ii cloud-init 0.7.7~bzr1212-0ubuntu1 all Init scripts for cloud instances ii cloud-initramfs-copymods 0.27ubuntu1 all copy initramfs modules into root filesystem for later use ii cloud-initramfs-dyn-netconf 0.27ubuntu1 all write a network interface file in /run for BOOTIF Minimum Ruby version supported in Ubuntu 16.04 is Ruby 2.3. Syslog output: May 19 23:41:38 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: apt-update [eatmydata apt-get --option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold --option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io --assume-yes --quiet update] took 20.50 1 seconds May 19 23:41:38 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Running command ['eatmydata', 'apt-get', '--option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold', '--option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io', '--assume-yes', '--qui et', 'install', 'ruby1.8', 'ruby1.8-dev', 'libopenssl-ruby1.8', 'rubygems1.8'] with allowed return codes [0] (shell=False, capture=False) May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: apt-install [eatmydata apt-get --option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold --option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io --assume-yes --quiet install ruby1.8 r uby1.8-dev libopenssl-ruby1.8 rubygems1.8] took 0.295 seconds May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] handlers.py[DEBUG]: finish: modules-config/config-chef: FAIL: running config-chef with frequency once-per-instance May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[WARNING]: Running module chef (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_chef' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py'>) failed May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Running module chef (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_chef' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py'>) failed#012Traceback (most rec ent call last):#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 739, in _run_modules#012 freq=freq)#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/cloud.py", line 70, in run#0 12 return self._runners.run(name, functor, args, freq, clear_on_fail)#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/helpers.py", line 199, in run#012 results = functor(*args)#012 File "/usr/l ib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py", line 257, in handle#012 run = install_chef(cloud, chef_cfg, log)#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py", line 296, in install_chef#012 install_chef_from_gems(ruby_version, chef_version, cloud.distro)#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py", line 330, in install_chef_from_gems#012 distro.install_packages(get_ruby_packages(ruby_version))#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/debian.py", line 75, in install_packages#012 self.package_command('install', pkgs=pk glist)#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/debian.py", line 176, in package_command#012 args=(cmd,), kwargs={'env': e, 'capture': False})#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packag es/cloudinit/util.py", line 2040, in log_time#012 ret = func(*args, **kwargs)#012 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/util.py", line 1704, in subp#012 cmd=args)#012cloudinit.util.Process ExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command.#012Command: ['eatmydata', 'apt-get', '--option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold', '--option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io', '--assume-yes', '--qu iet', 'install', 'ruby1.8', 'ruby1.8-dev', 'libopenssl-ruby1.8', 'rubygems1.8']#012Exit code: 100#012Reason: -#012Stdout: ''#012Stderr: '' # apt-cache policy ruby ruby: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:2.3.0+1 Version table: 1:2.3.0+1 500 500 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages # apt-cache search ^ruby rake - ruby make-like utility ruby - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby (default version) ruby-all-dev - Ruby development environment (all versions supported in Debian) ruby-dev - Header files for compiling extension modules for Ruby (default version) ruby-did-you-mean - smart error messages for Ruby > 2.3 ruby-minitest - Ruby test tools supporting TDD, BDD, mocking, and benchmarking ruby-net-telnet - telnet client library ruby-power-assert - library showing values of variables and method calls in an expression ruby-rrd - time-series data storage and display system (Ruby interfaces) ruby-test-unit - unit testing framework for Ruby ruby2.3 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby ruby2.3-dev - Header files for compiling extension modules for the Ruby 2.3 ruby2.3-doc - Documentation for Ruby 2.3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1583841/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp