[SRU] GCE datasource reports availability zones incorrectly

Bug #1470880 reported by Dan Watkins
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
cloud-init
Fix Released
High
Dan Watkins
cloud-init (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Precise
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Trusty
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Vivid
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

[Impact]
Availability zones and regions on GCE cannot be used for mirror substitution, making in-cloud mirrors impossible.

[Test Case]
Run the following Python code on trusty and later:

from cloudinit.sources.DataSourceGCE import DataSourceGCE
ds = DataSourceGCE({}, None, None)
ds.get_data()
ds.availability_zone

Or the following code on precise:

from cloudinit.DataSourceGCE import DataSourceGCE
ds = DataSourceGCE({})
ds.get_data()
ds.get_availability_zone()

and confirm that the availability zone is returned (rather than a relative URL).

[Regression Potential]
This is completely broken at the moment, so it can't get any more broken.

[Original Report]
After querying the cloud fabric, DataSourceGCE will return something along the lines of "projects/969378662406/zones/europe-west1-d" as its availability_zone.

This means that other parts of the code that expect a sensible value for this (most notably the mirror discovery code), are broken on GCE.

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Nick Moffitt (nick-moffitt) wrote :

This is preventing the creation of AZ-local archive mirrors in GCE, forcing units to reach out to London for packages despite potentially being on the other side of the planet.

Changed in cloud-init:
importance: Undecided → High
Dan Watkins (oddbloke)
Changed in cloud-init:
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Dan Watkins (daniel-thewatkins)
Dan Watkins (oddbloke)
description: updated
summary: - GCE datasource reports availability zones incorrectly
+ [SRU] GCE datasource reports availability zones incorrectly
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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Dan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted cloud-init into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/0.7.7~bzr1091-0ubuntu5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote :

Hello Dan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted cloud-init into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/0.7.5-0ubuntu1.8 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Fix Committed
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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote :

Hello Dan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted cloud-init into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/0.6.3-0ubuntu1.19 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

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Dan Watkins (oddbloke) wrote :

Confirmed fixed in precise; trusty and vivid images building for validation.

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Dan Watkins (oddbloke) wrote :

Confirmed fixed in vivid; trusty image still building for validation.

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Dan Watkins (oddbloke) wrote :

Verified on trusty; marked as verification-done.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for cloud-init has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cloud-init - 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.8

---------------
cloud-init (0.7.5-0ubuntu1.8) trusty; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/lp-1411582-azure-udev-ephemeral-disks.patch:
      - Use udev rules to discover ephemeral disk locations rather than
        hard-coded device names (LP: #1411582).
  * debian/patches/lp-1470880-fix-gce-az-determination.patch:
      - Correctly parse GCE's availability zones (LP: #1470880).
  * d/patches/lp-1470890-include-regions-in-dynamic-mirror-discovery.patch:
      - Make %(region)s a valid substitution in mirror discovery
        (LP: #1470890).
  * Remove python-serial from Build-Depends; it was mistakenly added last
    upload.

 -- Daniel Watkins <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:54:02 +0100

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cloud-init - 0.7.7~bzr1091-0ubuntu5

---------------
cloud-init (0.7.7~bzr1091-0ubuntu5) vivid; urgency=medium

  * d/patches/lp-1411582-azure-udev-ephemeral-disks.patch:
      - Use udev rules to discover ephemeral disk locations rather than
        hard-coded device names (LP: #1411582).
  * d/patches/lp-1470880-fix-gce-az-determination.patch:
      - Correctly parse GCE's availability zones (LP: #1470880).
  * d/patches/lp-1470890-include-regions-in-dynamic-mirror-discovery.patch:
      - Make %(region)s a valid substitution in mirror discovery
        (LP: #1470890).

 -- Daniel Watkins <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:50:32 +0100

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cloud-init - 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.19

---------------
cloud-init (0.6.3-0ubuntu1.19) precise; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/lp-1411582-azure-udev-ephemeral-disks.patch:
      - Use udev rules to discover ephemeral disk locations rather than
        hard-coded device names (LP: #1411582).
  * debian/patches/lp-1470880-fix-gce-az-determination.patch:
      - Correctly parse GCE's availability zones (LP: #1470880).
  * d/patches/lp-1470890-include-regions-in-dynamic-mirror-discovery.patch:
      - Make %(region)s a valid substitution in mirror discovery
        (LP: #1470890).

 -- Daniel Watkins <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:38:48 +0100

Changed in cloud-init (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Dan Watkins (oddbloke)
Changed in cloud-init:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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