This is not fixed, it just affected me on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, resulting in the the subsequent server configuration failing completely because awscli and jq were missing.
Output:
Cloud-init v. 21.3-1-g6803368d-0ubuntu1~20.04.4 running 'modules:config' at Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:05:29 +0000. Up 18.13 seconds.
Get:1 http://eu-central-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease [265 kB]
[... more Gets]
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 2764 (unattended-upgr)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
Cloud-init v. 21.3-1-g6803368d-0ubuntu1~20.04.4 running 'modules:final' at Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:05:30 +0000. Up 19.15 seconds.
2021-11-12 11:05:38,955 - util.py[WARNING]: Package upgrade failed
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 2764 (unattended-upgr)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
2021-11-12 11:05:38,999 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed to install packages: ['awscli', 'nmap', 'tcpdump', 'bind9utils', 'curl', 'wget', 'vim', 'jq', 'htop', 'tmux', 'git', 'iotop', 'iftop', 'fail2ban']
2021-11-12 11:05:38,999 - cc_package_update_upgrade_install.py[WARNING]: 2 failed with exceptions, re-raising the last one
2021-11-12 11:05:39,000 - util.py[WARNING]: Running module package-update-upgrade-install (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_package_update_upgrade_install' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_package_update_upgrade_install.py'>) failed
Note: Before=apt-daily.service is only set on cloud-final.service.
This is not fixed, it just affected me on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, resulting in the the subsequent server configuration failing completely because awscli and jq were missing.
Output:
Cloud-init v. 21.3-1- g6803368d- 0ubuntu1~ 20.04.4 running 'modules:config' at Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:05:29 +0000. Up 18.13 seconds. eu-central- 1.ec2.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu focal InRelease [265 kB] dpkg/lock- frontend. It is held by process 2764 (unattended-upgr) dpkg/lock- frontend) , is another process using it? g6803368d- 0ubuntu1~ 20.04.4 running 'modules:final' at Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:05:30 +0000. Up 19.15 seconds. dpkg/lock- frontend. It is held by process 2764 (unattended-upgr) dpkg/lock- frontend) , is another process using it? update_ upgrade_ install. py[WARNING] : 2 failed with exceptions, re-raising the last one update- upgrade- install (<module 'cloudinit. config. cc_package_ update_ upgrade_ install' from '/usr/lib/ python3/ dist-packages/ cloudinit/ config/ cc_package_ update_ upgrade_ install. py'>) failed
Get:1 http://
[... more Gets]
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/
Cloud-init v. 21.3-1-
2021-11-12 11:05:38,955 - util.py[WARNING]: Package upgrade failed
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/
2021-11-12 11:05:38,999 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed to install packages: ['awscli', 'nmap', 'tcpdump', 'bind9utils', 'curl', 'wget', 'vim', 'jq', 'htop', 'tmux', 'git', 'iotop', 'iftop', 'fail2ban']
2021-11-12 11:05:38,999 - cc_package_
2021-11-12 11:05:39,000 - util.py[WARNING]: Running module package-
Note: Before= apt-daily. service is only set on cloud-final. service.