Backporting gce-compute-image-packages

[Philip Roche]

[Impact]

 * GCE no longer wish to use gce-utils and instead want to use the new gce-compute-image-packages package

 * All supported versions of Ubuntu on GCE should have gce-compute-image-packages installed to avail of any new features on GCE

[Test Case]

 * There are no bugs to reproduce as this is a new package.

 * There are numerous tests:
   * ntp conf
   * expected packages are installed
   * expected services are running
   * SSH access
   * Kernel Config
   * Hosts file is as expected

These run as part of Ubuntu cloud image for GCE creation. These tests have been updated to test any changes introduced by gce-compute-image-packages. All of these tests pass.

 * The simplest way to test this package is to launch a GCE instance with this package installed [2] and test that it is reachable via SSH using the keys specified when launching. Also check that any startup scripts specified are run and that NTP has set the time correctly.

[Regression Potential]

 * Most harmful regression potential is GCE instance becoming unreachable. This was the case with gce-utils too though.

[Other Info]

 * This change has been requested by GCE and is a requirement for any future Ubuntu cloud images for GCE. They are very eager to get this backported.

[1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gce-utils
[2] "/ubuntu-os-cloud-devel/daily-ubuntu-testing-1610-yakkety-v20161110"

[Philip Roche (philroche)]

debdiff attached for Yakkety

[Philip Roche (philroche)]

Merge proposal created for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty

https://code.launchpad.net/~philroche/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages/+git/gce-compute-image-packages/+merge/311823

[Philip Roche (philroche)]

Merge proposal created for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

https://code.launchpad.net/~philroche/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages/+git/gce-compute-image-packages/+merge/311824

[Philip Roche (philroche)]

Merge proposal created for Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety

https://code.launchpad.net/~philroche/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages/+git/gce-compute-image-packages/+merge/311821

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hello Philip, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gce-compute-image-packages into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages/20160930-0ubuntu3~16.04.0 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 on 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!

[Philip Roche (philroche)]

gce-compute-image-packages in xenial-proposed has been verified.

A new Xenial GCE image was built with proposed enabled and tested both manually and by our automated testing.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gce-compute-image-packages - 20160930-0ubuntu3~16.04.0

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gce-compute-image-packages (20160930-0ubuntu3~16.04.0) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Backport gce-compute-image-packages to xenial (LP: #1643585)

 -- Phil Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Nov 2016 14:01:00 +0000

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gce-compute-image-packages 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.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

Hello Philip, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gce-compute-image-packages into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages/20160930-0ubuntu3~14.04.0 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!

[Philip Roche (philroche)]

gce-compute-image-packages in trusty-proposed has been verified.

A new Xenial GCE image was built with proposed enabled and tested both manually and by our automated testing.

[Philip Roche (philroche)]

Correction:
gce-compute-image-packages in trusty-proposed has been verified.

A new _Trusty_ GCE image was built with proposed enabled and tested both manually and by our automated testing.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gce-compute-image-packages - 20160930-0ubuntu3~14.04.0

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gce-compute-image-packages (20160930-0ubuntu3~14.04.0) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Backport gce-compute-image-packages to trusty (LP: #1643585)
  * GCE mirrors not in place before startup scripts are run (LP: #1436846)
  * Run google-startup-scripts after cloud-final

 -- Phil Roche <email address hidden> Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:49:18 +0000