cloud-config fails to install salt

[Jeff Bauer]

Using the example http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/cloud-init/trunk/view/head:/doc/examples/cloud-config-salt-minion.txt

Results in the traceback in cloud-init.log:

Sep 28 08:32:17 [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[WARNING]: Traceback (most recent call last):#012 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 117, in run_cc_modules#012 cc.handle(name, run_args, freq=freq)#012 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 78, in handle#012 [name, self.cfg, self.cloud, cloudinit.log, args])#012 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/__init__.py", line 326, in sem_and_run#012 func(*args)#012 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/cc_salt_minion.py", line 30, in handle#012 cc.install_packages(("salt",))#012 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 274, in install_packages#012 apt_get("install", pkglist)#012 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 265, in apt_get#012 subprocess.check_call(cmd, env=e)#012 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 511, in check_call#012 raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)#012CalledProcessError: Command '['apt-get', '--option', 'Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold', '--assume-yes', 'install', 'salt']' returned non-zero exit status 100
Sep 28 08:32:17 [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[ERROR]: config handling of salt-minion, None, [] failed

[Jeff Bauer (jbauer)]

A more readable traceback:

Sep 28 08:32:17 [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[WARNING]: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 117, in run_cc_modules
    cc.handle(name, run_args, freq=freq)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 78, in handle
    [name, self.cfg, self.cloud, cloudinit.log, args])

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/__init__.py", line 326, in sem_and_run
func(*args)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/cc_salt_minion.py", line 30, in handle
    cc.install_packages(("salt",))

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 274, in install_packages
    apt_get("install", pkglist)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig/__init__.py", line 265, in apt_get
    subprocess.check_call(cmd, env=e)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 511, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
CalledProcessError: Command '['apt-get', '--option', 'Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold', '--assume-yes', 'install', 'salt']' returned non-zero exit status 100

Sep 28 08:32:17 chat2 [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[ERROR]: config handling of salt-minion, None, [] failed

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

Marked as a duplicate of bug 996166. If you disagree, please re-open.