sudo maas init --mode region fails

[Arno van Huyssteen]

$ snap info maas
name: maas
summary: Metal as a Service
publisher: maas
contact: <email address hidden>
description: |
  Total automation of you physical servers for amazing data center
  operational efficiency.
snap-id: shY22YTZ3RhJJDOj0MfmShTNZTEb1Jiq
channels:
  stable: 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-snap (1349) 101MB -
  candidate: 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-snap (1349) 101MB -
  beta: 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-snap (1349) 101MB -
  edge: 2.4.0~alpha2-6599-g02a034b-snap (1753) 95MB -

$ sudo snap install --devmode --stable maas
maas 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-snap from 'maas' installed
ubuntu@OrangeBox104:/srv/obinstall$ snap list
Name Version Rev Developer Notes
core 16-2.30 3887 canonical core
kubectl 1.9.3 328 canonical classic
maas 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-snap 1349 maas devmode

## WORKING --mode all

$ sudo maas init --mode all
MAAS URL [default=http://172.27.104.1:5240/MAAS]:
Create first admin account:
Username: admin
Password:
Again:
Email: <email address hidden>
Import SSH keys [] (lp:user-id or gh:user-id):

## BROKEN --mode region
$ sudo maas init --mode region
MAAS URL [default=http://172.27.104.1:5240/MAAS]:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/snap/maas/1349/bin/maas", line 24, in <module>
    sys.exit(run())
  File "/snap/maas/1349/bin/maas", line 21, in run
    return maascli.main()
  File "/snap/maas/1349/lib/python3.5/site-packages/maascli/__init__.py", line 29, in main
    options.execute(options)
  File "/snap/maas/1349/lib/python3.5/site-packages/maascli/snappy.py", line 582, in __call__
    raise exc
  File "/snap/maas/1349/lib/python3.5/site-packages/maascli/snappy.py", line 579, in __call__
    self.handle(options)
  File "/snap/maas/1349/lib/python3.5/site-packages/maascli/snappy.py", line 679, in handle
    help_text=ARGUMENTS['database_host']['help'])
KeyError: 'database_host'

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

This looks like a bug in maas, not snapd.

[Blake Rouse (blake-rouse)]

Are you re-initializing or on fresh install you hit this issue?

From the description of the bug I cannot tell.