Comment 0 for bug 719798

Instance fails to access metadata server at launch resulting it fails to complete initial booting process including sshd startup.

Logs from tty linux.
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Lease of 10.0.0.5 obtained, lease time 120^M
starting DHCP forEthernet interface eth0 [ ^[[1;32mOK^[[0;39m ]^M
cloud-setup: checking http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id^M
cloud-setup: failed 1/30: up 7.97. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 2/30: up 9.18. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 3/30: up 10.35. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 4/30: up 11.52. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 5/30: up 12.70. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 6/30: up 13.88. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 7/30: up 15.06. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 8/30: up 16.24. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 9/30: up 17.43. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 10/30: up 18.62. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 11/30: up 19.81. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 12/30: up 21.00. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 13/30: up 22.20. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 14/30: up 23.40. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 15/30: up 24.60. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 16/30: up 25.80. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 17/30: up 27.01. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 18/30: up 28.22. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 19/30: up 29.43. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 20/30: up 30.65. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 21/30: up 31.86. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 22/30: up 33.08. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 23/30: up 34.30. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 24/30: up 35.60. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 25/30: up 36.89. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 26/30: up 38.11. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 27/30: up 39.34. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 28/30: up 40.56. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 29/30: up 41.82. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: failed 30/30: up 43.05. iid had 1.0^M
cloud-setup: after 30 fails, debugging^M
cloud-setup: running debug (30 tries reached)^M
############ debug start ##############^M
### /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start^M
stty: /dev/console^M
generating DSS host key [^[[1;33mWATING^[[0;39m]^[[-11G^[[1;34m..^[[0;39m [ ^[[1;32mOK^[[0;39m ]^M
generating RSA host key [^[[1;33mWATING^[[0;39m]^[[-11G^[[1;34m..^[[0;39m [ ^[[1;32mOK^[[0;39m ]^M
startup dropbear [ ^[[1;32mOK^[[0;39m ]^M
### ifconfig -a^M
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:16:3E:57:D3:B5 ^M
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Logs from UEC image.
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init: plymouth-splash main process (263) terminated with status 2
init: plymouth main process (48) killed by SEGV signal
cloud-init running: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:55:54 +0000. up 30.11 seconds
consuming user data failed!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init", line 103, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init", line 60, in main
    cloud.consume_userdata,[],False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/__init__.py", line 215, in sem_and_run
    if self.sem_has_run(semname,freq): return
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/__init__.py", line 173, in sem_has_run
    semfile = self.sem_getpath(name,freq)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/__init__.py", line 167, in sem_getpath
    freqtok = self.datasource.get_instance_id()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/DataSourceEc2.py", line 65, in get_instance_id
    return(self.metadata['instance-id'])
KeyError: 'instance-id'
init: cloud-init main process (334) terminated with status 1
mountall: Event failed
mountall: Plymouth command failed
mountall: Plymouth command failed
mountall: Plymouth command failed
mountall: Plymouth command failed
mountall: Disconnected from Plymouth
init: plymouth-log main process (364) terminated with status 1
 * Starting AppArmor profiles [ OK ]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 56, in <module>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 56, in <module>
    main()
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 43, in main
    cc = cloudinit.CloudConfig.CloudConfig(cfg_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 42, in __init__
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 43, in main
    cc = cloudinit.CloudConfig.CloudConfig(cfg_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 42, in __init__
    self.cfg = self.get_config_obj(cfgfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 53, in get_config_obj
    f=file(cfgfile)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 56, in <module>
    self.cfg = self.get_config_obj(cfgfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 53, in get_config_obj
    f=file(cfgfile)
IOError: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/cloud/data/cloud-config.txt'
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 43, in main
    cc = cloudinit.CloudConfig.CloudConfig(cfg_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 42, in __init__
    self.cfg = self.get_config_obj(cfgfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 53, in get_config_obj
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/cloud/data/cloud-config.txt'
    f=file(cfgfile)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/cloud/data/cloud-config.txt'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 56, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 43, in main
    cc = cloudinit.CloudConfig.CloudConfig(cfg_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 42, in __init__
    self.cfg = self.get_config_obj(cfgfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 53, in get_config_obj
    f=file(cfgfile)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/cloud/data/cloud-config.txt'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 56, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 43, in main
    cc = cloudinit.CloudConfig.CloudConfig(cfg_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 42, in __init__
    self.cfg = self.get_config_obj(cfgfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 53, in get_config_obj
    f=file(cfgfile)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/cloud/data/cloud-config.txt'
landscape-client is not configured, please run landscape-config.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 56, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/cloud-init-cfg", line 43, in main
    cc = cloudinit.CloudConfig.CloudConfig(cfg_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 42, in __init__
    self.cfg = self.get_config_obj(cfgfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudinit/CloudConfig.py", line 53, in get_config_obj
    f=file(cfgfile)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/cloud/data/cloud-config.txt'