vxworks vm did not initialize after nova boot

[Senthil Mukundakumar]

Brief Description
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vxworks vm did not initialize after nova boot even though it is shown as Active in nova show. i.e., VM console is empty

Severity
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Major

Steps to Reproduce
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1. Launch Vxworks VM with e1000 interface
'nova --os-username 'tenant2' --os-password 'Li69nux*' --os-project-name tenant2 --os-auth-url http://192.168.204.2:5000/v3 --os-user-domain-name Default --os-project-domain-name Default --os-region-name RegionOne boot --boot-volume bb82eb47-6603-4700-82e7-d1a34f799a25 --user-data /home/wrsroot//userdatavxworks_1nic_cloud_init_if_conf.sh --key-name keypair-tenant2 --flavor 3287ab92-7806-413a-bdce-4bbe916c50ba --nic net-id=221ed54b-df98-4875-a6e3-c179f02f1c5c,vif-model=e1000 tenant2-if_attach_tenant-14 --poll'

2. Verify it become active

Expected Behavior
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All interfaces should be pingable

Actual Behavior
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[2018-09-02 01:08:10,398] 264 DEBUG MainThread ssh.send :: Send 'nova --os-username 'admin' --os-password 'Li69nux*' --os-project-name admin --os-auth-url http://192.168.204.2:5000/v3 --os-user-domain-name Default --os-project-domain-name Default --os-region-name RegionOne show 5bc39319-2857-4a4d-8f34-c2e8cf6d4616'
[2018-09-02 01:08:12,004] 391 DEBUG MainThread ssh.expect :: Output:
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig | MANUAL |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone | nova |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host | compute-2 |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname | tenant2-if-attach-tenant-14 |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname | compute-2 |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name | instance-0000006a |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id | |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index | 0 |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id | |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id | r-0p88cbwy |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name | /dev/vda |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data | I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpydW5jbWQ6Cg== |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state | 1 |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state | - |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state | active |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at | 2018-09-02T01:04:20.000000 |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at | - |
| accessIPv4 | |
| accessIPv6 | |
| config_drive | |
| created | 2018-09-02T01:04:15Z |
| description | - |
| flavor:disk | 1 |
| flavor:ephemeral | 0 |
| flavor:extra_specs | {"aggregate_instance_extra_specs:storage": "local_image", "sw:wrs:guest:hpet": "True"} |
| flavor:original_name | flavor |
| flavor:ram | 1024 |
| flavor:swap | 0 |
| flavor:vcpus | 1 |
| hostId | df1dc34b5f471b39fb1fa05f242e7e5327a933b38f6964698a7b5924 |
| host_status | UP |
| id | 5bc39319-2857-4a4d-8f34-c2e8cf6d4616 |
| image | Attempt to boot from volume - no image supplied |
| key_name | keypair-tenant2 |
| locked | False |
| metadata | {} |
| name | tenant2-if_attach_tenant-14 |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | [{"id": "bb82eb47-6603-4700-82e7-d1a34f799a25", "delete_on_termination": false}] |
| progress | 0 |
| status | ACTIVE |
| tags | [] |
| tenant2-mgmt-net network | 192.168.185.5 |
| tenant_id | bb5b3bb7440d4cbc8b279e1f895551e2 |
| updated | 2018-09-02T01:04:42Z |
| user_id | 204c0a61b28f40b3bcbd1805179a8ae5 |
| wrs-if:nics | {"nic1": {"vif_model": "e1000", "mac_address": "fa:16:3e:29:4b:5a", "port_id": "6ee0fdfb-5f1a-4ad2-857d-45ffc24f31cb", "network": "tenant2-mgmt-net", "mtu": 1500}} |
| wrs-res:pci_devices | |
| wrs-res:topology | node:0, 1024MB, pgsize:2M, vcpus:0, pol:sha |
| wrs-res:vcpus | [1, 1, 1] |
| wrs-sg:server_group | |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[wrsroot@controller-0 ~(keystone_admin)]$

vxworks vm did not initialize after nova boot even though it is shown as Active in nova show. i.e., VM console is empty

Reproducibility
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Reproducible

System Configuration
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Any

Branch/Pull Time/Commit
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StarlingX master as of 2018-08-31_20-18-00

[Frank Miller (sensfan22)]

This commit was missed when the stx-nova repo was originally created. It will need to be added into stx-nova.

commit ee9017e6573e826f717c74d317452bbce4b32f64
Author: Daniel Chavolla <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Sep 25 15:57:38 2017 -0400

    Support for vxWorks7 guest - add HPET timer support

    This commit adds support for the HPET Timer needed by VxWorks guests.
    Added "Guest HPET support" to WRS flavor extraspecs.
    When this extra-spec is used The HPET timer is activated in libvirt

[Daniel Chavolla (dchavoll)]

HPET support added to starlingx-staging/stx-nova and starlingx-staging/stx-glance by the following two pull requests:

https://github.com/starlingx-staging/stx-nova/pull/8

https://github.com/starlingx-staging/stx-glance/pull/2