Debian: Kickstart hangs when ipv6 dhclient fails to resolve
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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StarlingX |
Fix Released
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Low
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Eric MacDonald |
Bug Description
Brief Description
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Running this command for an ipv6 configuration can hang the kickstart if it does not resolve.
dhclient -6 <interface>
This is a known issue in dhclient - https:/
Need a change that prevents the hang. Maybe add -1 to the command line to give it a timeout.
Severity
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Major: All works fine in success path.
However, install fails/hangs when the network is misconfigured or DHCP server is not running.
Note, the install will not succeed or even start if the DHCP server is not running. So this issue is really a corner case involving miss-re-
Steps to Reproduce
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Install a system node with management interface on a dysfunctional vlan
Expected Behavior
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kickstart does not hang
Actual Behavior
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kickstart hangs on 'dhclient -6 vlan###' request in interface setup phase
Reproducibility
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100% reproducible
System Configuration
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Any DX System node install
Branch/Pull Time/Commit
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Any Debian load prior to the date of this bug report.
Last Pass
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First time this issue is seen. Success path has no issue.
Timestamp/Logs
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last log in kickstart is
<date .....> dhclient -6 vlan330 || true
Test Activity
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PV lab configuration Change to add a new worker node
Workaround
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Fix the vlan networking
tags: | added: stx.metal stx.networking |
Changed in starlingx: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in starlingx: | |
assignee: | nobody → Eric MacDonald (rocksolidmtce) |
tags: | added: stx.8.0 |
Fix proposed to branch: master /review. opendev. org/c/starlingx /metal/ +/861920
Review: https:/