diff -Nru nova-14.0.7/debian/changelog nova-14.0.7/debian/changelog
--- nova-14.0.7/debian/changelog	2017-08-10 04:51:26.000000000 -0400
+++ nova-14.0.7/debian/changelog	2017-08-29 16:09:54.000000000 -0300
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+nova (2:14.0.7-0ubuntu2~cloud1) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  *  d/nova-common.postinst: Don't sync database if connection is not defined
+    in /etc/nova/nova.conf (LP: #1713059).
+
+ -- Felipe Reyes <felipe.reyes@canonical.com>  Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:09:54 -0300
+
 nova (2:14.0.7-0ubuntu2~cloud0) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * d/control: Drop Conflicts: nova-api for nova-placement-api binary
diff -Nru nova-14.0.7/debian/nova-common.postinst nova-14.0.7/debian/nova-common.postinst
--- nova-14.0.7/debian/nova-common.postinst	2017-08-10 04:51:26.000000000 -0400
+++ nova-14.0.7/debian/nova-common.postinst	2017-08-29 16:09:49.000000000 -0300
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
     chown root:root /etc/nova/rootwrap.d
     chmod 0755 /etc/nova/rootwrap.d
 
-    if ! grep -qE "^(sql_)?connection( )?=.*" /etc/nova/nova.conf || \
-         grep -qE "^(sql_)?connection.*sqlite.*" /etc/nova/nova.conf
+    if grep -qE "^(sql_)?connection.*sqlite.*" /etc/nova/nova.conf
     then
       su -s /bin/sh -c 'nova-manage db sync' nova
     fi