Comment 0 for bug 1936833

This happens when upgrading to Ubuntu 21.10. This is the full error:

Setting up ubuntu-advantage-tools (27.2.1~21.10.1) ... ERROR: File not found '/run/cloud-init/instance-data.json'. Provide a path to instance data json file using --instance-data dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-advantage-tools (--configure): installed ubuntu-advantage-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal: ubuntu-minimal depends on ubuntu-advantage-tools; however: Package ubuntu-advantage-tools is not configured yet.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: ubuntu-advantage-tools 27.2.1~21.10.1
Uname: Linux 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu67
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Mon Jul 19 14:32:11 2021
DuplicateSignature:
 package:ubuntu-advantage-tools:27.2.1~21.10.1
 Installing new version of config file /etc/ubuntu-advantage/uaclient.conf ...
 ERROR: File not found '/run/cloud-init/instance-data.json'. Provide a path to instance data json file using --instance-data
 dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-advantage-tools (--configure):
  installed ubuntu-advantage-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: installed ubuntu-advantage-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.9, Python 3.9.6, python3-minimal, 3.9.4-1
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: libc6
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.20.9ubuntu2
 apt 2.3.6
SourcePackage: ubuntu-advantage-tools
Title: package ubuntu-advantage-tools 27.2.1~21.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed ubuntu-advantage-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-07-19 (0 days ago)