vmbuilder 0.11.3 fails to find ec2-init file

[Gerry Reno]

I added 'lucid' as a valid suite name under ubuntu/plugins for 0.11.3 so I could create "lucid" images and when I run vmbuilder it gets right to the very end and then has a problem with finding ec2-init files.

When creating a "Lucid" image for EC2, vmbuilder cannot find ec2-init files:

...
2010-05-24 13:44:20,206 DEBUG : Setting up libiw30 (30~pre9-3ubuntu4) ...
2010-05-24 13:44:20,225 DEBUG :
2010-05-24 13:44:20,233 DEBUG : Setting up wireless-tools (30~pre9-3ubuntu4) ...
2010-05-24 13:44:20,245 DEBUG :
2010-05-24 13:44:20,246 DEBUG : Setting up wpasupplicant (0.6.9-3ubuntu3) ...
2010-05-24 13:44:20,327 DEBUG :
2010-05-24 13:44:20,328 DEBUG : Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
2010-05-24 13:44:20,332 DEBUG : ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
2010-05-24 13:44:20,374 DEBUG : Output from template '/etc/vmbuilder/ubuntu/51_update-motd.tmpl': #!/bin/sh

echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo "At the moment, only the core of the system is installed. To tune the "
echo "system to your needs, you can choose to install one or more "
echo "predefined collections of software by running the following "
echo "command: "
echo " "
echo " sudo tasksel --section server "
echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------"

2010-05-24 13:44:20,377 DEBUG : Output from template '/etc/vmbuilder/ubuntu/is-compat-env.tmpl': # this is read by ec2-is-compat-env to determine if this is an
# ec2 compatible environment
compat=1

2010-05-24 13:44:20,377 DEBUG : Oh, dear, an exception occurred
2010-05-24 13:44:20,377 INFO : Cleaning up
2010-05-24 13:44:20,377 DEBUG : ['umount', '/tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/root/proc']
2010-05-24 13:44:20,386 DEBUG : umount: /tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/root/proc: not mounted
2010-05-24 13:44:20,386 DEBUG : ['umount', '/tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/root/dev/pts']
2010-05-24 13:44:20,394 DEBUG : umount: /tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/root/dev/pts: not mounted
2010-05-24 13:44:20,395 DEBUG : ['umount', '/tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/root/dev']
2010-05-24 13:44:20,411 DEBUG : umount: /tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/root/dev: not mounted
2010-05-24 13:44:20,411 DEBUG : Unmounting /tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/target/mnt
2010-05-24 13:44:20,412 DEBUG : ['umount', '/tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/target/mnt']
2010-05-24 13:44:21,287 DEBUG : Unmounting /tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/target/
2010-05-24 13:44:21,288 DEBUG : ['umount', '/tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/target/']
2010-05-24 13:44:21,927 DEBUG : ['rmdir', 'ubuntu-xen']
2010-05-24 13:44:21,991 DEBUG : ['rm', '-rf', '/tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK']
2010-05-24 13:44:23,090 DEBUG : ['rm', '/tmp/tmpy5j0Qq']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 29, in <module>
    VMBuilder.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/__init__.py", line 65, in run
    frontend.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/cli/__init__.py", line 68, in run
    vm.create()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/vm.py", line 484, in create
    self.install()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/vm.py", line 407, in install
    self.distro.install(self.installdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/distro.py", line 148, in install
    self.suite.install(destdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/dapper.py", line 125, in install
    self.install_ec2()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/jaunty.py", line 34, in install_ec2
    self.install_from_template('/etc/ec2-init/is-compat-env', 'is-compat-env')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/dapper.py", line 325, in install_from_template
    return self.vm.distro.install_from_template(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/__init__.py", line 72, in install_from_template
    return self.vm.install_file(path, VMBuilder.util.render_template(self.__module__.split('.')[2], self.vm, tmplname, context), mode=mode)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/vm.py", line 448, in install_file
    fp = open(fullpath, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/vmbuilderfbdGXK/root/etc/ec2-init/is-compat-env'

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

vmbuilder that is used for building UEC images is (right now)
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-virt/vmbuilder/0.11/

That should have all the code you need to build.

our automated builds (https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-on-ec2/vmbuilder/automated-ec2-builds) build from that branch out of a bzr checkout (ie, not a package).

[Gerry Reno (greno-verizon)]

Thanks Scott. I just checked that branch and it looks like it has everything I need.

Would it be possible for Ubuntu vmbuilder team to quickly pull together a 0.11.4 release for Karmic that would have support for 'Lucid' and 'Maverick'? That way we could also downgrade to it in Lucid until the 0.12 branch can have EC2 support added.