Hi Serge!

I installed the attached file as per instructions given.

I issued the command:

~$ sudo vmbuilder xen ubuntu --suite=lucid --ec2 --ec2-cert=$cert
--ec2-key=$pk --ec2-access-key=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
--ec2-secret-key=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY --ec2-user=$AWS_USER_ID
2011-04-16 04:19:35,713 INFO    : Calling hook: preflight_check
2011-04-16 04:19:35,750 INFO    : Calling hook: set_defaults
2011-04-16 04:19:35,751 INFO    : Calling hook: bootstrap
2011-04-16 04:30:56,807 INFO    : Calling hook: configure_os
2011-04-16 04:31:27,595 INFO    :
2011-04-16 04:31:27,596 INFO    : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
2011-04-16 04:31:27,782 INFO    : Local time is now:      Sat Apr 16
02:31:27 UTC 2011.
2011-04-16 04:31:27,783 INFO    : Universal Time is now:  Sat Apr 16
02:31:27 UTC 2011.
2011-04-16 04:31:27,783 INFO    :
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
2011-04-16 04:32:46,506 INFO    :
2011-04-16 04:32:46,506 INFO    : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
2011-04-16 04:32:46,544 INFO    : Local time is now:      Sat Apr 16
02:32:46 UTC 2011.
2011-04-16 04:32:46,544 INFO    : Universal Time is now:  Sat Apr 16
02:32:46 UTC 2011.
2011-04-16 04:32:46,545 INFO    : Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you
wish to change it.
2011-04-16 04:32:46,546 INFO    :
2011-04-16 04:33:50,466 INFO    : start: Unknown parameter: JOB
2011-04-16 04:33:57,543 INFO    : Calling hook: post_install
2011-04-16 04:33:57,552 INFO    : Calling hook: preflight_check
2011-04-16 04:33:57,565 INFO    : Calling hook: configure_networking
2011-04-16 04:33:57,602 INFO    : Calling hook: configure_mounting
2011-04-16 04:33:57,665 INFO    : Calling hook: mount_partitions
2011-04-16 04:33:57,672 INFO    : Mounting target filesystems
2011-04-16 04:33:57,674 INFO    : Creating filesystem: /, size: 4096,
dummy: False
2011-04-16 04:33:57,675 INFO    : Not preallocated, so we create it.
2011-04-16 04:33:58,175 INFO    : mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
2011-04-16 04:33:58,176 INFO    : warning: Unable to get device
geometry for /tmp/tmp1Mnqgd
2011-04-16 04:34:03,521 INFO    : mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
2011-04-16 04:34:03,523 INFO    : warning: Unable to get device
geometry for /tmp/tmp1Mnqgd
2011-04-16 04:34:08,443 INFO    : Creating filesystem: None, size:
1024, dummy: False
2011-04-16 04:34:08,443 INFO    : Not preallocated, so we create it.
2011-04-16 04:35:11,876 INFO    : Calling hook: install_kernel
2011-04-16 04:35:44,922 INFO    : Done.
2011-04-16 04:35:59,134 INFO    : Running depmod.
2011-04-16 04:35:59,636 INFO    : update-initramfs: Generating
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-30-generic-pae
2011-04-16 04:36:12,379 INFO    :
2011-04-16 04:36:12,380 INFO    : Creating config file
/etc/default/grub with new version
2011-04-16 04:36:12,970 INFO    : /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such
file or directory
2011-04-16 04:36:12,971 INFO    : Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
2011-04-16 04:36:12,972 INFO    : Failure to communicate with kernel
device-mapper driver.
2011-04-16 04:36:15,029 INFO    : Calling hook: unmount_partitions
2011-04-16 04:36:15,031 INFO    : Unmounting target filesystem
2011-04-16 04:36:16,880 INFO    : Calling hook: convert
2011-04-16 04:36:16,882 INFO    : Moving /tmp/tmp1Mnqgd to ubuntu-xen/tmp1Mnqgd
2011-04-16 04:36:50,043 INFO    : Calling hook: fix_ownership
2011-04-16 04:36:50,258 INFO    : Moving /tmp/tmpO8QfK4 to ubuntu-xen/tmpO8QfK4
2011-04-16 04:36:53,597 INFO    : Calling hook: fix_ownership
2011-04-16 04:37:01,213 INFO    : Calling hook: fix_ownership
2011-04-16 04:37:01,216 INFO    : Calling hook: deploy
~$

My vmbuilder version is:

~$ sudo vmbuilder xen ubuntu --version
0.12.4.r444

My system is:

~$ uname -a
Linux ub101030 2.6.35-28-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 19:00:26
UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"


-Henrik

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Serge Hallyn <email address hidden> wrote:
> The attached updated EC2 class works for me.  Can you please test it?
> If it works for you, I'll update the vmbuilder package and pursue and
> SRU for all previous releases.
>
> To test, please replace your VMBuilder/plugins/ec2/__init__.py file with
> the attached one.  I.e.:
>
> dest=`find /usr/lib -maxdepth 3 -name VMBuilder | tail -1`
> cp $dest/plugins/ec2/__init__.py $dest/plugins/ec2/init.py.orig
> cp newinit.py $dest/plugins/ec2/__init__.py
> chmod ugo+x $dest/plugins/ec2/__init__.py
>
> ** Attachment added: "new ec2 init.py"
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/576501/+attachment/1971044/+files/__init__.py
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576501
>
> Title:
>  vmbuilder doesn't recognize --ec2 flag
>
> Status in Virtual Machine Builder:
>  New
> Status in “vm-builder” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>  Description:    Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
>  Release:        10.04
>
>  python-vm-builder-ec2:
>    Installed: 0.12.3-0ubuntu1
>    Candidate: 0.12.3-0ubuntu1
>    Version table:
>   *** 0.12.3-0ubuntu1 0
>          500 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I can't generate EC2 images with vmbuilder. I'm using a command like
>  this:
>
>  sudo vmbuilder xen ubuntu --suite=lucid --ec2 \
>  --ec2-cert=.ec2/cert-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.pem \
>  --ec2-key=.ec2/pk-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.pem \
>  --ec2-access-key=WHATEVER \
>  --ec2-secret-key=WHATEVER \
>  --ec2-user=424242424242 --ec2-bucket=anyrandombucket --ec2-prefix=test \
>  --ec2-version='first' \
>  --firstboot=/usr/share/doc/python-vm-builder-ec2/examples/ec2-firstboot.sh \
>  --part=/usr/share/doc/python-vm-builder-ec2/examples/ec2-i386-part-file.txt \
>  --debug
>
>  Actually, I was following this howto:
>  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EC2Vmbuilder
>
>  When I run vmbuilder with those flags, I just get this message:
>
>  Usage: vmbuilder hypervisor distro [options]
>
>  vmbuilder: error: no such option: --ec2
>
>  So, I can not build images for Amazon EC2.
>
>  I inspected /usr/share/pyshared/VMBuilder/plugins/ec2/__init__.py and I found
>  at the last line of that file this:
>
>  #register_plugin(EC2)
>
>  I uncommented that line and it didn't work.
>  Also I tried using register_hypervisor_plugin(EC2), but it didn't work